An apology was read before the High Court today on behalf of Tánaiste and Minister for Health, Mary Harney, to a woman who contracted Hepatitis C from infected blood products.
Unknown to the woman, her blood was then used to make the Anti-D blood product.
Ms Harney said she was deeply sorry that failures in the health services should have had such terrible consequences and described what had happened to the woman and others as a 'major catastrophe'.
The apology was read in court following settlement of the woman's action for compensation.
No details of that settlement were disclosed. The woman was referred to as Patient X during hearings before the Finlay Tribunal into the Hepatitis C scandal.
