Ms Mary Dunnion:

Communication and information-sharing between HIQA and Cavan hospital has been going on since May 2014, so it would have preceded any draft report because we did not finish our investigation and the draft for due process was issued in February 2015. We have been dealing with Cavan hospital in the interim. Deputy Ó Caoláin is correct that we do not have the reports of the individual inquiries into the cases. They are to be given to us once produced. However, we have received the controls they have put in place as reported to us in the context of those particular cases, excepting that the full report is not available. We have taken that information and are in continuous communication with Cavan General Hospital. We used that information to inform some of our investigation into Portlaoise, but, more importantly, to inform our investigations into the total of 19 hospitals that we will be reviewing. It is an ongoing process, which started in May 2014.