Following on from terminally ill woman Vicky Phelan's High Court case, it emerged in the last week that 208 women with cervical cancer whose cases were reviewed should have had earlier intervention.

There are now calls for HSE director general Tony O'Brien to resign, and Minister for Employment Affairs & Social Protection Regina Doherty says she hopes he won't sit out the remainder of his term in office.

"He has a major role to play in this. He is the head of the HSE and he didn't know certain information that we would have expected him to know."

"What's most important for me as a woman in cabinet is that we need to get to the bottom of all the information, and he has to play a central role in that."

Regina added: "I'd love to be able to say it's the end of a long litany of scandals we've had with regard to the delivery of health services for women in this country, but it's not, because accidents do happen and people do make mistakes."

She acknowledged Vicky Phelan's bravery in pursuing her High Court case and that if it weren't for her actions, none of this information would have come to light.

"For the other thousands of women who are sitting at home worried about whether their scan results are accurate, we need to get to the bottom of who is accountable. I'm not prepared to wait for 12-18 months for this information to come out."

"We have women who are going through the emotions of being scared and being peeved off at how women are treated in this country. We're no longer prepared to be scared."

Regina pointed out that a statutory inquiry has been announced, and that it needs to be "fast and thorough."

"What is equally important is that we have to reassure the 300,000 women who go for smear tests every year that they can have confidence in the screening programme."

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