The public service is overwhelmingly populated by decent people. The imbalance of power, between public servants who are time-rich, and politicians who are time-poor, means little changes. It is the re-organisation of the re-organisation of the HSE which was founded out of multiple health boards in 2004. And they are central to what is wrong with our health service. Of the more than 100,000 who work in the health service, most have little power.

Source: Irish Examiner July 16, 2019 23:03 UTC