Kathleen O'Meara (Labour)

This amendment concerns one of the deficiencies caused by the fact that we are rushing this legislation through the House. It is happening without the establishment of the health information and quality authority. So much information remains unknown and so much data is lacking, particularly for the board of the health service executive with regard to drawing up the corporate plan and planning for the future, which is the big job we have given it to do. As I said on Second Stage, it is a case of putting the cart before the horse. This amendment goes a small but important way towards meeting some of the information deficiencies. I ask the Minister of State to accept it.