Seán Fleming (Laois, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I will make one further comment before handing over to Deputy Connolly. Mr. Lynch mentioned the clinical risk forum. The former chief executive of the HSE, Mr. Tony O'Brien, was before this committee 14 months ago, shortly after the Vicky Phelan case became public, and we asked him about that. He was the chief executive and he said he was not aware of that issue at all.

We then sought to examine the risk register of the HSE but that case was not on the risk register. Mr. Lynch is now stating that there is a clinical risk forum. That surprises us. That certainly was not the practice up until recently, although it might be the plan now. The chief executive indicated that he was not even aware of the case. Did the clinical risk register forum even exist at that stage?