David Cullinane (Waterford, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

With respect, it is a bit disingenuous for Dr. Herity to say that he turned up at the hospital and he was at people's mercy. If one is the architect of a report and one is carrying out an independent report, it is one's responsibility to ensure that one consults the appropriate people. Therefore, Dr. Herity should have made sure that cardiologists from Wexford and Tipperary hospitals were present. He should also have made sure that Professor Higgins was there. It is disingenuous of him to say that he turned up and he would have stayed all day but that they were not there. He had a responsibility in this regard. He was the person carrying out the consultations. He left the matter in the hands of the hospital management, as far as I can see, and now he is washing his own hands of it. He failed to consult the appropriate people, full stop. He should at least take responsibility for that failure.