Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

To continue the theme of my colleague, what alert system is in place within the health service in the event that something occurs within the system which should set off alarm bells? Is there such a trigger mechanism and, if not, why not? What happened in the particular case we have discussed in the past couple of weeks? Was the emphasis on defending the case in court, or was it on reaching out to the victim, the patient, and alerting other patients to what might be happening? To what extent do the delegates believe public confidence in the system has been damaged? By the system I mean the health service.