Dáil debates

Thursday, 24 January 2019

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation

 

12:35 pm

Photo of Bríd SmithBríd Smith (Dublin South Central, People Before Profit Alliance) | Oireachtas source

I ask a simple question that I have been asking since last May about CervicalCheck. I asked Mr. Tony O'Brien, formerly of the HSE, who committed to giving me the answer to it. I asked the Minister for Health about the matter twice and he committed to giving me the answer to it. I also asked the Minister for Finance, Deputy Paschal Donohoe, when he replaced the Tánaiste today and he, too, committed to giving me the answer to it. It is a very simple question to indicate the political root of the problem with CervicalCheck. From which laboratories did the 221 misdiagnosed false negative results emanate? I believe the answer to this question will show very clearly that at the root of the this tragic problem - another woman lost her life recently - is the decision to outsource women's health. I ask the question again today and for an answer to it. I know - I have seen documentation - that the answer is simple. From which laboratories did the 221 misdiagnosed false negative results come? It is a simple question, to which there is a simple answer that the Government refuses to give to me. Having committed on several occasions to give me the answer, it still refuses and has done so since last May. Imagine how frustrated women are. The answer will show that at its heart was the decision to outsource women's health.

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