David Cullinane (Waterford, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I welcome all the witnesses. I am not sure if they heard the exchanges with Dr. Herity who was with the committee earlier. He robustly defended his report in his opening statement and his answers to our questions. When asked why he did not consult with Dr. Buckley, Dr. Colwell and Professor Higgins he said he had put a day aside at University Hospital Waterford for consultation. It had been up to the hospital management or clinicians in Waterford to inform people that this consultation was on and it was up to people themselves to come on that day. Dr. Herity said that he had been in a position to make himself available from 9 a.m. right up to 10 p.m. that evening but because there was only a smaller number of people with whom he engaged he was actually out by lunchtime. Prof. Higgins is not present so my question to Dr. Buckley and Dr. Colwell is if they were aware that Dr. Herity was in town on that day and were they invited or given any notice of that engagement?