Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 9 May 2018

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health

Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Discussion

9:00 am

Photo of Rose Conway WalshRose Conway Walsh (Sinn Fein)
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Who defines if something is a serious incident or not? Yesterday we spoke to the State Claims Agency and it was obvious that Vicky Phelan was just another run-of-the-mill case and there was no need to report it to anybody or to do anything else. Who defines what is a serious incident and at what point?