Louise O'Reilly (Dublin Fingal, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

The Tánaiste has just read out a description of the process that has been rejected by the women and their families. I genuinely do not believe that the Tánaiste is doing them any service by seeking either to defend that or indeed to dismiss their concerns in this way. I do not think the Tánaiste is being fair. He says there is no perfect solution and no solution has been offered. Would the Tánaiste not intervene and request that the Tuesday deadline be lifted to give time for proper, meaningful engagement with these women? This matter came from the fact that information about women's healthcare and diagnosis was withheld from them.

They have already been left out of this process, sidelined and had the State try to shut them up. The Tánaiste should intervene and request that the Tuesday deadline be put back to allow sufficient time for engagement with the women and the families in the 221+ group.

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