Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I would like to come back to the women involved and the briefing. My understanding was that they would be briefed before the report was published and that this was the commitment the Minister had made to them, but it has not happened, except in a very few specific circumstances. Will the Minister liaise with the women involved and their families as a matter of urgency to offer a briefing directly with Dr. Scally? We were briefed by him and it was very useful to be able to ask him directly about various parts and get his thoughts on things that one would not necessarily write in a report. Is anything under way and when can the women involved and their families expect to receive a briefing directly from Dr. Scally and be able to engage with him and his team?

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