On the same issue of open disclosure legislation and in regard to Portlaoise hospital, families have been calling for this legislation. It was originally promised by the former Minister for Justice and Equality, Deputy Shatter, in the Chamber. It was then promised by the former Minister for Health, Deputy Reilly, and now we seem to be seeing some sort of row-back. Families are being dragged through the courts at enormous cost to the health service and the HSE. Yesterday, the Minister for Health informed us that it is too costly to hold anybody to account for what happened in Portlaoise. I consider this entirely unacceptable and would like to hear the Taoiseach's view on that.

The legislation in respect of motorised transport is due in the second half of the year. In regard to open disclosure of information, we now have the HIQA report, which is completely independent. It has made eight recommendations, all of which are accepted by the Minister and the HSE and will be implemented. The first of those recommendations is for a patient advocacy group. That will be completely independent of the HSE and will be set up by May 2016.

The Minister will visit Portlaoise hospital tomorrow and will meet with members of the families. This hospital has gone through a series of incidents over the past period, but it is in a critical location and has a lot to offer. A list of improvements have been put in place over the past 12 months, as I outlined earlier. The Minister will visit the hospital tomorrow and speak to everybody involved and he will proceed with the implementation of the recommendations made. He will also meet with the parents of the young babies who lost their lives.