Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 18 September 2019

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health

Update on the CervicalCheck Screening Programme: Discussion

Photo of Bernard DurkanBernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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I have great respect for Dr. McKenna and I accept he genuinely believes that, but I have evidence to the effect that that is not the case. I am aware of a patient who was transported to this country from abroad in an emergency but who was refused access to the public health sector even though the expertise required to deal with the patient was in the public sector.