Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

The legislation in respect of motorised transport is due in the second half of the year. In regard to open disclosure of information, we now have the HIQA report, which is completely independent. It has made eight recommendations, all of which are accepted by the Minister and the HSE and will be implemented. The first of those recommendations is for a patient advocacy group. That will be completely independent of the HSE and will be set up by May of 2016.

The Minister will visit Portlaoise hospital tomorrow and will meet with members of the families. This hospital has gone through a series of incidents over the past period, but it is in a critical location and has a lot to offer. A list of improvements have been put in place over the past 12 months, as I outlined earlier. The Minister will visit the hospital tomorrow and speak to everybody involved and he will proceed with the implementation of the recommendations made. He will also meet with the parents of the young babies who lost their lives.

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