Mr. Tony O'Brien:

Deputy Cullinane correctly identified that the key issue relates to the audit and the manner in which the communications process was undertaken. It is clear and in the public domain that there were differences of views between doctors about who should undertake the communication. We have clearly stated that the communication should have occurred and have identified that when the serious incident management team examined the 209 cases, only 48 had been informed prior to the establishment of that team. That was not a corporate decision within the HSE but, rather, related to a process managed by a relatively small group of staff in the CervicalCheck programme.