James Reilly (Dublin North, Fine Gael)

The greatest health scandal to have hit this country in the last 25 years has been the manner in which women were treated by the breast cancer service in Portlaoise. The Minister was informed of this in 2005 and her response was appalling; she passed the buck and nothing was done with the consequence that 11 women were misdiagnosed and hundreds of women had to go through the worry and mental anguish of waiting while the results of repeat tests had to be checked. I refer to the appalling manner in which files were left stacked up in boxed lots in the corner——

See this speech in context