Joan Collins (Dublin South Central, United Left) | Oireachtas source

Efficiency is important but how far can one go with efficiency? One can only do so much in an eight or a nine hour day. That is why certain areas are finding that their backs are against the wall. It is really important those areas are addressed, in particular where there is a need to provide services to people, whether through the HSE or the local authorities where there is a need for jobs not only to be created, but to assist work being done properly and efficiency. That is not happening currently. In many areas, it is taking almost a year to get a badly needed window or door into a local authority house. Those are the areas we really need to address.

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