Bertie Ahern (Dublin Central, Fianna Fail)

Deputy Rabbitte seeks to create a little confusion on this but I will try to be clear. The Government said it is a damning report and the findings and recommendations will be fully taken into account. The Minister for Health and Children will meet the hospital's board and the Medical Council. In so far as issues must be addressed by a number of regulatory bodies, they will be followed through and, in so far as some of these issue relate to other hospitals, they will also be followed through. My point, which I think the Deputy understands but which he is trying to confuse, is if somebody raised the issue — in this instance a midwife did — and it was brought to the highest source——

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