Patient advocates Vicky Phelan and Stephen Teap have warned that the Government is trying to delay a review into CervicalCheck smear tests as it will show that up to another 200 women were misdiagnosed.

The State Claims Agency is set to be grilled today over the growing scale of the cervical cancer crisis amid revelations the Government has imposed a cut-off point for affected women to be compensated.

Clear answers on the cervical cancer scandal could be delayed even further after Taoiseach Leo Varadkar admitted thousands of women potentially affected will have to individually give permission before their tests can be examined.

The HSE has finally supplied the head of the CervicalCheck probe with the information he needs to conduct his inquiry two months after he was appointed to the job.

The head of the scoping inquiry into the CervicalCheck Screening Programme, Dr Gabriel Scally, has said that it looks like the HSE have given him access to files "in a searchable format".

The two external labs at the heart of the CervicalCheck controversy were paid a total of €12.4m in the past two years for their services.

Emma Mhic Mhathúna and her five children have launched a High Court action over alleged delays relating to CervicalCheck smears.

Tánaiste Simon Coveney has said the Government cannot order Oireachtas committees to stop investigating the cervical cancer scandal, despite concerns an independent expert examining the crisis the dual questioning is distracting witnesses.

CervicalCheck refused to provide information to two concerned women who directly contacted the service in 2016, it has been revealed.

Accountability for grave errors is rare but don’t expect things to change any time soon, says Political Editor Daniel McConnell.

Women impacted by the CervicalCheck scandal are to receive a package of supports including discretionary medical cards, travel and childcare expenses, and counselling services.

The Taoiseach and the Health Minister have expressed full confidence in Tony Holohan as pressure mounts on him to resign.

Outgoing HSE director general Tony O’Brien will have the full terms of his contract honoured, despite leaving his post early.

Family doctors say they are “seriously concerned” that the undermining of the CervicalCheck screening programme will put off women from using it.

A Kildare man who lost his wife to cervical cancer has said he feels "robbed".

The HSE Serious Incident Management Team has confirmed that CervicalCheck tests are now being processed in three laboratories, one in the US and two in Ireland.

The National Association of General Practitioners has expressed concern at the outsourcing of smear tests.