Michelle Mulherin (Mayo, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

We are responsible for the oversight of petitions. We have to deal with each of them case by case. Some of the things that arise from them will be obvious. I do not wish to detract from what Senator Ó Clochartaigh has said. If we start throwing a broad net and generally giving out about the Department of Health's culture and all the rest, we will lose the power of our findings and our ability to ask questions about things based on particular cases brought before us. We are entitled to make a fair comment on these things arising from what has been said here, but we should focus on the reports that are before us.