James Reilly (Dublin North, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I assure everyone that the Chief Medical Officer's report will be comprehensive and it will be an important signpost for HIQA when it engages in its review of the situation in Portlaoise. It is in everyone's interests that the problem not just be addressed but fixed so that people can have confidence into the future in that hospital and in all our maternity services. I thank the families for taking the time to speak to me and the Chief Medical Officer. Their contribution and their story, which was harrowing to go through again, has informed the Chief Medical Officer of the issues he must address and it will allow him to address it in a comprehensive way, which might not have been possible without the benefit of their time.

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