John McGuinness (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I am shocked that this has not been brought to a conclusion by the HSE. So many matters regarding the funding and everything else have been raised here this morning that I want to ask for a complete report on costings dating back to the beginning, with an indication as to who approved the various reports, who authorised them, how they came about and so on, so that we can clearly understand how we arrived at the cost.

The use of former employees of the health service in this instance and in other instances is not best practice and it should not continue. If there had been an independent inquiry into this the matter would probably have been resolved a long time ago. It would not have been going on since 1992, with the lives of people who need further counselling and assistance being put in jeopardy. I agree with Deputy Deasy that we need to move the matter on significantly for those concerned.

I ask the committee to agree that we request a commission of inquiry of some kind, possibly instigated by the Minister, but it must be taken out of the hands of the HSE because as far as I can see it will never be resolved if it is left there. That is a recommendation we can make at the end of the meeting.