Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

We do not have an accurate number for the Deputy in regard to the number of current claims but we can certainly get that to her tomorrow as it is readily available.

I might provide her with another figure which she did not ask for but which I know she will be interested in, namely, what is the backlog today in terms of the number of women waiting for their smears. The Deputy will remember that was up at over 80,000. As the latest figure given to me today is 49,130, I expect that backlog to be cleared by the end of the summer. It might be useful to put that on the record of the House.

I will come back to the Deputy tomorrow with a direct number in regard to claims. I believe it is above 90 but I do not wish to put a figure that is wrong on the record of the House.

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