-----but, unfortunately, it is not as easy as that. There is a difficulty in the recruitment of consultants and key personnel in the health service.

Senator Ivana Bacik referred to the Employment Equality (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill and outlined that a number of amendments would be tabled on Report Stage. She also mentioned the briefing for Members on the matter.

Senator Katherine Zappone, among many other Members, referred to the reform of the system for lone parents. I do not propose to accept the amendment to the Order of Business. The Minister has been in the House on a couple of occasions to take the Social Welfare Bill and so on. The reforms had been flagged for a number of years-----