Kate O'Connell (Dublin Bay South, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Having read various transcripts last night, I am aware that the committee has spent a lot of time on quality assurance, QA. Our guests were not involved at a meeting of the Committee of Public Accounts at which we were assured that QA visits were taking place. A pathologist went over at one stage. I read through the relevant transcript last night. There were random visits. Did the inquiry team get anywhere? Did it find out how many QA visits were made? Obviously, it did not know about half of the laboratories. What was the trigger for the QA visits? Was an invitation issued by the laboratory? Were these visits made on the basis that the weather was particularly good in a certain part of the United States? What was the trigger for the QA visits? Do we know what happened when these visits were made? Did those involved sit down for a cup of tea?