State to pursue clinic for implants treatment costs

The Harley Medical Group will be pursued for any money spent by the State in providing consultations and treatment to women fitted with faulty breast implants, Health Minister Dr James Reilly has confirmed.

Dr Reilly said the response of the clinic to the Poly Implant Prosthèse (PIP) controversy had been “disappointing” and had not gone unnoticed.

It emerged on Tuesday that taxpayers could face a bill of €3m for the removal of the faulty implants which were manufactured by the French company.