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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on the CervicalCheck Screening Programme: Discussion (18 Sep 2019)

Bernard Durkan: How often might it occur that samples are sent to a laboratory without the referrer having clear prior knowledge of its standard and whether it has accreditation? My presumption was that if a hospital, the HSE, a consultant or even a GP sent a sample in some direction, somebody would know what the capabilities and the standard in a professional capacity of the laboratory were, and whether it...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on the CervicalCheck Screening Programme: Discussion (18 Sep 2019)

Bernard Durkan: Beforehand.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on the CervicalCheck Screening Programme: Discussion (18 Sep 2019)

Bernard Durkan: The Dublin laboratory was accredited whereas the Manchester one was not.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on the CervicalCheck Screening Programme: Discussion (18 Sep 2019)

Bernard Durkan: It is not in the same location, however.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on the CervicalCheck Screening Programme: Discussion (18 Sep 2019)

Bernard Durkan: There was no discrepancy between results from the two places.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on the CervicalCheck Screening Programme: Discussion (18 Sep 2019)

Bernard Durkan: I accept that the following question was asked previously and that an answer was given but it has slipped from my memory. In general, from which laboratories did the results that were returned but had question marks over them come? Did the authorities monitor the laboratory to which the case was referred and which subsequently had questions raised about its authenticity? Could the results...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on the CervicalCheck Screening Programme: Discussion (18 Sep 2019)

Bernard Durkan: The HSE has that information already.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on the CervicalCheck Screening Programme: Discussion (18 Sep 2019)

Bernard Durkan: How long has the HSE had that information?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on the CervicalCheck Screening Programme: Discussion (18 Sep 2019)

Bernard Durkan: As a result of the review, is the HSE now satisfied that each laboratory paid equal attention to the requirements, that the National Screening Service could rely on the results emanating from each lab and that there was no difference between them? Is this what Mr. McCallion is saying?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on the CervicalCheck Screening Programme: Discussion (18 Sep 2019)

Bernard Durkan: From the results and from the inquiries and questions raised with regard to the authenticity or otherwise of the results afterwards, can we be assured that each of the laboratories was operating on the same level playing pitch and that they were capable of dealing with the cases accurately and quickly? Do the results show that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on the CervicalCheck Screening Programme: Discussion (18 Sep 2019)

Bernard Durkan: I am not talking about performance assurance. I am referring to the numbers in respect of which difficulties arose subsequently. Has the National Screening Service checked from which laboratories those particular tests were referred?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on the CervicalCheck Screening Programme: Discussion (18 Sep 2019)

Bernard Durkan: The slides did not all go to the one laboratory.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on the CervicalCheck Screening Programme: Discussion (18 Sep 2019)

Bernard Durkan: In cases where a GP or a consultant refers requests for tests to a lab how common is it for there to be no contact with the consultant or GP thereafter? Is it uncommon, very rare or whatever? We have all come across cases where the patient needs to ring up to find out what has happened, notwithstanding that we have modern technology and that all these things can be linked into the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on the CervicalCheck Screening Programme: Discussion (18 Sep 2019)

Bernard Durkan: I am somewhat uneasy about some of that. Of course, the most urgent cases should receive the most urgent attention, but the less urgent cases ultimately could become very urgent cases because of deferral. I wonder if any system is in place to catch those cases and ensure they are not pushed aside to become part of a waiting list. The waiting lists have become endemic; in almost everything...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Wildlife Conservation (19 Sep 2019)

Bernard Durkan: 10. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the action she can take to restore or protect 82 species of birds and animals deemed to be extinct or threatened; if her Department can sponsor specific schemes nationally to address the red lists species; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37724/19]

Just Transition (Worker and Community Environmental Rights) Bill 2018: Second Stage [Private Members] (19 Sep 2019)

Bernard Durkan: Four speakers remain and there will also be a response from the Minister. There is 39 minutes remaining for the debate. I do not want to curtail anybody but I want this to be borne in mind. The proposer must also speak again, as must the Minister, with ten minutes and five minutes respectively.

Just Transition (Worker and Community Environmental Rights) Bill 2018: Second Stage [Private Members] (19 Sep 2019)

Bernard Durkan: Three ten-minute slots and a five-minute slot remain. I must call on the Minister for a five-minute slot at 7.15 p.m., followed by the closing contribution.

Just Transition (Worker and Community Environmental Rights) Bill 2018: Second Stage [Private Members] (19 Sep 2019)

Bernard Durkan: We have about seven minutes before I need to call the Minister.

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Heritage Sites (19 Sep 2019)

Bernard Durkan: 31. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which she plans the development of various historical and heritage sites or buildings nationally with a view to maximising public interest in the context of both the domestic population and tourists; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37723/19]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Heritage Sites (19 Sep 2019)

Bernard Durkan: 266. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which preservation or restoration works under her aegis have been undertaken at various historical sites and buildings by county nationally; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38007/19]