Peadar Tóibín (Meath West, Aontú) | Oireachtas source

In July 2019, a very brave woman by the name of Sharon Butler Hughes blew the whistle on the fact that 4,088 women had received either the wrong letters or no results from CervicalCheck with regard to their smear tests. Brian McCracken investigated the matter and recommended that an examination be made into whether these women were negatively affected by the delays in terms of their health outcomes. We have no evidence that this has happened to date. Will the Tánaiste tell the House what is happening? The HSE has never spoken to Sharon Butler Hughes to see if she is okay. Yesterday, she received a letter from the Department and I have seen that letter. It states the HSE will now undertake to fulfil this recommendation. It will undertake to fulfil this recommendation now, three years and three months after the recommendation was made. Given all that has happened and all of the apologies, why was this not treated seriously? When was the last time the Department or the HSE reached out these 4,088 women? Will the Tánaiste give details of when this will be completed?

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