Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 13 February 2019

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health

CervicalCheck Screening Programme Update: Discussion

Mr. Damien McCallion:

We have committed to providing that to Deputy Bríd Smith. The only cautionary piece is that the analysis is important. Some laboratories that were with the programme in the earlier years had a higher number of women with cancer because there was a higher prevalence in the early years. Some laboratories also looked at younger populations in terms of where they served. There are factors in that but we have committed to make that available to Deputy Bríd Smith. We can make it available to the committee.