Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I thank all of the witnesses for their attendance. I recognise all of the work they do in trying to save lives.

The audit on open disclosure kicked off this discussion. It was stated earlier that BreastCheck looks forward to implementing open disclosure in early 2019, in respect of which I have two questions. First, how can it be that the HSE implements open disclosure in 2013 and a unit that is part of the HSE does not and six years on is only proposing to implement it now? Second, was this planned anyway or is it now happening next year because of everything that has happened in CervicalCheck?