Brian Cowen (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)

The review group was set up on 8 March and in a subsequent letter to the chair of the HSE on 12 March, the Minister asked him to nominate a HSE employee to liaise with the review group in order to facilitate the work of Ms Norah Gibbons and Mr. Shannon. That person was nominated. The HSE had indicated to the office of the Minister of State with responsibility for children that it had met the review group and that requests for information were being responded to. During the collation of information, the HSE sought its own legal advice, which suggested there were difficulties in passing actual case files to the review group.

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