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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: CervicalCheck Screening Programme Update: Discussion (Resumed) (3 Apr 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: I understand the political context. I am asking a medical question of the clinical lead. Is there a medical benefit to a shorter interval?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: CervicalCheck Screening Programme Update: Discussion (Resumed) (3 Apr 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: I thank Dr. Doherty. As the national director of services, does Mr. McCallion accept, given the submission we now have, that the decision to offer the out-of-cycle test was taken contrary to clinical advice provided by the national screening service?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: CervicalCheck Screening Programme Update: Discussion (Resumed) (3 Apr 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: I thank Mr. McCallion. I have a final question on colposcopy. A lot of data have been provided about women waiting to hear their test results. What are the waiting times and how many are waiting who have been referred for colposcopy as part of the care pathway of the screening service, as opposed to for other reasons?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: CervicalCheck Screening Programme Update: Discussion (Resumed) (3 Apr 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: If I understand Dr. Doherty correctly, the waiting times to see a colposcopist have not increased in the past year. Is that correct?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: CervicalCheck Screening Programme Update: Discussion (Resumed) (3 Apr 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: I want to reflect. Mr. McCallion stated earlier, quite nobly, that he took responsibility for a lot of what is happening upon his team and the HSE. I think he is taking responsibility for the wrong thing. Largely, the crisis of confidence was caused by politicians in the Oireachtas. It was partly caused by Members of the Oireachtas outside of Government and by how the Oireachtas reacted...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: CervicalCheck Screening Programme Update: Discussion (Resumed) (3 Apr 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: Mr. McCallion does not think it is an issue with Ireland. It is not that there is capacity out there and the international market is cautious of engaging with the HSE.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: CervicalCheck Screening Programme Update: Discussion (Resumed) (3 Apr 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: I understand that, on an ongoing basis, there is a public procurement process which is very detailed and which has to be dealt with in a very clever way. However, we are dealing with a backlog of 80,000 tests. In the context of finding temporary additional capacity to ensure that the women involved get their results on time, what is the problem? Are international providers nervous about...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: CervicalCheck Screening Programme Update: Discussion (Resumed) (3 Apr 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: Does the HSE now have an expected date for the availability of the HPV test? It did not have one the last time it was before the committee. What is the HSE's view on temporarily suspending tests to clear the backlog? As Deputy Lisa Chambers stated, the media has reported that one of the labs has proposed that as well. What is the HSE's view? My final question concerns the women recalled...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: CervicalCheck Screening Programme Update: Discussion (Resumed) (3 Apr 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: If I understand Mr. McCallion, all 2,500 women will have their results within two weeks. Is that correct?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: CervicalCheck Screening Programme Update: Discussion (Resumed) (3 Apr 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: If I understand Mr. McCallion, there is no projected target date for the introduction of the test. Is that correct?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: CervicalCheck Screening Programme Update: Discussion (Resumed) (3 Apr 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: Regarding the HSE's view on the temporary suspension of the programme-----

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service Data (4 Apr 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: 152. To ask the Minister for Health the number of ambulance attendances at each emergency department nationwide in March 2019; the number of such ambulances that waited longer than of 20 minutes to hand over patients, get their trolleys back and return to responding to calls; the number that waited longer than 40, 60 and 90 minutes for same; and the number that waited more than 120 and 180...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists Data (4 Apr 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: 153. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting as of 31 March 2019 or the nearest available date for an MRI scan in the Dublin Midlands Hospital Group for waiting periods (details supplied), in tabular form. [15866/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists Data (4 Apr 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: 154. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting as of 31 March 2019 or the nearest available date for a CT scan in the Dublin Midlands Hospital Group for waiting periods (details supplied), in tabular form. [15867/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists Data (4 Apr 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: 155. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting as of 31 March 2019 or the nearest available date for a bone scan in the Dublin Midlands Hospital Group for waiting periods (details supplied), in tabular form. [15868/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists Data (4 Apr 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: 156. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting as of 31 March 2019 or the nearest available date for an angiogram in the Dublin Midlands Hospital Group for waiting periods (details supplied), in tabular form. [15869/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists Data (4 Apr 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: 157. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting as of 31 March 2019 or the nearest available date for an electroencephalogram in the Dublin Midlands Hospital Group for waiting periods (details supplied), in tabular form. [15870/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists Data (4 Apr 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: 158. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting as of 31 March 2019 or the nearest available date for cholagiopancreatography in the Dublin Midlands Hospital Group for waiting periods (details supplied), in tabular form. [15871/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists Data (4 Apr 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: 159. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting as of 31 March 2019 or the nearest available date for an ultrasound scan in the Dublin Midlands Hospital Group for waiting periods (details supplied), in tabular form. [15872/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists Data (4 Apr 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: 160. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting as of 31 March 2019 or the nearest available date for an MRI scan in the South Southwest Hospital Group for waiting periods (details supplied), in tabular form. [15873/19]