Marc MacSharry (Sligo-Leitrim, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I know from Dr. Holohan's biographical information that he is the chief medical adviser to the Government. As I have asked in various fora already, I ask that as quickly as updates are available Dr. Holohan and the Taoiseach make some public utterances and put a few pounds into giving people out there assurance, as was done for Storm Ophelia, as opposed to waiting for information leaflets or whatever. Utterances should be put out in the broadcast media to provide not just the 209 women, but the entire female population of Ireland with assurance as to what is going on, who is doing what, what efficacy levels are, that things are safe and so on. We established that letters from CervicalCheck do not include efficacy levels, which they should. I recommend that is included. They also do not have the advice that if anxiety continues people should contact their GPs. Those are a few tangible, common-sense recommendations from someone with no medical training. I only know the situation from a service user's perspective. How am I doing on time? Am I okay?