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

That is fine, but my point is that eight months after an agreement was signed, which states clearly the 14 working day rule, the HSE is still not at that point by some margin. There has been no official sanction in that respect. I want to mark for Mr. O'Brien the clear contrast about which I am certain in the treatment of this issue for this set of workers and other workers within the HSE system, which I find extraordinary.

I am conscious of the time, but I want to ask Mr. O'Brien a final question on an entirely different topic. What lessons has the HSE learned from the death of Savita Halappanavar? I am not going into the area of policy or legislation. At the time, however, I was struck, particularly in the initial phases - Savita died on 28 October 2012 - that the HSE was slow and a bit clumsy in dealing with the family and her husband, in particular. What are the lessons the HSE has learned and what reassurance can Mr. O'Brien provide that lessons have been learned from an operational point of view?