Seán Fleming (Laois, Fianna Fail)
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That is something we will bear in mind. The Taoiseach raised this exact issue yesterday on the slides for CervicalCheck and the question of why the examination had not yet commenced by the college in the UK. The college has raised the issue of data protection and consent from each person before the reviewers look at the slides. It may be that several thousand are gone and the reviewers have to wait for consent from thousands of people before they can complete the process. I simply do not know how long that will take. It has added months. I am being pragmatic about it. Getting consent from thousands of people is going to add months to the process.