Martin Browne (Tipperary, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

Representatives of the HSE have again come before an Oireachtas committee. Surely they knew documentation was going to be looked for again. Why has it not been made available, even before the meeting, given they knew it was going to be asked for? All we are looking for is the likes of the minutes. As I said to Mr. Ryan on the previous occasion, everybody has an opinion. I might have an opinion about a runway at Dublin Airport, and while I cannot fly an aeroplane, my opinion, if it were out there, would affect thousands of people. Opinions of employees of the HSE who sat at a meeting have affected thousands of people throughout the country, in Galway, Cork, Tipperary and many other places. We have all sat on the likes of school boards and residents' associations. Minutes are taken of meetings, even if the meeting is about no more than sweeping a path in the street. It is unbelievable the HSE made these decisions to close places with no minutes taken of the meetings.

I will take Mr. Ryan's word that we will get the information this time, but I assure him that if we do not get it within the coming weeks, we will put in a request for the witnesses to come again before the committee and face the same grilling.