Joan Collins (Dublin South Central, Independent) | Oireachtas source

A person is entitled to resign if he or she wants to and that is fair enough. That is what the Minister is saying but in the period prior to Mr. Quinn's resignation on 7 August, from January of this year, did he raise issues of concern relating to cost controls or governance in the context of procurement? Did such concerns pass the desk of the Minister for Health or the Minister for Finance? If anything did pass the desk of the Minister for Finance, was he obliged to let the Minister of Health know about it?

I find it hard to believe the Taoiseach's assertion that this will not affect any other projects given that the HSE has said that it would be impossible to deliver investments in healthcare because of the budget overruns in the children's hospital. The Minister said the same in a memo last December. Who is telling the truth? Is it the Taoiseach or the Minister and the HSE? My final question relates to the suggestion that consultants will have to pay a fee for the use of rooms and will have to meet other operational costs relating to laboratories and diagnostic facilities. Will that be the case? If so, will it be transparent? Will consultants have to show what they paid and to whom the fees were paid?

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