Alan Kelly (Tipperary, Labour) | Oireachtas source

I am not into rituals either, but let me just say this. We are in the Committee of Public Accounts and concluding in the next minute or two. We meet many whistleblowers as members of this committee. When it comes to evidence, we would not be here on this level except for the evidence put forward by the whistleblower about one of the most disgraceful things that has happened in our State. We simply would not be here today except for that person. It is one of the most disgraceful things that has ever happened and has shocked the nation, and was the responsibility of an organisation of which Mr. O'Brien is now head, even though it happened long before him, and we accept all of that. While I accept Mr. O'Brien's issue on ritual, I believe that there is an onus on someone in the HSE to apologise for the manner in which that person has been treated over the past several years.