Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 8 November 2018

Public Accounts Committee

Matters related to Medical Negligence, Open Disclosure, Cervical Cancer and Thalidomide Litigation

9:00 am

Photo of David CullinaneDavid Cullinane (Waterford, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

That is grand. We do not want to be unfair, and we do not want to create unfair difficulties for any clinician or give rise to any perception that might not reflect reality. We do not want a headline to say there is a problem in a hospital where there is not. I completely understand that. At the same time, we need some kind of metrics by which we can determine whether there is a problem. There is a balance there and perhaps the information Mr. Breen gives might help us. We do not want to create a situation where we are being unfair to anybody or are creating an undue or unfair perception. We are more concerned about seeing where there might be a problem. Mr. Breen might be able to see it from the information. Dr. Henry was talking earlier about the comparisons the HSE makes and the work it does. Does Mr. Breen see the point I am making?

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