338. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health the reason the death of a head and neck cancer patient which is reported on the Q Pulse system relating to University Hospital Limerick as a serious incident has not been adequately investigated; and the reason the HSE and the hospital have not provided open disclosure to the family of the deceased cancer patient despite the fact that the CEO and directorate had been informed of the circumstances of the preventable death well over a year ago. [24958/19]

As this is a service issue, I have asked the HSE to reply to you directly.