Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

This is the information on the CervicalCheck website this evening:

Q4: Can I get a repeat cervical screening, before my next test is due?

The Minister for Health has announced that women can have a repeat cervical screening if they wish to do so. We will set this up shortly and will post details on cervicalcheck.ie as soon as possible.

Please bear in mind that cervical screening tests cannot be repeated within three months, to allow cells to grow back and to get the best samples, so you must wait a minimum of three months if you have had a recent cervical screening.

To reassure the person who has contacted the Deputy, the HSE's GP clinical adviser, Dr. David Hanlon, has been in contact with GP representative bodies. I expect the practicalities of how that will work to be posted on the CervicalCheck website this week.

I am sure the Deputy did not mean it when she referred to my simply setting up an inquiry and saying that is that, or words to that effect, that is certainly not what I am saying. Democratic accountability and the work of the Oireachtas committees, this Chamber and anywhere else should continue, and I will continue to give all the information I have when I have it. I will engage with the Deputy and her grouping, and others and their parties, on how best to put a structure in place to get these answers.

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