David Stanton (Cork East, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

No.

It is almost philosophical in a way, but one is trying to build up a culture of trust so that if something happens, the health service provider can go to the patient and say that something happened, or almost happened, knowing that such an admission and apology will not be liable to court action in itself. We want to encourage that culture to develop. There will be medical notes and other things behind the scenes but we want patients to be in the position where they can be assured that the medics caring for them will feel free to make these disclosures in a voluntary way. We want to encourage more of that. The idea is that when this legislation begins to kick in, the whole culture will change and medics will feel safe. We want to get away from this adversarial posture. It is HSE policy to disclose.