Peter Burke (Longford-Westmeath, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

The buck stops with Mr. O'Brien as director general of the HSE. He must ensure that we have good governance. It is clearly evident from anyone's analysis here that it does not look to be the case. Efforts are being made, but they are being made at a very slow pace and internal audits are taking a long time. The HSE has taken a long time even to try to get the process of an annual compliance statement for section 39s and it is still not in place. Mr. O'Brien must take responsibility for the vast budget he has, the spending of that and the protection of the taxpayer at all costs.