Ms Róisín Molloy:

To back up what Mark said about our involvement with the HSE investigation, the executive's policy indicates that families would be encouraged to take part with regard to a chronology. In reality, it does not work like that. It is like a token participation in an investigation. It should be noted that Mark's investigation is the only one of its kind into a baby death in Portlaoise hospital. The rest of the investigations were reviews done internally, and the parents did not have any knowledge of them. As yet, it is the only report into a baby death at Portlaoise hospital and we drove that report to completion. It should also be noted that one of the external experts brought in by the HSE did not get our account of our labour but just the chronology. The notes used were the changed notes and the copied notes were not used in the investigation. We only received a copy of the original notes under freedom of information after the "Prime Time" programme. Through a HSE investigation and inquest, the notes used were the doctored notes. If we had not driven and forced the process, Mark's report would never have been finalised-----