Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Okay. They were submitted in July. I have looked carefully at this. As I see this, the Deputy asked a series of escalating questions. To begin with, they were quite vague. They are all on the record. They were about whether CHI uses non-medical grade equipment. I believe it replied in good faith that, to the very best of its knowledge, of course it did not use non-medical grade equipment. It was only in the second week of July, I believe, and I am more than happy to be wrong on this, as I read it, that the Deputy's question became specific enough for CHI to look exactly at what he was pointing to. When it found that, it responded on 27 July and I was informed the following week. I do not know what the Deputy was given but if he had that specific information earlier, I could have acted on it and CHI could have acted on it. If the Deputy has information to the contrary, that is absolutely fine. It is important to say that I believe it was only in July, when his question became specific enough, that CHI was able to identify what he was pointing to.

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