Mr. Pat O'Mahony:

The Chairman will recall from the presentation by Dr. Tony Holohan, Chief Medical Officer, to the committee that those issues related to the Harley Medical Group. The Harley Medical Group has gone out of business; it has closed up shop in Ireland. The individual clients of the Harley Medical Group no longer receive a service - the files are with the liquidator. Our understanding from our colleagues in the Department of Health is that the Department and the HSE are in the advanced stages of establishing a clear treatment pathway for all the affected ladies, but the patients have been left in limbo as far as the Harley Medical Group is concerned. I mentioned the issues that people complained of at the time. Those are not historical but refer to when the issues came to light and they were dealing with Harley at the time and they were getting very unsatisfactory reactions, treatment and service from Harley-----