Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Social Democrats) | Oireachtas source

Failure at that level is critically important. We are told two sets of eyes look at these. In Vicky Phelan's case, there were two separate smear tests. That is a failure rate of 400%. Will the witnesses comment on whether or not there was a closed mind, by simply looking at this from a statistical perspective rather than delving deeper? There seems to have been a difference between one lab and some of the others with regard to the extent of the failures. Will the witnesses comment on that first?