I call Deputy McDonald on promised legislation.

I want to raise with the Taoiseach an extremely important and pressing matter relating to the ongoing CervicalCheck scandal. More than three weeks after requesting access to the medical records and despite public and private assurances to the contrary, some patients have still to receive those records. That is despite it being made clear to CervicalCheck that these are required urgently. Some of the records in question were ready for release on 14 May last. That was confirmed by CervicalCheck, yet more than two weeks later, they have not been released because they have not been signed off on by Mr. Damien McCallion. In addition, a small number of records that have been released have been altered and omit a number of important documents. This is unacceptable and flies in the face of assurances given by the Taoiseach and his Ministers that this would be handled with openness and transparency. Will the Taoiseach act on this with the utmost urgency and ensure every patient and their legal representatives are provided with these full and complete records without delay?

I understand there have been some delays in providing medical records that have been requested by women affected and their sisters and also some difficulties finding some of the smear slides in laboratories. I know CervicalCheck is under a lot of pressure trying to do lots of different things at the moment, as people can understand. Additional staffing is going into CervicalCheck and it is very much my wish, that of the Minister for Health and, I believe, everyone in this House that records, old smears and anything that needs to be handed over should be done without any further delay.