Marc MacSharry (Sligo-Leitrim, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I think I have those answers already. From the evidence we are hearing, those answers are going to show us that everybody did what they were supposed to do in their own little box and everybody else in their little boxes thought it was tickety-boo because the person in the box next door was doing their job. The outcome will be that there was a row going on between consultants and CervicalCheck, the people were not told the information and now we are in this mess. I do not believe that the public will accept that as an outcome. This, however, is what will be said in two years or whenever the commission of investigation or the scoping report is out. We have heard from Dr. O'Keeffe that everybody feels they did the right thing at the right time, but they did not.

We were all a little bit uncomfortable after Dr. Holohan left the last day. I was going to the TV3 studios and I was handed a statement that said Dr. Holohan knew about the memos. Dr. Holohan made the decision that it was fair and reasonable not to escalate the issue to the Minister. If Dr. Holohan was the Minister and the chief medical officer had made the same decision not to escalate the issue, how would Dr. Holohan feel?