Joan Collins (Dublin South Central, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I honestly believe this is not merely a communication failure. It is a service and resource failure. Mr. Tony O'Brien, in 2008, stated, "At the time there was not sufficient capacity of that type in Ireland." It was not resourced and they had to go abroad to private companies overseas. That is a fundamental issue in our screening.

I would like to get the facts. The Taoiseach correctly states we should get the facts.

The fact of the matter is we have women dying here because their screening was not tested adequately. They were screened in 2011, their smears came back negative and they were retested. That is the information I read and which the Taoiseach said he read over the weekend. If corners are cut it does not work. More often than not, in the longer term one pays more both financially and in terms of the human cost. At this point we should be looking at bringing all our screening back. Even if we bring in new HPV screening, it still has to be checked to World Health Organization standards. We should be looking at that now rather than waiting for reviews and peer reviews. I would like the Taoiseach to come back on that. Sam Coulter-Smith has said that very clearly.

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