Kathleen Lynch (Cork North Central, Labour) | Oireachtas source

I met the same front-line staff on numerous occasions. When I met them first they told me they did not want the unit in Clonmel to close and they have not changed that position. Front-line staff in this instance, as the Deputy will know, are nine people out of 638. The rest of them are happily working and tell me that they are doing a very good job and that the new approach is the right one. Certain people are opposed and resistant to change, but I keep telling them that at the end of the day there is not an option. We are not stopping. A Vision for Change is the policy of this Government and was the policy of the Deputy's beloved leader and the previous Government. However, Deputy Keaveney may not know that; he is not in Fianna Fáil that long. This is where we are going. People have to get on board and be responsible, and they have to care for the people they are charged with caring for.

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