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

The problem as I see it is this. I do not know whether HIQA was informed and, if so, when it was informed regarding this particular incident and the extent to which it comes under HIQA's jurisdiction under the new patient safety Act and also regarding full disclosure. Full disclosure means full disclosure. If something goes wrong, the various agencies, including the Minister and the relevant committees, need to be informed.

Otherwise the general public have no confidence in the ability of the public representatives or the committee to deal with the thing adequately at the time an event is first discovered. In the future, does HIQA expect to be informed about any such incident when it takes place, not after it becomes public knowledge, which gives the appearance that HIQA does not know?