Jerry Buttimer (Cork South Central, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Mr. O'Brien referred to the non-standardised approach and he referred to the period prior to the establishment of the HSE. Prior to the establishment of the HSE, the health boards were the agents of the State. Who is culpable for allowing that non-standardised approach? As Deputy Ó Caoláin said, if only 47 organisations out of 143 have ceased and the internal audit review committee has stated that all should be gone - I appreciate where Mr. O'Brien is coming from - does this not make a mockery of the whole process, whereby Mr. O'Brien's hands are tied effectively and he must consider that if he pursues person X or organisation Y, it will be at a cost in the courts and the case may be lost? Therefore, the whole process is really just a cod.