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

I am referring not so much to the content of the report or the medical evidence that may emerge over time and that which has emerged but to the initial phases. I understood from Mr. Halappanavar that one of his primary worries at the outset stemmed from the fact that he had made contact with the HSE. His wife had died and had been brought back home to be buried. He had heard nothing from the HSE and made contact with the system. Without getting into the precise medical or care details within the hospital - I fully understand that is a separate day's work - I have an anxiety that that was Mr. Halappanavar's experience. I am asking in a general sense whether Mr. O'Brien has independently examined that turn of events. Does it raise concerns for him in terms of how the system interacts with a husband who loses his wife, or anybody else who loses a person in traumatic circumstances, that it is left to them to initiate the contact? That is worrying.