Lisa Chambers (Mayo, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I wish to clarify one point. MedLab is servicing rural parts of the country. If a woman is living in County Mayo, where I live, she is waiting for eight or nine months. That is far longer than anyone else. It is of particular concern to women living in that region because the laboratory with the biggest backlog is now looking to pull out. We need reassurance from the Minister on how that will work, especially for those women in the system.

The reason I asked the Minister about triage is that I am not convinced it is happening, if I am to be honest. I will ask the Minister to look into that. I appreciate he may not have the answer now, but will he clarify what constitutes a history that might send a red flag that a woman would need to get her results back? I am questioning whether that is happening. I say as much because I have certain information that I do not wish to disclose at the meeting. I am asking the Minister to check that.