Colm Burke (Cork North Central, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I thank our guests for the presentation. I will open with the issue of checks and balances in the context of our mental health services. If a consultant is working in a hospital, be it in orthopaedics or surgery, there are checks and balances in place within that hospital's structures. In our mental health services, there are no checks and balances. Even if one takes it that a consultant is in charge, there are no checks and balances in regard to reviewing what that consultant is doing or prescribing. What action is the HSE taking to make sure those checks and balances apply across the board to consultants and junior doctors in our mental health services?