Mr. Tony O'Brien:

On the issue of the recent HIQA investigation, as I outlined in my opening remarks, I have appointed Ian Carter, the national director of acute hospitals, who will have the role of overseeing the obligations of the HSE under that report, which include the local and national recommendations. Clearly, the chief executive of the group, Mr. Bill Maher, who has delegation from the HSE, has particular responsibilities with regard to some of the local recommendations. HIQA has a monitoring role in accordance with the Safer Better Healthcare standards and the provisions set out in the report itself. This differs markedly from the situation that pertained at the time of the highly regrettable death of Tania McCabe and the local investigation that was carried out into that matter, which was before there was a national incident management team and before there were the standards to which I have referred. With the permission of the Chairman, I will ask Dr. Philip Crowley to add to that answer.