John Brassil (Kerry, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

As I stated earlier in my contribution, the issue for me is about proper communication and letting people know. Errors and IT glitches happen, but when this came into the public domain initially it was about one person. It then transpired that 856 women did not have letters sent to them or their GPs and for an additional 2,150 women the letter was sent to their GPs but not to them. Are the witnesses satisfied that systems have been put in place to ensure the issue will not recur, or that if it does recur, people will be told about it? The witnesses need to communicate and let people know if there has been some form of error or glitch. Nobody will be punished if something happens in error, as long as it is communicated to the people involved.