Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I understand that. I am asking two questions. What women want to know is not the process used by the professionals. I know it is important but that is not the question they are asking. They are asking experts like Dr. Regan, whom we can trust, whether there is any evidence that the screening they have been provided with is substandard. The HSE has said there is none. In fact, the HSE has said there is categorical evidence that the quality is the same. The Department of Health has said there is categorical verifiable data or scientific evidence that the quality is the same. I am asking the Academy of Clinical Science and Laboratory Medicine as a professional body whether the academy agrees with the HSE and the Department of Health on the data and on the question of whether the quality is the same. Are the academy representatives asserting that they have data showing otherwise? We really need to know if the view of the academy is that the quality of the US laboratories is inferior to the others.