Catherine Connolly (Galway West, Independent) | Oireachtas source

We need adequate time for it. The cost now stands at €421 million. In one year, it doubled to €300 million and the allocation in the budget is €121 million so this payment alone is practically €500 million. This is one thing we want adequate time to discuss.

I welcome the Chairman's approach to teasing out the position regarding medical negligence. Open disclosure is not operating. We cannot look at one without examining the other. I do not know how many independent reviews and assessments have been carried prior to any medical negligence case. I have intimate details of one review.