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- National Cervical Screening Programme: Statements (1 May 2018)
Róisín Shortall: I beg the Chair's pardon but that is not the order.
- National Cervical Screening Programme: Statements (1 May 2018)
Róisín Shortall: The Acting Chairman is striking a very discordant note. We had been having a good debate until he came in.
- National Cervical Screening Programme: Statements (1 May 2018)
Róisín Shortall: Following on from that last question, we know that 1,482 cases have been audited. My understanding is the HSE estimates that 3,000 women were diagnosed with cervical cancer over the past ten years. What about the remaining 1,500 women? Is the Minister saying those remaining 1,500 women have not had their screening history audited?
- National Cervical Screening Programme: Statements (1 May 2018)
Róisín Shortall: An appalling vista is certainly emerging. There is an even greater number of people who have not been audited.
- National Cervical Screening Programme: Statements (1 May 2018)
Róisín Shortall: That is why we need further information over the coming days. It is not enough for the Minister just to say he is setting up an inquiry. Apart from the women who have been diagnosed with cancer, we are all very conscious of the thousands of women around the country who are very nervous about this and are beginning to question the validity of smear tests they have had. The Minister has...
- National Cervical Screening Programme: Statements (1 May 2018)
Róisín Shortall: It is entirely unsympathetic and unhelpful for people who are worried sick about their potential condition and the validity of previous smear tests. Will the Minister undertake to get that message changed in the morning?
- National Cervical Screening Programme: Statements (1 May 2018)
Róisín Shortall: This evening.
- National Cervical Screening Programme: Statements (1 May 2018)
Róisín Shortall: I read out a response to an email. That response needs to change rapidly. The Civil Liability (Amendment) Act 2017 was passed last November. A key provision of the Bill was to force doctors to tell patients about mistakes that had been made but the Government introduced an amendment to make this voluntary rather than mandatory. The Minister for Justice and Equality recognised the input...
- National Cervical Screening Programme: Statements (1 May 2018)
Róisín Shortall: That does not explain why that did not happen last November. I am shocked that the 162 women at the centre of this scandal have not all been contacted. I expected after the Minister set up the expert group that those women would be contacted by Friday last. The number is 162 which should be a manageable number to make contact with. I cannot believe that five days later those women have...
- National Cervical Screening Programme: Statements (1 May 2018)
Róisín Shortall: It is unforgivable.
- Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Operations (1 May 2018)
Róisín Shortall: 189. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 319 of 20 March 2018, the status of the work of the multi-stakeholder group and the meeting that was due to be held on 25 April 2018. [18807/18]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Charges (1 May 2018)
Róisín Shortall: 261. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 157 of 13 December 2017 and 121 of 24 January 2018, if his officials have examined the matter and provided him with advice following his receipt of the petition in favour of removing the inpatient day case charge for haemochromatosis patients; if a decision will be made on this issue; and if he will make a statement...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Drug and Alcohol Task Forces (1 May 2018)
Róisín Shortall: 303. To ask the Minister for Health the status of cutbacks facing a community service (details supplied) in Dublin 11; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19018/18]
- Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Electoral Register (1 May 2018)
Róisín Shortall: 470. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the new format of the electoral register as produced by Dublin City Council, Fingal County Council and Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council; his views on whether it is not user friendly, uses double the number of pages to previous years' registers and is particularly confusing for...
- Leaders' Questions (2 May 2018)
Róisín Shortall: That is not legislation.
- Leaders' Questions (2 May 2018)
Róisín Shortall: That is voluntary, not mandatory.
- Leaders' Questions (2 May 2018)
Róisín Shortall: Those are guidelines, not legislation.
- Questions on Promised Legislation (2 May 2018)
Róisín Shortall: Further to earlier questions raised about Mr. Tony O'Brien, my understanding is that the chairman of the board of the company Tony O'Brien is going to serve on is Mr. Thomas Lynch, who is the chair of the Mater. What is the Taoiseach's relationship with Mr. Thomas Lynch? Is it the case that he hosted a fundraising event for the Taoiseach last year?
- Questions on Promised Legislation (2 May 2018)
Róisín Shortall: I am sorry, but that is not the question I asked. Is it the case that Mr. Lynch held a fundraising event for the Taoiseach last year?
- Questions on Promised Legislation (2 May 2018)
Róisín Shortall: I did not suggest you did.