David Cullinane (Waterford, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I tabled amendment No. 50 because, as all present are aware, the issue of delayed diagnosis was among those at the core of the failures in the context of CervicalCheck. Is the Minister comfortable with delayed diagnosis not being one of the notifiable incidents? For me, it is an obvious area that should be included. I am interested in hearing the Minister's reasons for it not being included. I am not sure why the amendment was ruled out of order on the basis of putting a cost on the Exchequer. That does not make sense to me. The Minister cannot respond on the amendment but I ask that he provide his rationale for delayed diagnosis not being included in the Schedule as a notifiable incident, given what happened in CervicalCheck and that delayed diagnosis was so central to many of the concerns and failures relating to open disclosure.