A public fiasco of the highest order. Carry out a medical enquiry, and let the man grieve for his wife.

I wanted to comment but I just can’t find the words in the thesaurus for this level of incompetence, arrogance and ignorance, so I’ll shut up… Oh let’s not forget to legislate too…

This ministers ineptitude knows no bounds.

She died on the 28/10/2012 why did it take 16 days for this to be made public ?

I’m just wondering why HIQA isn’t conducting this inquiry??

Wasn’t the whole purpose of HIQA to gave an independent agency to keep an eye on the HSE and other aspects of the health service??

This O Reilly is a complete disaster. In fact Kenny is not much better. His comments in the Dail today on this issue were nothing short of scandalous. The family of Savita should have been treated in a much more sensitive manner.

Bully boy tactics.

The spotlight on this government continues to shine more brightly with each passing day and they don’t like it. The ineptitude and ignorance is only astounding and as for the HSE led enquiry? Little more than an administrative white wash by those who honed their skills under Harney. Time to finally legislate and ignore the likes of Ronan Mullen, the Church and those God bothering individuals. Maybe its also time for we citizens to get off our arses and vote with feet and voices on this scandal.

I would not trust the HSE to investigate if my dog or cat died thank god this has gone world wide show up how this twisted system is here in Ireland

Just let the poor man grieve his wife.
Seriously,this government are an embarrassment to the country.

(cue the blueshirt red thumbs)

Organising a pee up in a brewery comes to mind – a sad farce!

did he escape st claberts again!

Tick tock tick tock…the further this is badly handled, the further this is made a b***x off, the further it takes to legislate is harming these gombeens further and further. Times coming to and end if they keep going like this.

I feel the reason they did not make it public that she died on the 28/10/2012 was the children Referendum Was more important pushing the yes vote shame on the government SHAME ON YOU

Not a bit surprised, the arrogance of this man knows no bounds. Why care what the husband has to say? After all it is probably better for O’Reilly and the HSE if he has no input into the case! Such a disgrace

Na hÉireann a múscail.

Normally when Reilly says “black”, I assume an albino polar bear that has never seen sunlight and has just seen a ghost.
But in this case, for probably the first (and last) time ever, I tend to agree with him that a public inquiry is not the best approach. My reasons are probably very different to his, but there ya have it!

The proposed HSE inquiry would be a medical inquiry, headed by the president of the International Federation of Obstetrics and Gynaecology. Who knows what its findings would be, but it sounds to me like it has all the necessary expertise to draw meaningful conclusions.
If any criminal negligence were found, a prosecution could follow such an inquiry.

A public inquiry on the other hand would be headed by a judge, whose area of expertise is (of course!) legal. Its findings would be legally sound but toothless, and probably very far in the future.
If any criminal negligence were to be found, it seems from previous public inquiries that testimony given to that inquiry prevents any prosecution from taking place. I don’t agree with that, but it’s been the case with previous public inquiries…

Ye complained about Harney?
Reilly said as did Kenny and Gilmore that they would sort everything??
Silly Silly Voters!!

Every human being no matter race or culture deserve the best treatment see here on this island of Ireland for many decades Irish people suffered at the hands of governments and there eyes and ears were closed and thousands suffered now we are in the EU sorry NO more cover Ups they never listened to well HELLO NOW IT STOPS but the sad thing is this woman had to die well YOU WILL ALL BE SEEN FOR WHAT yOU ARE MONEY IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN LIFE

The premiere of our country appealing to a man whose wife he believes died due to the incompetence of the HSE to appear as a witness in front of an HSE inquiry. Such utter crap. The man is distraught and wants an idependent inquiry. I think I would want an independent one also. That shower will only be interested in covering their arses at all costs. A shambles of the highest order.

Of course he’s happy ! It’s his fellow clinicians on the team.

If it was an Irish woman who died in this tragic way it would not be getting so much attention, Sad but true. I’m ashamed to be Irish. If you agree with me, press the Dislike button.

There are people who will vote like turkeys voting for Christmas. The last two referendums were a horrific spin and lies. The only hope is to lose party system. Direct democracy all we are changing are the officers on the door.

The HSE always conduct the investigations in these cases. Unfortunately, these are not infrequent, as due to the nature of medicine, people die in hospital, and if there are any questions about how their case was managed, this warrants an inquiry. In addition to the statutory inquest.

I can certainly see the ministers point here, although I am not usually a fan. Having a full public enquiry would be lengthy, expensive and would set the precedent that a public enquiry would have to be held whenever there is a question mark over the management of a case with an adverse outcome.

The people conduction the enquiry are well respected in their fields and have the appropriate medical credentials to understand the issues at stake.

I hope this comes to a speedy conclusion, to give her family the answers they need.