Alan Kelly (Tipperary, Labour) | Oireachtas source

Let me get this straight because it is important. Mr. Gleeson or someone with him proposed to give Dr. Scally the same full access that the relevant HSE staff had. However, that was shot down in preference for taking the electronic files, putting them on a device - be it a USB device or a CD - and giving that to Dr. Scally, which he has gone ballistic over and which the Minister has called "pathetic". As a result of this, the Taoiseach had to stand up in the Dáil yesterday and say that he was instructing the HSE to do otherwise. Why did the HSE not give Dr. Scally full access from day one? The Taoiseach and Minister for Health are on the same page as me about this.