Seán Crowe (Dublin South West, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

It is a bit like a sexually transmitted disease, STD, whereby people do not talk about it in public.

On the issue of the silent killer hepatitis amounting to a death sentence and so on, there are antiviral drugs and there is a cure, which is the main message. Our guests referred to the idea of telling people to self-test, the efficacy of that and what happens when someone finds out they have the disease. The positive message is that a cure exists and there is a way forward. It is a silent killer only when the issue is not addressed.