Jim Daly (Cork South West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

If we were to change the entire system for everybody, it would have substantial financial consequences for the health service. It is all very well to say that this would be a good idea, but from where would we take the money? Should we take it from the nursing home sector or the mental health sector? At the end of the day, we have a finite budget. We have to take all of these factors into consideration when we examine proposals of this nature.