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

I absolutely expect that the HSE and the Department of Health will consider this matter based on evidence and not just evidence from this State. As is the norm in any kind of medical issue, one examines peer-reviewed international evidence as well as domestic evidence and take them together. In health care, one will always find evidence going one way and then evidence going the other way. It is, therefore, necessary to take all the evidence together to see which of it is peer-reviewed and strongest and make a judgment based on that. Any response from the Government, the HSE and the Department of Health will be compassionate and understanding and respectful of the pain and suffering of anyone who is enduring complications as a result of an operation. Further, any actions taken by Government will have to be guided by best clinical advice from the experts in the field and it will have to be evidence based.

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