Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I have expressed my view on the management of CervicalCheck. I do not want the priority of my energies or, I would suggest, all of our energies to be placed in who should leave their job now. There is a time and place in regard to accountability. I want the priority in CervicalCheck to be on getting the answers, getting the information, contacting the women and getting the guidance up on how GPs could administer the repeat smear tests. There is a huge body of work that needs to be done in the coming hours and days and it is on this work I want the energies of CervicalCheck to be focused. I cannot currently express confidence. How can I? I came into this House tonight with new information that took Deputy Healy and I, and the whole country, by surprise. I cannot currently offer blank confidence cheques for people.

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