More than 2,000 HSE pre-school reports trawled for information
The scope of the request meant the response from the HSE would not be overnight. In some cases, third parties objected to the release of reports and were informed by the HSE of a right to appeal to the Office of the Information Commissioner prior to the release of information. Some did. In the end, it was six months before all the reports were received by the Irish Examiner.
The final tally was more than 2,000 inspection reports, all of which were trawled by the Irish Examiner.