Gino Kenny (Dublin Mid West, People Before Profit Alliance) | Oireachtas source

Yesterday, with other Deputies, I attended the launch of the "Final Report – Scoping Inquiry into the CervicalCheck Screening Programme" by Dr. Gabriel Scally. It was an uplifting briefing but it was also sombre. One could not help thinking of all the women who should have been here today had it not been for the systemic failures in the cervical cancer screening programme.

A number of issues arose on the recommendations, namely capacity and there being none and the Coombe hospital is trying to fill that gap; outsourcing, most of which is going to the United States; and also language which is very important with the question of "should" or "must" in relation to disclosure. Is the Government committed to all the women who should have been here who are not because of this awful part of our history?

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