Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael)

I am just asking for an opportunity to debate the matter next week.

The second report on the Rebecca O'Malley case, as referred to by Deputies Reilly and Gilmore, sets out very clearly that patient-centred care is not sufficiently embedded in the management process, that systems have delayed and avoided difficult decisions and priority was not given to those who needed it. This is a major indictment of the capacity of the HSE to do the business for which it has been set up. Are there any proposals from Government to deal with this situation in view of the fact that the O'Malley report follows the Fitzgerald report, both of which equally indict seriously the capacity of the HSE to do its job?

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