Two outside CervicalCheck labs paid €12.4m

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.

That is ten times the amount paid to the Coombe Hospital during the same period.

The Health Service Executive (HSE), acting on foot of a command from the Dáil’s spending watchdog, have confirmed the spend to Quest labs, in the United States, and to Medlabs Pathology, who are based between Dublin and London.