Mary Lou McDonald (Dublin Central, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

That is interesting. I find that somewhat astonishing. I would have believed that Mr. O'Brien would have asked. I would have assumed that the pool of people who would have been deeply involved with the application of criteria and the drawing up of lists would have been fairly limited. I did not believe an extensive trawl of staff would be required. Mr. O'Brien has been quite categorical in stating he had a particular involvement in respect of the initial list. On the drawing up of the list, a decision was taken by the Minister, which is his kick. The HSE was not so involved or, according to Mr. O'Brien, not involved at all, in identifying the additional sites. Is that the case?