Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Social Democrats) | Oireachtas source

On the protocol, which we have here, Quest Diagnostics is one of the laboratories and it was providing slides until the protocol was put in place. It was told by the HSE to stop providing slides. There was then a dispute over the protocol. We are not getting clear information. A second protocol was to be considered after the engagement with the legal people. When we are looking for the reply, we must note that not only is there a failure to provide slides, but even when they are being provided where there is an urgency - and it is only in those very urgent cases that it is happening - they are not being provided with the laboratory report that should accompany them. It comes back to open disclosure and that piece of work and it will be important in that context. This is an example of that.