Mary O'Rourke (Fianna Fail)

Senator Brian Hayes raised the matter of accident and emergency services and the Taoiseach's answer in the Dáil on 4 May that three out of four people at specified times are drunk when they check in. They are causing a danger not just to themselves, as they brought on their conditions themselves, but to staff and other patients. The Senator asked that these views be conveyed to the Taoiseach's office and I will do so. Senator Brian Hayes then mentioned the website www.ratemyteachers.ie. There is nothing one can do about a website. The Senator strongly commented that something should be said to a person's face and I could not agree more. People scurrying around talking about others is the wrong way to conduct one's business. One should seek an appointment with one's teacher and say it then. I cannot stand people who mutter in dark corners and who do not say what they want to say.