Gerald Nash (Labour) | Oireachtas source

As I said during the Second Stage debate yesterday, this is not just about the concerns of the group or of women who are affected. This is about culture change and making sure that our systems change. We have a tendency in this country, unfortunately, when issues like this arise for the bureaucracy to circle wagons around itself to protect itself and for the political system to protect itself. That is simply not good enough and I hope that the Minister would agree with that.

Is he confident that had this woman not come forward to make the complaint, this issue would have been uncovered? It is important to reflect on that aspect. We could have a situation where the women and their GPs would not have received the reports on the 800 tests. Inevitably somebody would come forward but that is not good enough in terms of governance. I would appreciate if the Minister would respond to my concerns. Only for one woman made a complaint we would not know about this, which is not good enough.