Ruth Coppinger (Dublin West, Solidarity) | Oireachtas source

The central issue is the testing service that led to the errors in the first place. It is not true that the labs were given a clean bill of health.

I wish to mention a group which came up from Cork yesterday, Women's Lives Matter. It had a petition with 1,200 signatures and its members wanted to meet the Minister. I know that is not always possible but they were disappointed that they could not do so having travelled from Cork. They asked if the Minister will meet them. Those women have been affected by this scandal and I think the Minister should agree to meet them because their ultimate request is that the testing not be outsourced to companies in other time zones but rather be conducted in the not-for-profit public health system in this country where multidisciplinary teams can confer on issues.

Ten minutes' speaking time per group is not enough to discuss this issue properly. It is unfortunate and very frustrating. Having read the report, there are many points I wish to make but will not have time to do so.

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