Bríd Smith (Dublin South Central, People Before Profit Alliance) | Oireachtas source

I understand that it will not happen overnight but I very much welcome the fact that it has been stated here today that the Government has a policy of repatriating the service in the longer term. That is clear from what has been said by the Department here today.

I want to return to the issue of the laboratories in the US and outsourcing. I have been asking questions since this time last year and have repeatedly been told that I would get answers yet I still have not received them. My simple question concerned the identity of the laboratories from which the 221 failed tests came, where they were tested and whether we could get a breakdown. I was repeatedly told by Ms O'Connor's predecessor and then several Ministers that this information would be made available. I could take down a rainforest with the amount of paper I have and the questions I put. The latest information I have been given is that:

Following significant efforts on the part of the HSE, a person with appropriate expertise was identified in late 2018 to carry out this analysis, and this work is ongoing. The HSE has advised it expects this work to be completed within the coming weeks.

Mr. McCallion said earlier that any of the 221 women who wanted access to the information on their slides could get it.