Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Deputy. The point here is that he was on the board. He had a code of practice by which he was governed on that board. He was also accountable to the sponsoring Department, which was the Department of Health. There was a line of communication between the National Paediatric Hospital Development Board and the Department of Health. He had an obligation to play his role in that as a board member who was accountable to the Department of Health. That was the line of communication.

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