David Cullinane (Waterford, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I have a letter sent by Joan Regan of acute hospitals policy division 3 to Professor Herity while he was compiling his report. The letter says that following the Dublin review the acute hospitals policy division 3 asked the acute coronary syndrome, ACS, programme to review the arrangements for the provision of primary percutaneous coronary intervention, PPCI, nationally and to make recommendations. This was in 2015. At the time, it was intended that the review would be completed in three months. That never happened. The programme for Government was then published which provided for a review to be conducted in regard to Waterford, which was done, as the witness is aware. A person was commissioned to do a body of work. The letter goes on to say that it would be necessary to bring forward the Waterford element of the review but would be important to ensure that the results of the Waterford review be fed in as appropriate to the national review. Is it Mr. O'Brien's understanding that there was a review in Dublin, following which the HSE decided to undertake a national review? The programme for Government contained a specific commitment in regard to Waterford, which review has been completed and will feed into the national review. Is that national review currently under way?