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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: CervicalCheck Screening Programme Update: Discussion (13 Feb 2019)

Bernard Durkan: It was not a case of some cancers being referred to the cancer registry but not all.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: CervicalCheck Screening Programme Update: Discussion (13 Feb 2019)

Bernard Durkan: From the point of view of reassuring women now, how certain can we be that the system is accurate in determining the state of health of women who may be passing through the system now?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: CervicalCheck Screening Programme Update: Discussion (13 Feb 2019)

Bernard Durkan: This has been very negative from the point of view of the women who have been affected and gone through much trauma, suffering and anxiety as a result. I have a question on information we got a long time ago but it is not obvious just now. How many women had a positive result from the screening? Did the screening detect on time and enable the women detected to receive treatment which, in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: CervicalCheck Screening Programme Update: Discussion (13 Feb 2019)

Bernard Durkan: We know that the number of women dying of cervical cancer has dropped, but is there any way of measuring the number of women who were screened, whose pre-existing condition was identified and who subsequently were treated successfully?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: CervicalCheck Screening Programme Update: Discussion (13 Feb 2019)

Bernard Durkan: To return to the screening and the look back, has the HSE been able to determine the number of women who were identified as having a pre-existing condition that required treatment? Has it the exact number?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: CervicalCheck Screening Programme Update: Discussion (13 Feb 2019)

Bernard Durkan: Could we get it?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: CervicalCheck Screening Programme Update: Discussion (13 Feb 2019)

Bernard Durkan: Can we get a reasonable number as of now?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: CervicalCheck Screening Programme Update: Discussion (13 Feb 2019)

Bernard Durkan: With regard to the 221 women who had different results and ultimately some having satisfactory treatment and so forth, when they were discovered, did alarm bells go off anywhere in respect of the laboratories to which their tests had been sent? For example, if one received a report and suddenly discovered that ten, 15, 20 or whatever number of results showed a negative in terms of accuracy,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: CervicalCheck Screening Programme Update: Discussion (13 Feb 2019)

Bernard Durkan: With no disrespect, my question was slightly different from Deputy Bríd Smith's. She was seeking to ascertain the laboratories from which the inaccuracies came. I am asking a different question. When the first results became available, was a pattern established in the first 20, 40 or 50 women, instead of waiting for all 221? If all the test results came from one laboratory, I would be...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: CervicalCheck Screening Programme Update: Discussion (13 Feb 2019)

Bernard Durkan: Was that equally across all the laboratories?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: CervicalCheck Screening Programme Update: Discussion (13 Feb 2019)

Bernard Durkan: The same systems were in place for all the laboratories.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: CervicalCheck Screening Programme Update: Discussion (13 Feb 2019)

Bernard Durkan: That would immediately lead into the question I am trying to ask. Because the labs had their own systems, it alerts us to ask whether their systems were good enough. I am aware that this goes into the Scally report also. In the initial stages it should have been possible to become alarmed if there was a particular trend. A trend had to have been established long before the 221 women were...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (14 Feb 2019)

Bernard Durkan: The national broadband Bill is listed. Will it be possible to bring the Bill to the House in order to generate discussion and debate on what is an important issue?

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Economic Competitiveness (14 Feb 2019)

Bernard Durkan: 36. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has identified issues likely to impact negatively on the competitiveness of the economy; if so, the corrective measures he has put in place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7347/19]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Economic Competitiveness (14 Feb 2019)

Bernard Durkan: 67. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which he monitors the competitiveness of the economy; the degree to which challenges thereto have been identified; the corrective action in relation to same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7617/19]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Collection (14 Feb 2019)

Bernard Durkan: 65. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason a person (details supplied) accrued income tax arrears despite being in receipt of the appropriate tax credits or otherwise; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7609/19]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Brexit Preparations (14 Feb 2019)

Bernard Durkan: 66. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which he continues to be in contact with all relevant bodies and agencies in the preparation of the post-Brexit conditions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7616/19]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Economic Data (14 Feb 2019)

Bernard Durkan: 68. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which recovery from the economic crisis continues; if specific issues are likely to impact on the progress; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7618/19]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Financial Services Regulation (14 Feb 2019)

Bernard Durkan: 69. To ask the Minister for Finance if the activities of primary and secondary lenders will be monitored with a view to ensuring that they deal with their customers in a fair and equitable manner (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7619/19]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Financial Services Regulation (14 Feb 2019)

Bernard Durkan: 71. To ask the Minister for Finance if lending institutions are encouraged to give similar consideration to their customers who found themselves in a difficult situation arising from the banking collapse (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7621/19]