Richard O'Donoghue (Limerick County, Independent) | Oireachtas source

A review by HIQA is a review by the HSE. There is no such thing as an independent review of the HSE because it is the HSE auditing itself. This goes for every case that we have had in the High Court and everything; it is the HSE investigating itself. Therefore, that is not an independent review. These are people who are within the HSE sector and are paid by the Department. They are nominated by the Ministers to go on these reviews and they are investigating themselves. I am sorry, but that is not a review.

The hospital has introduced a three-minute assessment for a patient to be assessed. If a patient gets an extra minute, the management comes down and chastises the person who is trying to look after a patient. That is not right, either.

The management of UHL has to step down and let a new management in that will bring the morale of the hospital up. It is not front-line workers who are the problem; it is the management.

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