Catherine Connolly (Galway West, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I would like to finish my questioning. On the memo, this incident was not regarded as serious. The memo states it was not a patient safety incident but rather a reflection of the known limitations to the current screening test. Does the agency still hold to that view or has it changed its mind?

The national screening programme has assured the Department that no quality issues have arisen with the US laboratory which performed the testing in 2011. We now know that two laboratories are being sued in 11 cases about which we know, yet there are no quality issues with those laboratories. The solicitors for them gave an expert opinion. I have run out of time, but perhaps Mr. Breen might respond on the two issues I have mentioned.