Alan Kelly (Tipperary, Labour) | Oireachtas source

Dr. Scally might reflect on it. When it came to quality assurance and accreditation, we understand that he would have investigated the laboratories, unlike the case when he went to MedLab in January, took its word and subsequently went through the process that he outlined, which is confusing to the public. I am concerned about the chronology of what happened. I believe what the Minister said to me in a parliamentary question on 12 February was accurate, as was what the Secretary General said on 13 February about the report being ready. Dr. Scally had a meeting on 14 February and he has given a letter to us from 15 February. We now know what happened in Manchester in January and the process in which he subsequently had to find out that there were issues with accreditation even though Dr. Scally had to take MedLab's word for it previously. The women of Ireland and patient representatives really want to know if there was a thorough investigation by the team of all the laboratories rather than taking the word of the laboratories. How many of the 16 laboratories that we now know of, since the number has, incredibly, risen from six to 11 to 16, did Dr. Scally and his team physically visit?