Mary Harney (Dublin Mid West, Progressive Democrats)

We know the age group and the programme will operate similarly to BreastCheck. Everybody accepts that is a terrific programme and the same people will be responsible for the cervical screening programme. When a screening programme is rolled out, quality assurance is essential. The roll-out will begin later this year and it will take a while to roll it out to the entire population. The programme will cover approximately 250,000 women annually.

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