Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 3 April 2019

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health

CervicalCheck Screening Programme Update: Discussion (Resumed)

Mr. Damien McCallion:

I will take the final question first. Some 800 of the 2,500 women subject to the expiration of the HPV test now have their test results. I cannot distinguish between those gone out and those going out. The target is to complete the balance within two weeks. Approximately 2,500 women requested a test and others may choose to do so in the coming weeks. There was, however, an initial surge and I anticipate the additional numbers will be low.