Catherine Connolly (Galway West, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I may allow the Comptroller and Auditor General to come in later to comment on that and whether he is satisfied that his recommendation is being taken on board.

As for the risk assessment, my experience in a different life was that the risk was not managed well by the health executive and by the hospitals and that risks could have been avoided. I believe the agency is taking a proactive approach in this regard.

On early apologies, the vast majority of these cases - 75% of them, I think - are to do with medical negligence.