Louise O'Reilly (Dublin Fingal, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

Those plans, which are ambitious, are very welcome, but I must be honest. In response to a parliamentary question I asked, the Minister, in what was not exactly a ringing endorsement, said, "Let us be very honest, the likelihood of finding all of that cohort in one go is slim." He is not convinced, I certainly am not, and that is very worrying because, as I and others have said here repeatedly, these are screening scans. When we have asked the professionals and the consultants, they have told us it is a screening scan so it is not possible to grade in those terms.

I will take the answer of the witnesses anyway.