Mr. Jim Breslin:

In my opening statement and early in the meeting I sought to distinguish two things, and the more they are interwoven the more difficult it is to understand what has arisen. The memorandums in 2016 refer to a clinical audit that was to be communicated to women. What we are now dealing with is the widespread non-communication of that information. The Department was not aware of that. The HSE has confirmed that the Department was not aware of it.