Seanad debates
Wednesday, 25 June 2003
Council Regulation on Procedures for amending the Sirene Manual: Referral to Joint Committee. - Health Service Reform: Statements (Resumed).
That is exactly what the Minister is providing. The health service reform programme combines leadership with vision, takes the best of both reports, enhances the recommendations and gives us a pathway into the future which will ensure that all citizens, regardless of their circumstances, will be assured of a quality of access to a first class service. The restructured health service, as suggested in the programme, ensures accountability, greater efficiency and effectiveness in the delivery of the service. It also supports and encourages the many dedicated people working in the service and makes sure they have conditions which allow them to offer the highest quality service to the public. That is what this country deserves and has a right to. These reforms underpin that right. While no one is saying it will be easy or that it will happen overnight, the Minister is the person who can deliver it. I was pleased to hear him point out to the House that we need to face up to these issues.
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