Seán Fleming (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I address my comment to him as chairman of the HSE, the largest publicly-funded body in the State. It is unacceptable for him, as chairman, to come here today and say that he will not resume the discussion on the matters that we discussed here, at length, with the HSE's chief executive on Thursday, 28 June. Mr. O'Brien has done the HSE a gross disservice today by what he has told the national Parliament and the people of Ireland, through the committee, and adopting what I would consider to be an unacceptable approach to discussing matters of public interest. The taxpayer that pays his and my wages expect the discussion to take place. I ask the chairman of the HSE to ensure that we have a proper discussion and a continuation of the discussion that we had here on 28 June with Mr. O'Brien's predecessor.