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

Going back to the Scally report and Mr. Connaghan's opening statement, the Opposition groups met the Minister for Health. It was agreed that a scoping inquiry, as opposed to a commission of investigation, would be the best way to proceed - there is likely to be a commission of investigation afterwards - to identify the issues. The inquiry was given until the end of June. This was publicly known. It would have been known to the witnesses that the end of June was the target date for completion of that work. Was Mr. Connaghan consulted before the Cabinet met about whether or not there was a capacity issue with doing it within that timeline? Was there any engagement in that regard?