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

But is there some control whereby the procedures proposed are approved by somebody in authority, or could the patient be part of an experiment?

When this issue was first discovered, why was it not made known immediately to the Minister, the families and this committee, all of whom were asking questions? We know that the families were asking questions and were concerned. Why did that not happen and whose responsibility was it to make it happen?