Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 8 November 2018

Public Accounts Committee

Matters related to Medical Negligence, Open Disclosure, Cervical Cancer and Thalidomide Litigation

9:00 am

Mr. Damien McCallion:

It is, and the way we are trying to minimise it is by growing capacity. We are looking at how we can stagger the recalls. We have managed to make some inroads in recent weeks in terms of growing capacity, by securing capacity from the two existing providers. That has been quite challenging because, as the Deputy is aware, we have been in the middle of complex contract negotiations to try to ensure that the cervical screening programme continues.