Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 19 May 2015

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children

HIQA Investigation into Midland Regional Hospital, Portlaoise (Resumed): Parents and Patient Advocates

11:30 am

Ms Cathriona Molloy:

The day the "Prime Time" investigation unit's report on the HSE was broadcast, 31 January, was a very sad day for me because it was 18 years on from being a patient of Dr. Neary and the fact that these incidents were happening was very emotional. As Ms O'Connor can tell the committee, on that day I had a row with the HSE because it had not published information on a helpline. RTE wanted information on a helpline to be put up that night, but the HSE refused to do so because it stated not many people were affected. We had no choice but to put up the Patient Focus number and there was a row because we did this. We worked all evening and all-----