David Cullinane (Waterford, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

Because of the time limit, I will be very direct and expect direct responses.

The difficulty with some of what Dr. O'Keeffe said earlier is that it chimes with what is in the draft press statement we received today. Essentially, it is part of a communications strategy to divert attention away from the real problem. All we hear from her and others in that regard is that screening is not 100% accurate. Everybody in this room accepts that and that is not the issue. The issue is that women were not informed when CervicalCheck was informed of wrong smear test results. They were not given information that they should have been given. Dr. O'Keeffe knows that this is this issue, as I do. She has raised the two cases in which people did contact CervicalCheck about their smear test results and were not given information directly. They were told that the information would be given to their consultants. The consultants were given the responsibility of deciding whether they should tell the patients. We know that some did and that some did not. The facts are that no woman received information directly from CervicalCheck and that that was a failing on the part of the programme.

I want to put a question to Mr. Connaghan. We found out last week that there had been three memos in March and July 2016 that had been shared with individuals in the HSE and the Department. They eventually reached the director general of the HSE, Mr. Tony O'Brien. All three were given to him. Is that correct?