Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

The Deputy has asked me this question before and I asked Dr. Scally about this when I met him as I was conscious that the Deputy may ask me this question again. The Deputy will have a chance to ask him directly and I am sure he will do so. My understanding is that it took Dr. Scally that period of time to get to the bottom of the various questions he wanted answered.

As the Deputy will know, he is a thorough individual. As he continued to poke and prod at the issue, he found more laboratories but his report makes clear he did not receive early co-operation from a number of laboratories.

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