Jim Daly (Cork South West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I could not agree more. A certain amount of people will always need to see a consultant psychiatrist. My job is to ensure that people are appropriately referred and where they are not appropriately referred, my job is to ensure that we have policies so that does not happen and that those people do not clog up the system and prevent those who really need to see a psychiatrist from doing so. My job includes much more than just looking at negatives. I have to look at the whole picture and to realise the best system I can for the constraints we operate within.

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