Over €2.5m spent on setting up CervicalCheck tribunal — and just three claims lodged

Stephen Teap, Lorraine Walsh and Vicky Phelan surrounded by some of the 221+ cervical cancer patients who received an incorrect smear test. Picture: Sam Boal/RollingNews.ie

Just three women have lodged claims to the CervicalCheck Tribunal despite more than €2.5m being spent to set up and run the body.

Health Minister Stephen Donnelly has been called on to urgently review how the tribunal operates and to meet with CervicalCheck patient representatives amid claims that it is "not fit for purpose".