Kathleen Lynch (Cork North Central, Labour) | Oireachtas source

I am always conscious of what I say in the media, but especially in the Chamber where I am more accountable. I did not quite say what the Deputy stated I said. Rather, I said that we were considering all mechanisms in order to ensure the safety of vulnerable people. These may include technologies of which we do not yet know. We have employed consultants to advise us. We have not rolled back from the commitment or from ensuring that, when the Health Information and Quality Authority, HIQA, is not present - I believe that HIQA would never have found this instance - we will be able to put in place a mechanism that is not easily obscured or doctored in any way. I stated what I did last week because we are not experts in this technology. We must ensure that vulnerable people in particular rather than all settings are protected on an ongoing basis.

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