David Cullinane (Waterford, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

No. What Mr. Gleeson said in his opening statement today was "we would have believed that the clinician would have communicated with the women as appropriate". The words "as appropriate" are important in this context. If we go back to the letter that we got from Mr. Connaghan, which clarifies, after the meeting that took place between the officials: "Mr Gleeson's understanding was consistent with the record of the call. Mr Gleeson's understanding of the communication with the women was that at the time he assumed the women had been informed by their treating physicians." In his opening statement, he says "we would have believed that the clinician would have communicated with the women as appropriate". The words "as appropriate" do not appear in this and that is key. Mr. Gleeson knew that not all of them would have been informed by their treating clinicians. I want to put this to Mr. Breen. Given that, while I do not know whether he picked that up with regard to Mr. Gleeson's opening statement-----