Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Social Democrats) | Oireachtas source

I echo those points because there is a very human side to the current situation. We have spoken on numerous occasions about the fact that we are supposed to be moving to an open disclosure approach. We have a massive contingent liability. I know it is something we are going to look at when the HSE comes before the committee given that it takes years to do pilots. This case falls within that category as well. In the first instance, the information must be gathered, but if we are to do it, it may well be that the appropriate time falls within the space where we will consider the tardiness of the move towards open disclosure and, as a consequence, the huge amounts that are expended on legal costs. In this case the woman had to go through the courts instead of there being an acceptance that there was a wrong done. Could we consider it in that context?