Alan Kelly (Tipperary, Labour) | Oireachtas source

Incident or issue, this is mammoth. If, during my years as a Minister, I had received that note and the events we are discussing had transpired subsequently, I would have felt misled. That is my honest opinion, not that of the Minister for Health, Deputy Harris, although I am not sure if his opinion differs much from mine. Regardless of whether we like it, in the opinion of the public this is either a massive cover-up - the witnesses can shake their heads - or one of the largest examples of collective incompetence in the history of Irish health care management. It is one or the other because the issues here are so significant and they are frightening many people across the country, as all of us accept.

My first question is to the Department of Health. As of today, 2 May 2018, how many cases similar to Ms Vicky Phelan's have been taken against a diagnostic company and-or the HSE?