David Cullinane (Waterford, Sinn Fein)
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I seek clarification. I do not want to be unhelpful and I do work with the Cathaoirleach and members of the committee. It is not often I strongly insist on something. I have concerns, and I have expressed them already, about the independence of the Deloitte report. I am expressing it as an opinion, but in terms of due process and fairness, surely I should have a right to test and probe this with the author of the report. This is a pattern. This is not just an isolated incident of having concerns about a report from these types of organisations presented as independent. I have a concern about the process and I am asking whether it is within the remit of the Committee of Public Accounts to examine reports such as this. The report was presented to us. We asked for it and we were waiting for it for God knows how long. It took us months of delays before we got it. We now have it, and are we to accept it and that is it? We have a counter opinion from the whistleblowers, who completely disagree with the report. I have read the report. I have huge concerns about information that was going over and back. As I have already put on the record, it gives the HSE's position and that is all it does. I am not happy with that.