David Cullinane (Waterford, Sinn Fein)
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Can I stop Mr. Quinn there? I am not trying to put the blame on his organisation. On page 42 of the report it is stated that HIQA has previously called for reform of the regulatory framework to allow other forms of care to flourish. It also speaks about the 2013 regulations that need to be strengthened. My point is that if HIQA is calling for regulations to be strengthened, the logic of that for most people would be that the regulations were not strong enough. I am not talking about the regulations that were there but whether the regulations were not strong enough in the first place. If HIQA is calling for them to be strengthened, it strikes me that they were not strong enough. Is it the case that they were not strong enough because the regulations that needed to be strengthened in whatever area simply were not there and that, in itself, was a problem? Would that be a fair assessment?