Alan Kelly (Tipperary, Labour)
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I would like to clarify that we are talking about three groups. The first group comprises the patient representatives who were selected to be on the steering group as part of the RCOG review. That is one group. We know who they are. Obviously, they should be invited. They know the most about all of this because they are intricately involved in it. The second group is the 221+ umbrella group, which we all know about. The third group, which has just been mentioned by my two colleagues, comprises the other women who have been part of this process but are outside of the other two groups. I have spoken to many of them as well as the lads. In the coming weeks, we need to tease out how we can bring them in. There are three different groups. I certainly think that patient representatives are a core group. When we bring in the team from the HSE and the Department, we should bring in the patient representatives for a separate session on the same day.