Ruth Coppinger (Dublin West, Solidarity)

I do not have time to make all the points I wanted regarding the research. I just want to say what the parents believe needs to be done at this stage. The HSE was proposing a two-stage review, by the CHI first and then by outsiders. That has been completely rejected. They are putting forward the idea of a partial ratified independent scrutiny mechanism, PRISM, as it is called, where the parents themselves would have a say in what happens and scrutiny over the whole situation. It is incredible how knowledgeable the parents are. I am sure the Minister knows this because she has met them. There must be a full and comprehensive review. Every parent and child should be entitled to a second opinion and not have to wait six months as is currently being proposed. We also need a full public inquiry into CHI. Every case should be audited and not just those chosen. We all know this is just being strung out. The board needs to go. There is no way it can move forward, in terms of CHI, into a new system. It has been absolutely ruled out.

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