James Reilly (Dublin North, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

We did not even have headlights in the HSE, we could not see what was happening. Now we have the headlights, we have a much more sophisticated system.

I wish to refer to emergency departments. We were forever hearing the situation would be treated as a national emergency and everything would be done to correct the problems, with ten point plans in place but none of it worked, particularly at a time when the Government threw money at it. I will come back to the whole emphasis Fianna Fáil had on inputs - more doctors, more nurses, more money - with no focus on outcomes for patients.