Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 13 February 2019
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health
CervicalCheck Screening Programme Update: Discussion
Mr. Damien McCallion:
Over 50% would be dealt with in the country. That is between one private provider and the Coombe Hospital, at 9%. What we are looking at in terms of developing a national cervical screening laboratory at the Coombe is trying to build that up. The €5 million is a capital allocation to try to build the facility. We also have revenue costs, which we made allowance for through the service plan this year. The challenge will be recruiting into that. The recruitment aspect of it is very challenging and will have to be built up over time to increase the amount that is in our public system. That will still take some time, and hence the need, as I replied to Deputy Donnelly, for the HPV tender to include a private partner to work with us from that tender.
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