Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

How can the Minister stand up in this Chamber this morning and claim it was and is the Government's intention to act expeditiously? That assertion holds no water. But for the fact that Praveen Halappanavar took the decision, approximately two weeks after this terrible tragedy, to go public with this terrible story he has been obliged to share and because no efforts were being employed by the HSE or the authorities regarding the tragic death of his wife, one must state it is reasonable for people to question whether any kind of serious inquiry would ever have been undertaken otherwise. This constitutes an indictment of the system-----

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