Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 3 April 2019

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health

CervicalCheck Screening Programme Update: Discussion (Resumed)

Mr. Damien McCallion:

Dr. Scally was clear from his first report that we could continue to renew the contracts. He had no performance issues with Quest and MedLab. The point about accreditation is subject to his second report which is ongoing. I have maintained close contact with Dr. Scally to ensure that in any additional work or capacity we get from the existing laboratories he is satisfied that there is nothing he is uncovering that would lead to any concern about us doing that.