Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Taking up that point, no minister for health anywhere in the world would suggest that things cannot go wrong in a health service, beyond the limitations of any procedure. Of course, that is the case. As the Deputy knows, determining that in Ireland is an adversarial process which needs to be reformed. That is why we have asked Mr. Justice Charles Meenan to do a body of work on tort reform. He is due to deliver an interim report any day now and definitely by the end of this year. I hope that report will guide us in how to deal with things better without people having to go to court on all occasions.