Dr. Gabriel Scally:

We touched on those issues quite extensively already. Some of those points are subject to the recommendations in the report. The Minister has asked me to review progress and I will be doing that at the three-month point. I will be able to give the Senator my view on those when I have seen the implementation plans that I believe are being prepared by the organisation. If he will forgive me, I will leave answering that point for a period of time. The Senator's points were well made, they are in line with the recommendations and I expect to see them implemented.

On the Senator's question on whether I believe the HSE will do what it promised, which is to conduct its own internal investigation into the performance within the organisation, that is an assurance that was given by the acting director, John Connaghan, at an Oireachtas committee. I cannot recall if it was at a meeting of the health committee or the Committee of Public Accounts but he clearly said that would happen. I expect the HSE will do that and I certainly hope it does.