David Cullinane (Waterford, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I will make a comment rather than ask a question. When people say there is a lack of a culture of accountability and transparency in the HSE, I look to all of the good staff across the HSE and in our public hospitals and public services who do great work. At the top and at management level, however, there is not a culture of accountability and transparency. It is absolutely unacceptable that the questions I put cannot be answered. I do not accept the logic of the response I received. The whistleblower was treated very shabbily, and it is not the first time this has happened when a whistleblower has come forward about issues within the HSE. It is completely unacceptable. The quicker we have a new culture of accountability and transparency in our health services, the better.