Rose Conway Walsh (Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

All of this seems to suggest the Department was waiting for the women to react but hoping that they would not react to it. Then, if they did react the Department had the headlines in mind. The approach suggests if the women were going to react or speak out then the Department had to be prepared. To me it seems like a defence mechanism. I take what Mr. Breslin says about confidence is the screening but-----