Catherine Connolly (Galway West, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I am left with my mouth open. I went back twice and in two different ways. I then went to the Minister to ask him whether he was happy with this situation. I will now refer that question and those two answers to the committee. Before we get to medical negligence, things inevitably happen because we are only human. One learns from that and one should set up an investigation, whether internal or external. I only asked about the external independent investigations. I asked how many there had been and what they had cost and the people I asked were not in a position to give me that information. They had no record of it. How can we learn, how can we now what things costs, and how can we avoid costs in the future? How can we find out how the issue ties into subsequent medical negligence cases?