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

Well, whatever was reflected in the past was not good enough. There were massive gaping chasms in the application of standards and the protection of people deemed to be vulnerable, and there was difficulty in producing evidence and reports. We are still waiting on reports on some of the institutions. Can we be certain that a single standard applies right throughout the system, in respect of both public and private institutions, in order that there might be continuity of responsibility, continuity of service and some kind of standardisation of the service that patients might expect?