Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Without consulting on the matter I would prefer not to provide the names of individuals participating in a review. I hope the Deputy understands why. In regard to the fourth case, the review team has not yet been established. We have been in contact with the hospital to impress on it the importance of beginning that review expeditiously.

I agree with the Deputy that individual case reviews in Cavan, Portlaoise and elsewhere are taking far too long. If we assign people to work on them on a full-time basis, that would mean moving them from front-line activities. Perhaps that is something we need to do or alternatively we should use people who have retired from clinical practice. There are consequences for other patients when people are reassigned from their front-line activities to carry out reviews.

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