Michelle Mulherin (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I am practically concluded. We are trying to take on the status quowithin the HSE, which seems to preserve itself at the higher level. It has to be accountable for how the health service is being delivered. It must explain how children with scoliosis, for example, can end up waiting so long without such delays being declared an emergency or a matter of urgency. People have to be held accountable. I find it ridiculous that managers cannot be sacked. It would not happen in any private job. It seems that the only people responsible for health who are sacked or moved along are Ministers. As far as I am concerned, it is always the politicians who are accountable. The well-paid managers in the HSE, who are paid much more than most politicians, should be held accountable.