Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 13 February 2019

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health

CervicalCheck Screening Programme Update: Discussion

Photo of Stephen DonnellyStephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I thank the witnesses for their time today and for the opening statements. The HPV test was spoken of with much interest last year. It represents a higher level of detection and, therefore, patient safety. The Minister sought to have the HPV test implemented last September. When that deadline was missed, I believe the Minister suggested having it live in January. It is now February. I note Ms O'Connor spoke of progress but the language she used was "as soon as possible".

When does she expect the HPV test to be live and available to women in Ireland?

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