Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael)

My point is that if the Minister of State has an interest in this matter, he should return to his office, contact the HSE official and ask for the aforementioned 20 reports to be delivered to his office as Minister within an hour. It would be perfectly in order for him to be able to provide a synopsis, without giving away sensitive or family details. He could designate them as cases Nos. 1 to 20 and could return to the House this evening at 5 p.m. to outline this for Members, the professionals involved and for the people. It would be possible for the Minister of State to state what point has been reached in respect of the procedures that must be followed each of those 20 cases and what point has been reached regarding the publication of each report. This information is necessary and the Minister of State, who has ministerial responsibility for it, should now be accountable for his responsibility.

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