The task force also took account of two previous reports, namely, the report of the medical manpower forum and the NCHD hours report which were both published in 2001. Senator Feighan referred to the Bacon report and the various other reports that have been commissioned. In my opinion, reports are important. If individual Members were to carry out audits on themselves, they would certainly tell themselves what they wanted to hear. It is important, therefore, that we have people who will consider the medical sector from a dispassionate point of view. The Bacon report was extremely important because from it flowed schools of language, physiotherapy and speech in Galway, Cork and Dublin. Such reports are not, as is perhaps a popular misconception on the opposite side of the House, left to gather dust.