Róisín Shortall (Dublin North West, Social Democrats) | Oireachtas source

That is not acceptable. Allegations are being made that this was all known about within Temple Street at a senior level. I do not know whether there is a basis to those allegations or not, but they should not be left hanging in the air. We also know that there is an end-to-end procurement procedure, from the purchase of them, and I understand the hospital paid for them, up to the sterilisation of them before implantation. We need to know how they were implanted in three patients. What were the discussions, if any, around those? It is critically important that is an independent process in which people have confidence.

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