James Reilly (Dublin North, Fine Gael)

I wish to refer, first, to the costings relating to the vaccine and Dr. Connolly's concerns regarding our ability to deliver a vaccination programme should the Minister decide to proceed with it. What will be the costings for the roll-out of cervical screening programmes? I spoke to the Minister six weeks ago about this matter in the House when I stated it was unlikely that she could succeed because there were no laboratories in place. Smears testing services are being outsourced. There is only one accredited laboratory in the country.

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