Mr. Robert Watt:

We have put in place protocols and improvements on patient safety issues. I mentioned the Bill going through the Houses. The key focus of the Department and the HSE is on trying to reduce the incidence of harm when those tragic events happen, to support families as best we can and to move through the legal process as quickly as we can. We all accept this is an enormous societal issue. The Government has asked Dr. Rhona Mahony to chair a group to look at how we can manage this increasing liability and how we can reduce the incidence of harm, which I guess is the priority.