Paschal Donohoe (Dublin Central, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I believe Mr. O'Brien should continue in his post. The reason, to address the question the Deputy posed, is the concept of confidence. The greatest duty we have at present is to restore confidence in programmes that have saved lives and helped the health of women. As a result, I am of the view that Mr. O'Brien should continue his work over the next number of weeks. He has appeared before Oireachtas committees in recent days in order to be accountable in his role as director general of the HSE. I understand that this afternoon he will be working with the team that is dealing with responding to the questions and the great uncertainty that exists at present. If our prerogative is - and I believe it is shared across the House - to examine how we can restore confidence in programmes that have saved lives, helped health and mean that men and women are alive today who otherwise would not be with us, that is best served by Mr. O'Brien completing his time in office and ensuring that he answers the questions to which he has to reply now.

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