Róisín Shortall (Dublin North West, Social Democrats) | Oireachtas source

That would be good.

I want to move away from the physical provision of the hospital to look at arrangements for the transition to a new, merged hospital and the proposals for the functioning and operation of that hospital. We know from an RTÉ report that the HSE commissioned a confidential report from KPMG on the preparedness of the different players to function properly in a major new hospital. That consultants’ report was damning on a number of different fronts. People who were involved in the original establishment of Tallaght hospital, where the Adelaide, the Meath and the children's hospitals came together, were very critical of the lack of preparation for that and the lack of thinking through of what that merger entailed.

It is claimed that years after the merger the cultural tensions were still very strong and the relationships quite dysfunctional. I think most people would understand that and that the three hospitals were operating independently rather than there having been a cultural merging of three separate entities.

I refer to the report from KPMG. We are all concentrating on the shortcomings of BAM, but it seems that the HSE has not got its own house in order in this regard. This report raises serious issues. When did the Minister see that report from KPMG? It was completed in April, as I understand it. When did the Minister first see it and what actions is he taking on foot of it?