Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 22 June 2004
48 Mr. Quinn asked the Minister for Health and Children when he expects to receive the report of the independent review into the circumstances of the death of a person (details supplied); the reason for the long delay in finalising this report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18381/04]
View answerOn 23 July last, I announced that I had convened a review panel to conduct an independent review of the events surrounding the tragic death of the person concerned. The members of the panel are Mr David Hanly, management consultant; Ms Kay O'Sullivan director of nursing at Cork University Hospital; and Dr Shakeel A. Qureshi, paediatric cardiologist at Guy's and Thomas's Hospital, London.
The terms of reference of the panel are to consider the report of the ERHA in relation to the events of 30 June 2003 at Our Lady's Hospital for Sick Children, Dublin and to make such further inquiries and conduct such interviews as the panel considers necessary; to address the questions raised by the family; to examine protocols and procedures relevant to this incident having regard to prevailing standards of best practice, and to examine their application in this case; and to report to the Minister and to make such recommendations as it sees fit. Following the review, both reports will be made available.
The work of the review panel is ongoing and I am not in a position at this stage to comment on its work or to say when the report will become available.
