Ms Amy Delahunt:

As the mother of Mary Kate who died in May 2013, with the other parents in question, I demand to know how her avoidable death and the deaths of others were allowed to happen. The HSE must stop misinforming the public that these issues were not escalated nationally. The director general of the HSE must stop misinforming the public that these events occurred before his time in the HSE. Following the assertions made in HIQA report that financial matters were prioritised over all other considerations within the HSE, can the committee establish why funds from the HSE's budget are continually used to employ legal teams and senior counsel to limit the scope of inquests and any derived learning and why patients were continually encouraged to go down the route of litigation, thus invoking section 48 of the Health Act which states any matter that is or has been the subject of litigation cannot be investigated by the HSE?

Given this presentation, the Minister must initiate an investigation into all levels of HSE management relating to this scandal. This HSE management team is clearly incapable and cannot be trusted to implement the recommendations made in this or previous HIQA reports.