Shane Cassells (Meath West, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I refer to questioning earlier from Deputy Cullinane. When asked about the process of informing patients and how the 200 letters were issued by CervicalCheck to consultants - and Deputy Cullinane asked about women who had CervicalCheck tests specifically - I think the answer was zero, but Dr. O'Keeffe interjected and said that was not the case because some women had reached out to CervicalCheck and, by virtue of that, had had engagement. However, this goes to the root of the problem. It was a reverse process. They had to reach out. There was no one picking up the phone to them, and it was disingenuous to say there had been contact. Dr. O'Keeffe herself said they had to reach out. This goes back even to the whole point of the process in which we are involved now, people who are afraid, queuing to access a helpline and waiting God knows how long to get a response. Would Dr. O'Keeffe accept that?