Dara Calleary (Mayo, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

We all have that sense of urgency. An immediate response is needed to assist our primary care professions in dealing with the trauma being felt by many women. That has not yet been provided and it needs to be provided. I welcome the Tánaiste's commitment on the public nature of the scoping exercise. It is important, to use Vicky Phelan's words, that the "closed doors" are not used anymore and that this is done in public and in the open.

I will ask the Tánaiste about comments made by the Secretary General of the Department of the Taoiseach to Deputy Marc MacSharry about the sensitive cases. Was the Government alerted to this case some months ago in the context of a sensitive cases update? Will the Tánaiste confirm the position of the director general of the HSE? What is the Tánaiste's current understanding of his position?

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