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

I read the decision and it is fairly clear that the HSE is in compliance with what was said after the decision was made but the decision, according to legislation, which was awarded on 17 September 2008, is expressed to be a final award. If Mr. O'Brien reads the decision of the arbitrator and that final award, that is it, not the clarification that he received. The legislation refers to that very fact that once he or she has made the final award, there is no going back on it but yet the HSE chooses to use, through legal process, this exchange of correspondence, which has now led to the fact that the original intent of the final award, in terms of the arbitration, can be ignored.