David Cullinane (Waterford, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I accept that. I assume that some of the work the HSE has done will be useful. We do not know what the recommendations will be. This committee will deliberate and publish a report. I think it is reasonable to point out that there is a level of work that was done, at the very least, in the HSE. The CEO of the HSE has, at the very least, asked the HSE to examine the matters and be prepared for legislation. I wish to point out because it is a statement of fact that that has not happened in the Department. I think that is a mistake. It is not that the Department has to take a position because there is no position to take. In my view, at the very least, the Department should be examining the issues in the same way that is being done by the HSE.