Robert Troy (Longford-Westmeath, Fianna Fail)
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Was there not an aspiration that it would be the other way round, that direct employees would make up 70% and 30% would be from the private sector and not-for-profit? I genuinely believe, if we are talking about assisting people, that if we do not put in the necessary supports, whether we introduce this or not, we are subconsciously helping people make a decision that we may not wish to be helping them make. I just want to make that point.

I am conscious that I have only two minutes left. I want to ask a similar question in relation to the disparity of services in the palliative care setting. I note the care strategy is due to be published in the next number of months. What can be done to ensure, regardless of one's geographical location, that when it comes to the end of life the right care from a palliative care perspective is in place? There are regions that are doing it with the same funding as regions that are not doing it. Why is that the case?