Pay up, Harris: Smear test nightmare will see hundreds of millions of euro in compensation – TheLiberal.ie – Our News, Your Views

Pay up, Harris: Smear test nightmare will see hundreds of millions of euro in compensation




Simon Harris is going to have to put his hands deep into the government’s tax coffers to rightly pay compensation to all the women severely, tragically and disgustingly affected by the smear test nightmare.

The compensation fund for victims of the cervical check scandal may run into the hundreds of millions, it has emerged.

The figure, which appears to be a conservative estimate, was mentioned after the number of women caught up in the controversy increased to as many a 3,000.

Seventeen women are known to have died after their test results were misread or misinterpreted.

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