Catherine Connolly (Galway West, Independent) | Oireachtas source

Dr. Smith, it is beyond learning at this point. There were 89 recommendations addressed to a body that is not co-operating in any way and Dr. Smith is sitting here today before the Committee of Public Accounts telling us this is learning. I have the greatest respect for the HSE and the services it is trying to provide but there was an abject failure to grasp what was going on. My question at this point is that I believe the HSE made a decision that it could not do without Console and that the helpline and services it provided were necessary and it turned a blind eye.