Bríd Smith (Dublin South Central, People Before Profit Alliance) | Oireachtas source

I am glad that the Minister has qualified that the laboratories are safe "today". It is an historical question and there is a need for an investigation into outsourcing. I again ask the Minister, probably for the sixth time, if he will give the Oireachtas the information on from which laboratories the 221 false negative test results came. I am told by reliable scientists that it would be very simple to find out. I, therefore, ask him the question again.

I welcome the Minister's statement that he would like to see the repatriation of the service. I further ask him whether he would consider investing in laboratories and the training of clinical scientists in our colleges since we let go hundreds of them ten years ago.

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