David Cullinane (Waterford, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

The Department was not notified until November, and that includes the Minister for Health. That is four months, which is completely unacceptable. In my view, there have been lots of failures.

I have a final question as I am almost out of time. There will be lots of issues for the review to deal with. I do not believe there should be any reporting back to CHI. My next questions are on the procurement of the non-medical grade springs. My understanding is that a review of this issue has been commissioned by CHI and will report back to CHI. The Minister informed us of this in the Dáil last week. There should be no reporting back to Children's Health Ireland in relation to any review. Were the springs procured through CHI? If so, were they procured directly by a consultant or somebody else?