Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I agree, and I thank the Minister of State for her response. It is serious, which is why I raised it. It is getting more serious as time passes. There is an onus on the providers of the service, wherever the service may be and whether it be the public health service, a private institution or institutions or a multiplicity of either or both, to be able to take responsibility for something that goes wrong or is alleged to have gone wrong and have it investigated in a way that is to the satisfaction of all concerned. I am a long time in this House and I believe I have learned a great deal. One of the things I have learned is that those who are providing a service need to take responsibility for something that goes wrong under their care or under their watch.