Mattie McGrath (Tipperary, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I am also unhappy with the reply because we need to deal with this issue. We need to take these women out of their suffering and support the organisation they have set up. I also ask the Minister of State and the Minister for Health to meet those women and listen to them. I was also unaware of this condition until I was contacted by these ladies. There needs to be a whole education campaign. It might take nine years to diagnose it in this country, but it should not. The Minister of State is telling us, unfortunately, that it does. We need to deal sensitively and sensibly with this and try to understand the pain and suffering these women, their families and loved ones are going through.

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