Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein)

How could that happen? Is there a parallel inquiry or investigation into the number of unopened orthopaedic referral letters and other referral letters from GPs to that hospital or any other hospital? How many consultant radiologists were in Tallaght between 2005 and 2009? How does the Minister of State account for the fact that the former CEO of the hospital told officials from HIQA last June that there were only 4,000 unreported X-rays and that it was only with the advent of a new chief executive that we discovered the number is 57,000? The figures did not jump from 4,000 to 57,000 in the last six months of 2009 because they cover a four year period from 2005. Will this discrepancy be investigated?

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