Pearse Doherty (Donegal, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

With respect, that is not good enough. The fact is that 2,260 letters were issued. The fact is the letters were issued as part of the implementation of a recommendation of the draft audit. The fact is the draft audit said all of those children should be recalled. The fact is there are 2,260 families out there that are anxious. The fact is none of those families knows whether their child was operated on. The fact is the Government has no plan at this point in time to provide a pathway that will allow them to determine if that is the case. The audit is not going to tell them that.

I asked the Government two months ago to get ahead of this. I pleaded with the Government. We have given countless examples of families who are no longer waiting for the Government and are instead seeking a second opinion. They have gone to America. They are going to London. They are putting their hands in their own pockets because the Government is giving them no answers. The fact is the parent I talked to this morning sent 30 letters looking for information without a response.

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