Rónán Mullen (Independent) | Oireachtas source

At the very least, it seems that there should be a suspension of any such appointment until we have full clarity and assurance that nothing inappropriate has taken place.
I am in the unusual position of having a fair idea of what the Minister is going to say because of what happened yesterday when this matter was due to be taken, unless the script has changed since then. I look forward to the Minister's response but I am bound to say that it is not appropriate to hide behind the fact that there is some kind of audit currently under way. If a matter is sub judicethere can be no reference to individual facts that may impinge on a court case and so on. However, the fact that the HSE might be engaging in some kind of audit to see exactly what happened in respect of this particular tendering contract is no argument against providing specific answers to specific questions about factual issues and arrangements that I have presented. I look forward to the Minister's response.