Mick Wallace (Wexford, Independent) | Oireachtas source

As the Minister of State knows, Deputy Clare Daly and I contacted her almost a year ago about this and we did not jump all over it. It needs to be acknowledged that there is something seriously amiss with how the HSE operates. This is only one issue. We have been told other things over a period that makes us very concerned about the behaviour of certain members of the HSE in the south-east region. There seems to be a culture of dragging matters out, delaying, issuing denials and then bringing in the legal people. Those to whom I refer seemed to be concerned with minimising liability and a damage limitation process. The ethos is poor and it is not good enough. Something has to change.

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