Feargal Quinn (Independent) | Oireachtas source

People have been crying out for it for three years and I received nothing but praise for introducing it, but in recent weeks I have been asked about what has happened to it. People are suffering and going out of business because the Act has not been implemented.

I read an interesting article during the week by a former adviser to Mr. Tony Blair. He believed that the National Health Service, NHS, should copy Britain's supermarkets. He made the interesting point that supermarkets have superstores, in the same way as there are a small number of large hospitals, but that the supermarkets also have many small shops around the country. He believes the NHS should operate in a similar way. By 2024, 50% of the NHS will be run on this basis, not by central government. We have something to learn from this idea and should move on it immediately.