Gabrielle McFadden (Longford-Westmeath, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I do not want to repeat everything everybody else said. It is appalling that it is the HSE versus the Waterford Intellectual Disability Association, when both groups should be looking out for people with intellectual or physical disabilities and not fighting with each other. As Deputy McDonald said, there has been no apology. We are sitting here while money and man hours are wasted toing and froing with letters, with "he apologised but she did not apologise", when that budget should be spent looking after people with intellectual or physical disabilities.

The previous speakers are right. Somebody has to be held accountable. The HSE needs to be held accountable. It just seems to be covering its back. There was no apology and that is the end of it. We should not be spending time and taxpayers’ money on whether a letter was written. We should be looking out for the people with physical or intellectual disabilities.

I admire the whistleblower and the fact they have stuck this through thick and thin to keep fighting for their client. If we had more of that and less of the toing and froing and bureaucracy, we would have a much better service for people with an intellectual disability. I agree the HSE should be called in and it needs to be held accountable.