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

It is quite late in the evening and I would prefer if Dr. McKenna were not vague in his answers. How high up did this go? He is a very senior person in the HSE structure and was such when he received the letter. Did he feel the need to give it to a more senior person? Did he speak to people on the same level as himself? Did he inform the Department? Were any other letters of that nature in circulation? This type of letter would cause me alarm and prompt me to take action. I do not think I would be happy to walk away and assume everything would be okay, given that the purpose of the letter was to advise that everybody in the equation was assuming that somebody else was taking action. Nobody was doing so. In the intervening time, information was being withheld from women, as per the circular that was issued. Notwithstanding that, did Dr. McKenna or Dr. Henry feel obliged to take action? With whom did Dr. Henry discuss the letter and what action did he take?