Dan Neville (Limerick West, Fine Gael)

I welcome the opportunity to contribute to this debate. Mr. Fitzgerald found that there was a fundamental weakness in management and governance of the process from the outset. What concerns me is that people are now beginning to feel a lack of confidence in the Health Service Executive. This has been developing for some time in the Houses of the Oireachtas, mainly due to a lack of communication. It was also evident with the Minister at a previous meeting of the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Health and Children. She stated: "Regarding Dr. Naughton's letter to the then Minister, Deputy Martin, when Deputy Reilly asked me about it, I asked the Department to carry out an investigation and it was unable to find any letter sent by Dr. Naughton to my predecessor." A note was then passed to the Minister who informed us: "I have just received a note from Ann Doherty who says she did receive a letter as part of her inquiry." If there is no communication between the Minister——

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