Mattie McGrath (Tipperary, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I too am delighted to join my colleagues in speaking about this issue. I have been contacted by a number of constituents suffering from this debilitating chronic condition, including Aoife Halley, Rachel Ball and Aimee Brown. All these ladies have asked for our support. They are deeply frustrated. Their lives have fallen apart thanks to endometriosis and they feel they are hitting a brick wall when it comes to this Government and access to pain relief. That is shocking. They feel unheard and uncared for. The briefing last week in the audiovisual room, for which I thank Deputy Gino Kenny, was deeply moving and full of brave women. One of the ladies, Aimee Brown, contacted me again today with further details about the consultant who performed incorrect and incomplete surgery on her, with the direct result that her life has been changed beyond all recognition.

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It is a scandal that these women and young ladies have to go to such lengths to get appropriate treatment and support. I am looking for an absolute and categorical assurance that the concerns raised by these ladies will be addressed without further delay and embarrassment. This is a shocking state of affairs.

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