Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael)

If one is going to downsize the public sector - the numbers leaving the health service speak for themselves - it is always difficult to change the structure to continue to provide a quality service. For the first time I detect within clinical teams, trade unions and front line staff evidence of full flexibility and co-operation from medical and nursing staff and people working in communities and hospitals around the country to make the system work in an innovative and more efficient way.

The current model of health in this country forces many people into institutions rather than allowing them to stay in their homes, which is their wish, for as long as possible.

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