Health Minister Edwin Poots told MLAs he felt aggrieved that no-one had been prosecuted over alleged child abuse at Lissue House and Forster Green hospitals, on 18 January 2012. Following complaints about historic abuse from patients at the hospitals in the 1980s and early 1990s, a review was carried out by an independent consultant. It was completed in 2009 but never published. Its contents were only revealed in 2011 after a leaked copy was given to the Irish News. Mr Poots told the assembly health committee that where there had been evidence of abuse it had been passed to the police. "We have not been in a position where we could safely bring someone to court and prove beyond all reasonable doubt that they have been engaged in abuse," he added. Committee chair Michelle Gildernew of Sinn Fein said the documents given to members "made absolutely harrowing reading" and had left her "very shaken." Pressed by Ms Gildernew on the question of action against hospital staff, the minister replied: You're looking to the wrong people when it comes to prosecution because our task has been to collate the information. He said considerable effort has been made to recover information and it had been passed to the police. Mr Poots outlined the Cabinet Office inquiry that had been set up to find the staff member who had leaked the information to the press. He said it was not a question of "whistleblowing" as confidential information appeared to have been removed from HSE files. Ms Gildernew expressed concern for members of staff who felt "sullied" by the Cabinet Office inquiry. She said she supported the person who leaked the information if it had not been dealt with in an appropriate manner by the authorities. The committee chair said health service staff were "petrified of putting their hand up" and called for a change of culture in the department of health. At the outset of proceedings the minister said there had been "absolutely no attempt to cover up these allegations or hide them from the public or police."