Alan Kelly (Tipperary, Labour) | Oireachtas source

We are five weeks into this process and while I accept the details of what the Minister has said about the report which is due next week, I want a guarantee that Dr. Scally will make quick decisions on how it happened. We are dealing with people who are in line management positions in the service. I do not have confidence in them. The people who are watching do not have confidence in them either. From the revelations in emails from the Minister's Department which were given this week, the Department did ask extra questions to make sure it was not a patient safety issue. It was a patient safety issue. The HSE did not fundamentally understand, comprehend or get the seriousness of the issue and it is getting worse. I am intent because while we consider it to be a live issue, the women affected are unable to get the findings of the reviews. I hold in my hand one example. The 209 women affected are not obtaining the documentation they require. I want a guarantee from the Minister that the HSE will give all documentation and audit review findings to the women in question by the end of this week. They are going to meet their consultants and being told to go through official lines to get the documentation. This is treating women who have been treated very badly with further disdain. That is why I do not have confidence in management.

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