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

After nine months, eight organisations have been identified as being compliant. We are not even 20% of the way to verifying compliance in respect of 48. I will not go back to the report in respect of the timescale, when certain things were to be verified in different months and at different dates. I am aware the report came into the public arena a couple of weeks ago. Between March and that time - I believe it was November - circulars and letters were issued. Since it landed at this committee, the HSE may have done it for a good reason - maybe to strengthen its hand - but it seems to have strengthened its hand in some way, because it is now in the public arena. There appears to have been a remarkable step-up in gear in the past month in terms of meetings and dates of meetings.

I think Mr. O'Brien has told us they have until the end of January 2014 to fully verify this.