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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: CervicalCheck Screening Programme Update: Discussion (13 Feb 2019)
Alan Kelly: Is Mr Breslin certain?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: CervicalCheck Screening Programme Update: Discussion (13 Feb 2019)
Alan Kelly: That is good, because we have had many questions on quality assurance. I expect all of those questions to be answered this week or whenever the report comes out. I do not mean that in jest. We all have many questions and there is a lack of traceability. We do not know to where this process has been outsourced. It is gathering all of the time and, as a consequence, we are not reassured...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: CervicalCheck Screening Programme Update: Discussion (13 Feb 2019)
Alan Kelly: There have been improvements, but Dr. Scally's report will be coming up to the current date.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: CervicalCheck Screening Programme Update: Discussion (13 Feb 2019)
Alan Kelly: And the level of quality assurance that obtained.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: CervicalCheck Screening Programme Update: Discussion (13 Feb 2019)
Alan Kelly: I want to make sure, from a quality assurance point of view, that everything historically is now being examined. We need to get to the bottom of all of this. In his first report, Dr. Scally found that quality assurance was non-existent. We will now be getting into the detail of that first finding.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: CervicalCheck Screening Programme Update: Discussion (13 Feb 2019)
Alan Kelly: He effectively said that.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: CervicalCheck Screening Programme Update: Discussion (13 Feb 2019)
Alan Kelly: He effectively stated that, from an oversight point of view-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: CervicalCheck Screening Programme Update: Discussion (13 Feb 2019)
Alan Kelly: I accept that but that is not what I said.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: CervicalCheck Screening Programme Update: Discussion (13 Feb 2019)
Alan Kelly: Dr. Scally was referring to the programme.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: CervicalCheck Screening Programme Update: Discussion (13 Feb 2019)
Alan Kelly: I never said that. What I am saying is that there was no process or oversight in place from the point of view of managing the contract, the management of the labs and the outsourcing of work by the latter. Dr. Scally stated that previously. In this report, he is going to examine both sides of that equation, the oversight as well as the situation within the labs. I look forward to that....
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: CervicalCheck Screening Programme Update: Discussion (13 Feb 2019)
Alan Kelly: I accept that.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: CervicalCheck Screening Programme Update: Discussion (13 Feb 2019)
Alan Kelly: Has any assessment of the contracts been undertaken on the basis of what Dr. Scally is discovering?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: CervicalCheck Screening Programme Update: Discussion (13 Feb 2019)
Alan Kelly: Those contracts will have to be examined as soon as Dr. Scally's report comes out. Mr. McCallion addressed this question earlier, but when are we going to have HPV? Are we going to have it this year?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: CervicalCheck Screening Programme Update: Discussion (13 Feb 2019)
Alan Kelly: Is McCallion confident that it will be done this year?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: CervicalCheck Screening Programme Update: Discussion (13 Feb 2019)
Alan Kelly: I do not want Mr. McCallion to do that but we are continually asked about this issue.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: CervicalCheck Screening Programme Update: Discussion (13 Feb 2019)
Alan Kelly: I am not going to pursue that because I do not want to create a vacuum. Regarding vaccination and the concept of herd immunity, I am on the record of the Dáil as being a strong advocate of boys having this vaccination. Where do we stand regarding herd immunity and getting boys and girls the HPV vaccination?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: CervicalCheck Screening Programme Update: Discussion (13 Feb 2019)
Alan Kelly: Yes, that is correct.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: CervicalCheck Screening Programme Update: Discussion (13 Feb 2019)
Alan Kelly: We have been told previously that the starting date will be in the fourth quarter of this year.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: CervicalCheck Screening Programme Update: Discussion (13 Feb 2019)
Alan Kelly: I just want to know when it is starting. Is it definitely happening in September? I want to know that there will be no delay.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: CervicalCheck Screening Programme Update: Discussion (13 Feb 2019)
Alan Kelly: That is fine. It will be part of the school run.