Brian Cowen (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)

In regard to the future, it is not simply a question of more resources, although they are important because this is a people-centred service. It is also about getting better value and implementing the required reforms which are a major challenge to the system. They have been devised as a result of the widest consultative process that has ever taken place in the health service.

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