David Cullinane (Waterford, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I would imagine it is not that Mr. McGarr is calling into question the bona fides of the Minister or anybody else who works in Holles Street or the HSE. That is their interpretation. However, there is simply a difference of opinion and there are different views on what it means.

I will put this to Mr. McGarr. The Minister told us he will give us a letter of comfort. He will write to the health committee to give us his view of what that understanding will be. The fact that it will be on the record of the Oireachtas means it will have some legal standing. Is it true that if there was any court challenge on any of these issues, it would not be the Dáil Chamber or a surgical operating theatre that would adjudicate on that but a court?