John Deasy (Waterford, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Stop. Mr. O'Brien must be kidding me. He worked in the HSE. This is absolutely absurd and Mr. O'Brien cannot stand over it, given the gravity of the allegations made over the course of 20 years. These people were contracted not because of sensitivity but because HSE management was potentially sensitive to the findings of the investigation and there was comfort in the fact that they hired people who had worked in the HSE previously.