Mary Lou McDonald (Dublin Central, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

Tá an scéal go léir scannalach gan dabht. Tá sé scannalach freisin go bhfuil tuismitheoirí agus páistí fágtha gan freagraí. This thing has dragged on and on. As I said to the Taoiseach, his Minister knew a year ago. Families then received these letters and there is an audit under way. Then there is this unbearable, almost cruel waiting and waiting. I have spoken to a parent who has told me they have clinical confirmation the child underwent surgery that was not needed. That is one. I do not know whether there are more.

The Taoiseach says we have to wait for the process be completed. My information is that the audit is in fact completed. The Taoiseach told me four weeks ago, by the way, that this was in "its final stages". That is not good enough. It is not good enough to issue letters on something of this magnitude that Government knew about for a year and more and leave families in that position. That is unacceptable. Can I ask him again about information he does know or should know?

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