Brian Cowen (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)

That flexibility is something that has to be achieved. I am glad to hear that Deputy Kenny supports at least some health sector reforms, such as that one. He might not be as selective and perhaps he should support them all so that we can deal with all these work practice issues. The way work practice issues are operated within the system is the reason we are not getting the outputs we would expect for the resources we are allocating. That is precisely the issue in this case as it is in other areas. We might see a change in the Opposition's view and it might start supporting reforms rather than coming in here defending vested interests——

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