Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Most of the questions were very detailed and would really be more for a civil servant than a politician to answer. However, I will answer them as far as I can.

I do not know who commissioned and designed the research, but I assume it was the director of the unit. The thinking behind the unit is very simple, one I hope most Members of the House will understand, namely, that if we do not measure, we cannot improve. If we want to improve something, we have to be able to measure it. One example is Ireland's first ever patient experience survey carried out not by the strategic communications unit but by the Department of Health. We are all aware of the public perception of the health service. Sometimes it is very good-----

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