Matt Carthy (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein)
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If the HSE is concerned about the number of items, I agree these meetings are better when they are specified. Just to clarify, all I want are answers to questions that were put to the representatives the last time they were here. If they are provided to us beforehand, there will be no need to touch on them at all. If they had done what they had promised, it would probably have shocked me, but we need to send them a very clear message, including on the issues which will be discussed on 4 May. When we ask questions, everybody understands if they do not have the answers, although when I asked the questions on 2 February, I believe they did have the ability to answer them at that meeting, and certainly by 9 February, the Secretary General knew the answers to the questions I put. It is not as if they are down in a basement trying to find an old set of documents. They have these answers and they should do this committee the courtesy of providing them.