Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I agree. This is why we need to hear from the chairs of the boards. Some criticism of the HSE has also arisen in Dr. Smith's report regarding the haphazard, or at times slow, way the HSE responded to queries from the Department of Health between 2008 and 2011. Between February 2011 and October 2011 the Department of Health wrote to HSE human resources, HR, on five occasions trying to establish the level of compliance. This is on page 24 of Dr. Smith's report. The HR section responded to the Department of Health on only two occasions. Why did it not respond on the other three? This is a fair assertion.