Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 6 October 2022

Public Accounts Committee

2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health
Health Service Executive - Financial Statements 2021 (Resumed)

9:30 am

Photo of Neasa HouriganNeasa Hourigan (Dublin Central, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

I am looking for a recognition that committee meetings have a value. We need to be able to trust what we are told by witnesses who sit in the room with us and enjoy parliamentary privilege. If they are saying they did communicate, we should be able to follow up and say that is true, they did communicate and the families are happy that is a fair representation of what happened. I am not there yet, however. I am asking the HSE to meet me halfway and ensure that we can have that trust. If we cannot be sure of that, then committees are in a strange place.

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