Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 19 January 2023

Committee on Public Petitions

Public Petition on St. Brigid’s Hospital, Carrick-on-Suir: Save St. Brigid’s Action Group

Mr. Barry Torpey:

You might believe that would all be in the background there, lined up and ready in the report but that is not the case. I wrote with 14 specific detailed questions. Of those, 12 were unanswered and two were partially answered. That was after a freedom of information request which was not complied with by the HSE. I had to go to the Information Commissioner who annulled its decision and forced the HSE to give information that was not answering the questions. That was an 11-month journey with the HSE.