Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 8 November 2018
Public Accounts Committee
Matters related to Medical Negligence, Open Disclosure, Cervical Cancer and Thalidomide Litigation
9:00 am
David Cullinane (Waterford, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source
GPs called for this as well. They would have had very distressed women come before them who needed to be supported, comforted and reassured. They contacted the Minister and the Department to tell them we needed to do something, following which the decision was made to give them free screening. That was the right decision and resources had to be put in. Huge pressure was put on the system but one of the consequences was that more people went for the test, which was a positive outcome. There seems to be a bit of a pushback now from some commentators to the effect that it was wrong and that there had been an overreaction from politicians. Is it not the case, however, that the demand for this came from women themselves?
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