Bertie Ahern (Dublin Central, Fianna Fail)

That is a good way of proceeding. One does not need another consultancy firm to do this.

On Deputy Rabbitte's last point about what will happen next, the Comptroller and Auditor General is preparing his report and the HSE decided last week to have a comprehensive review at its meeting on 2 December. When the Government receives that report it will decide what else it should do. We should wait and let the HSE undertake a full evaluation of what happened over recent years.

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