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

On that particular issue, we need to acknowledge the level of responsibility on the provider and the need for the provider, in certain circumstances, to be able to stand over whatever decision was made on the basis that it was the best decision that could be made given the information available to him or her at the time. The counterpoint is that this should be in primary legislation and not dealt with by regulation. How does that leave the provider in respect of two cases that may be at loggerheads? There is a provider on the one hand and two points of view on the other being raised subsequently.