Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 17 May 2018
Public Accounts Committee
Implications of CervicalCheck Revelations (Resumed)
2016 Financial Statements of the State Claims Agency (Resumed)
2016 Financial Statements of the HSE (Resumed)
9:00 am
Dr. Peter McKenna:
The American College of Gynaecologists recommends three-yearly smears in the US. Whether women have them more often or not is a matter between them and their private gynaecologist, but the recommendation is that they have smears three-yearly or five-yearly. That is very similar to the recommendations we have in Ireland.