Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Social Democrats)
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It is clear from the memos what was known at that stage. Deputy Connolly referred to some of those matters such as concern in the HSE about screaming headlines and potentially undermining the screening programme. It was well known in the HSE and there was talk about how it would communicate, but then it did not communicate and held back letters. We know the body of memos that are there. I think there were four of them. The State Claims Agency takes responsibility for any court actions and it has to do an assessment of what is likely to happen. The sum of €2 billion is provided for contingent liability.