David Cullinane (Waterford, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

Three of these women have been somewhat compensated because they took court cases for non-disclosure. What about the rest of the women in question who have not been compensated yet, given we do not have class actions in this State?

Is it the case that each of these women will have no choice but to take a court case to be compensated financially for what is now an acceptance of liability? If the HSE has accepted liability in these three cases for non-disclosure, logic dictates that it will have to accept liability in all other instances in which there was non-disclosure. There are 40 cases, of which 35 are active before the courts. It may be that there will be an acceptance of liability in all 35 and an associated monetary contribution and a cost to the State. What will happen then to all of the others who have not yet taken a court case?