Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

They do deserve an explanation. As I pointed out, many actions have been taken in Portlaoise. It is not good enough that for 50 years we have relied on reports that follow tragic incidents in hospitals, taken some actions to address the findings and moved on. The point of HIQA is that it is an independent authority that can walk into a hospital and analyse, investigate and assess any sector or service. The Minister is entitled to request that HIQA produce a report and he wrote to HIQA on 14 May 2014 requesting that it examine the maternity unit in Cavan hospital. HIQA has moved to carry out an analysis of all the maternity units in the country, including Cavan.

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