Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Ms Walsh listed this evening, and I have heard her talk publicly about it, numerous and really worrying inaccuracies in the RCOG process. If I understood her correctly, she was given a report that said there was no discordance and no miss and then another report saying that there was. Also, her slide seems to have travelled all over the place.

Ms Walsh said something very important about whether the women who received these results should have confidence in their results. There have been some deeply upsetting results for the 159 women, many of whom the witnesses, the members of this committee and I have met. Should these women who have these results have confidence in them or should they now opt for an independent review?

In terms of supports for the women and their families, we have the 221+ group whose members have engaged with the system for some time and we have the new 159 women and families from the RCOG review. At this point are all of the women and their families getting the support that they need?