The Department of Health has confirmed it has received the Scally Review report into the CervicalCheck crisis this evening.
In a statement, the department said the report would be forwarded to the Attorney General prior to submission to Government and publication.
Minister for Health Simon Harris intends to meet Dr Gabriel Scally early next week to be briefed on his report, after which the Minister will bring it to Cabinet.
The department said Minister Harris also intends to liaise with Dr Scally on arrangements to brief the women and their families on the contents of the report.
It added that Mr Harris was looking forward to receiving the recommendations of the report and acting on them.
A spokesperson for the Scally Review said it is now a matter for the Minister to determine a date for its publication and the process by which it is published.
The report is understood to run to several hundred pages and will make findings and recommendations.
When Dr Scally was appointed to conduct the review in May he said it might not be possible to apportion blame to individuals in his report.
He was asked to look at a range of issues, in preparation for a Commission of Investigation promised by the Government.
The terms of reference for his review included: looking at the non-disclosure to patients of clinical audits, including to Vicky Phelan; examining what the HSE, the Department of Health and other bodies knew; the contracting of tests to laboratories including to US laboratories, and also what issues might be looked at by a Commission of Investigation.
The review was originally expected to be completed at the end of June but was delayed as Dr Scally did not receive certain documents he needed in a suitable format.
In an interim report in June, Dr Scally recommended an ex-gratia payment of €2,000 to be offered to each woman affected or the next-of-kin of those deceased.
He said that all women who have a CervicalCheck in future should be guaranteed full and open access to their screening results, under changes to the consent form.
He said that if any problem or mistake of significance arises with screening in future, there must be timely open disclosure.
Dr Scally also recommended a more detailed guide to CervicalCheck screening be provided to women, including more explicit information about its limitations and why some abnormalities might be missed.
Dr Scally is a public health specialist who studied at Queen's University Belfast.
He worked as a Director of Public Health in Northern Ireland and England and has investigated health service failures elsewhere.
He was assisted by advisers and support staff to do the review.
