Paul Murphy (Dublin South West, Solidarity) | Oireachtas source

I want to deal with the issue of mandatory open disclosure. The State Claims Agency made submissions to the Joint Committee on Health whenever it was considering this issue. Mr. Breen argued that a discretionary approach was the optimal approach in striking a balance between protecting patients and protecting medical practitioners. He argued against mandatory open disclosure. Why did he do that? We could be in different circumstances here if mandatory disclosure had been in place.