Seanad debates
Wednesday, 26 November 2003
Book of Estimates 2004: Statements.
It might be useful to put that in the context of the Hanly report. There is much good in the report and if we are looking for value for money, we need to go down the road suggested by Hanly. However, we cannot really expect people living in places such as Nenagh, Ennis or Roscommon to accept the Hanly report if they see no effort being made by the Government to deliver on the improved services that would be necessary for them to accept the broad rebalancing within the regions the report proposes. To put that simply, if we say to people that we will introduce an ambulance service but we do not provide resources for it, or that we will improve local delivery in places like Ennis and Roscommon for services other than accident and emergency but there are no resources, or we will increase the number of consultants but we make no provision for that, it is not difficult to understand why people are sceptical.
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