Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 4 July 2019

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health

Supplementary Report of Scoping Inquiry into CervicalCheck Programme: Discussion

Photo of Kate O'ConnellKate O'Connell (Dublin Bay South, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

In 2009 a big document was produced by a group on standards for quality assurance. I have it here. It is 320 pages. I had a little look at it last night. The same document on eTenders changed subsequently. The 2009 document is very comprehensive and a very comprehensive group of people fed into it, chaired by Dr. Gráinne Flannelly. It refers to ISO accreditation; I know we have been around the block on this and Dr. Scally has addressed it in his report but I am still not happy. I am just really uncomfortable with it. The 2009 document says the lab has to be ISO accredited. In the 2012 iteration, it says "ISO or equivalent". Did Dr. Scally find out anything about who made that decision and diminished the standard? Who is responsible for that action?

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