David Cullinane (Waterford, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I need to be absolutely clear on any potential for interference with the work of the independent report, which is ongoing and on which Mr. O'Brien has answered questions. I accept the HSE has commissioned this report and is seeking to expedite its publication. I accept the role of Mr. Purcell and Mr. Mitchell. I asked Mr. O'Brien whether anyone on behalf of the HSE, as a corporate body, had sought to influence the report or offered a critique of its terms of reference, in other words, if Deloitte had gone beyond its terms of reference. Mr. O'Brien answered "No" to those questions. He stated, however, that there were obviously individuals in his organisation who may be party to the work that the independent author of the report is doing, may have been working in the HSE and may have been part of decision making at the time and they might have offered an opinion but he, his staff and people representing him have not offered an opinion. Has anybody above local level in the HSE, namely, anyone other than those persons who would have been subject to the decision making at the time in the Grace case, offered an opinion on the draft report?