Update - 9pm: The Department of Health has said that documents relating to the CervicalCheck audit "were not brought to the attention of any Minister for Health". The Department said that documents relating to the CervicalCheck audit were not brought to the attention of any Minister for Health. However, he has insisted the message did not "ring alarm bells" because he was told women would be informed of what happened. The issue will re-emerge in the Oireachtas next week with Sinn Féin's motion of no confidence in Tony O'Brien. However, Mr MacSharry said: "In fairness Mr O'Brien, none of this is personal Mr O'Brien, but we do have to hold people to account and there is zero accountability, it seems to me."

Source: Evening echo May 10, 2018 12:11 UTC