Dr. Tony Holohan:

It is not that we have a choice available to us of using a better test; that is the extent of the benefit, the limitations of that technology internationally. Nowhere else was able to get a better performance or a better or alternative type of test until a new technology called human papillomavirus, HPV, testing recently became available. Ireland will be one of the first countries in the world to introduce HPV testing as part of its cervical screening programme later this year.