Paudge Connolly (Cavan-Monaghan, Independent)

I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 31 to debate the following urgent matter: the need for a national cervical cancer screening programme for all women in Ireland between the ages of 25 and 60, the 90% reduction of the risk of cervical cancer with regular screening, the steady annual increase of 1.5% per year in deaths in the Republic of Ireland from cervical cancer in every year from 1978 and the sharp decrease in cervical cancer rates since the 1960s and 1970s in every other country that introduced cervical screening programmes.

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