David Cullinane (Waterford, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

Of course. If a decision is made, as we know, whoever is the Minister at the time will be told, "We have to go away and we have to look at all of this". That could take a year or two years. At the very least, the HSE seems to be in parallel with the work of this committee, examining issues, but the Department is not.

The HSE said it has examined these issues. Has a working group examined these issues? Is there a formal working group within the HSE? The HSE statement states: "The CEO of the HSE has asked us to confirm that should draft legislation be forthcoming, the HSE will respond". Is there a formal working group working on that?