Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

Mr. Kayll and Mr. Breen, on behalf of the MPS and the SCA, respectively, indicated their support for a duty of candour. I presume legislation would allow for a duty of candour. However, they are both, as I requested them to confirm, the recipients of the critical information that, by and large, is withheld from the affected patient. Do they not recognise that there is a responsibility on the MPS and the SCA to adhere to a duty of candour, as things stand, even though it is not legally enforceable currently? Is it not the case that they would have a duty to impart the information appropriately or at least to advise the respective hospital sites for the clinician or the practitioner that they should be upfront, open, transparent and honest with the patient concerned? At the end of the day, a part of all the benefits that would accrue would be the experience of the MPS and the SCA themselves.