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

Alan Kelly: I do not know if many people will agree with that.

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

Alan Kelly: It is scale.

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

Alan Kelly: Let us see if Dr. McKenna is right.

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

Alan Kelly: I am sorry, but we have had time to prepare for it.

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

Alan Kelly: The figures I quoted are accurate and are going south.

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

Alan Kelly: A miracle is needed and I am taking Dr. McKenna's word that the miracle is going to be performed.

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

Alan Kelly: This is not the first time I have raised this matter. I have been raising it for some time.

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

Alan Kelly: I have been raising this matter for some time.

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

Alan Kelly: My concerns are on the record and we will see what will happen in the future. I am conscious of time and the other questions I have asked.

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

Alan Kelly: Yes.

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

Alan Kelly: I understand that, but there was obviously a breach of contract so what did the HSE do about it?

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

Alan Kelly: No, there is a breach of contract here and there is a consequence. We were paying, as taxpayers. There is a breach of contract and, obviously, something must have come back from this. What did the HSE do about it?

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

Alan Kelly: To save time, I will say that what I am reading into Mr. McCallion's reply is that nothing happened.

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

Alan Kelly: There was no consequence to the breach of contract.

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

Alan Kelly: I do not accept that.

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

Alan Kelly: I do not accept that one bit. I am sorry, but I am conscious of time.

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

Alan Kelly: I know all about interval cancers but I did not ask a question about it. Is Dr. Henry trying to get around to the audit issue?

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

Alan Kelly: That is no problem.

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

Alan Kelly: It is not that at all, it is purely about the audit and I am conscious that the Chairman may wish to move on.

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

Alan Kelly: When will the audit commence? When will the audit be back in place retrospectively to 2016?