Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Social Democrats)
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One of our concerns related to how the report was processed, the relationship between the Health Service Executive and Deloitte and whether the report was influenced by engagements between the HSE and Deloitte or was genuinely independent. According to the correspondence, a request was made to tone down certain aspects of the report. The purpose of commissioning an independent report is to ensure there is an equality of power between the persons who may blow the whistle and the relevant organisation. This is demonstrated in some of the correspondence. If we are to have confidence that independent reports into the HSE or any other organisation are genuinely independent, this will be an issue. Some of the correspondence certainly reinforces that view in mind. This is an issue.