Just answer the question.

Please do. I was urging the Taoiseach to do so.

That is not actually true. That is untrue.

It is not true.

The Taoiseach is misleading the Dáil.

That is fine, sorry.

I have the letters here.

I want to return to the issue of the hip dysplasia surgery raised by my colleague, Deputy Cian O'Callaghan. The Taoiseach has misled the Dáil. To set the record straight, the letters were sent to parents on foot of an early recommendation of the audit, and it says so in the letter. This was recommendation No. 4.2.1, to be precise. The recommendation refers specifically to the recall of children. We know with regard to cases between 2021 and 2023 that 561 recalls are in question. The very same letter, word for word,…

The Taoiseach needs to be clear on how many of these letters have been sent and how many recalls are envisaged.

I suspect the Taoiseach actually knows that number and is choosing not to share it.

Because you mislead the Dáil.

Yes.

Then share the facts.

You misled the Dáil.

I offer condolences to everyone who loved Garda Kevin Flatley: his heartbroken wife, Una, and their two children, Aoife and Erin; his parents, family and friends; and, of course, his colleagues in An Garda Síochána. He was a devoted father, a man with a deep grá for community and a GAA man with his beloved club, O'Dwyer's in Balbriggan. His death is a devastating reminder of the dangers faced by gardaí as they keep us safe. Tá fear maith caillte ag a chlann. Tá garda den scoth caillte ag a phobal. Seasann an tír ag…

The anxiety of these parents cannot be overstated. As the Taoiseach has correctly noted, the initial sample between 2021 and 2023 involves children between the ages of one and seven. These are very young children, and the idea of any small child being operated on unnecessarily is extremely traumatising for their parents. Their anxiety has been added to by the Government's absolute lack of clarity and the Taoiseach's refusal even today to answer basic questions of information. How many letters have been issued and h…

Then answer the question.

The letters have gone out.

No.

I am aware of that. The Taoiseach is refusing to confirm how many letters issued and how many children are involved.