Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 13 February 2019

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health

CervicalCheck Screening Programme Update: Discussion

I want to move on to that. One of the areas in which this country has done very well in recent years is attracting jobs here, yet in respect of a vital service we were sending work outside the country. We did not take a proactive approach to trying to keep that work and the jobs within the country. Ms O'Connor said that €5 million is being made available in respect of the development of laboratory services. What percentage of the work is being dealt with here at this stage?