Mary Lou McDonald (Dublin Central, Sinn Fein)
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Go raibh maith agat, a Cathaorleach, agus fáilte uilig anseo inniú.

I shall start with Mr. Cregan and commend him on his expeditious and thorough work. We would share some of his concerns such as the preferability of having an independent entity carry out the work. That point has been made so I will not labour on it. Nonetheless, I acknowledge his report and the timeliness of its production. However, his criticisms of the HSE are more implicit than explicit in his work. Before we turn to the CRC, people looking on will say that substantial amounts of money were going to the clinic and to other section 38 organisations, and the HSE was asleep at the wheel for a long time. Is that a fair comment, Mr. Cregan?