Seanad debates

Wednesday, 25 June 2003

Council Regulation on Procedures for amending the Sirene Manual: Referral to Joint Committee. - Health Service Reform: Statements (Resumed).

 

As Senator O'Rourke said, it is important that the Minister and the Department should tell the people what is happening and what progress is being made. The reality on the ground is that the people – patients and their families – have told the Minister and the Department what was lacking and how impossible it was to get access to services. That is what has led to the reports. Otherwise, people in the Department of Health and Children would have sat down, cushy in their present positions, and allowed the situation to drift on indefinitely. The response we have had today is due to people screaming for change and, in fairness, the work of the media in going into hospitals and highlighting the hardship cases, the reality.

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