Eoghan Harris (Independent)

The consultants continually block reforms. There are vested interests in trade unions in the health services. There are hospitals in which managers cannot take decisions because they are afraid of the unions. As every European report has pointed out, the health services are a nest of vested interests. What we need is a proper debate on health services that points the finger at the people at whom it should be pointed — the consultants and the vested interests who are delaying reforms.