Seán Fleming (Laois, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

The director of the national cancer control programme was not categorising this as a patient safety incident in his memo to the Minister on 16 April. Mr. Breslin is now saying that because of the public controversy and thanks to Vicky Phelan and others, the issue is going to be escalated not just to a patient safety issue but a serious patient safety issue that will require mandatory disclosure. If Vicky Phelan has achieved anything, she has achieved that much. I have made my point. None of these issues has been dealt with at all. This was not intended to be covered by the regulations before this incident blew up. That was Dr. Coffey's view to the Minister. Now we are finding that it will be covered and we acknowledge that progress. It should not have had to take Vicky Phelan to bring about this change.