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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: CervicalCheck Screening Programme Update: Discussion (13 Feb 2019)
Alan Kelly: Is McCallion confident that it will be done this year?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: CervicalCheck Screening Programme Update: Discussion (13 Feb 2019)
Alan Kelly: I do not want Mr. McCallion to do that but we are continually asked about this issue.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: CervicalCheck Screening Programme Update: Discussion (13 Feb 2019)
Alan Kelly: I am not going to pursue that because I do not want to create a vacuum. Regarding vaccination and the concept of herd immunity, I am on the record of the Dáil as being a strong advocate of boys having this vaccination. Where do we stand regarding herd immunity and getting boys and girls the HPV vaccination?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: CervicalCheck Screening Programme Update: Discussion (13 Feb 2019)
Alan Kelly: Yes, that is correct.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: CervicalCheck Screening Programme Update: Discussion (13 Feb 2019)
Alan Kelly: We have been told previously that the starting date will be in the fourth quarter of this year.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: CervicalCheck Screening Programme Update: Discussion (13 Feb 2019)
Alan Kelly: I just want to know when it is starting. Is it definitely happening in September? I want to know that there will be no delay.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: CervicalCheck Screening Programme Update: Discussion (13 Feb 2019)
Alan Kelly: That is fine. It will be part of the school run.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: CervicalCheck Screening Programme Update: Discussion (13 Feb 2019)
Alan Kelly: I just wanted to make sure that it was not being put back. I have three more questions. I have done some research and I am intrigued. When did the delay with the slides increase to 27 weeks?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: CervicalCheck Screening Programme Update: Discussion (13 Feb 2019)
Alan Kelly: It is a big spike because last week, according to the parliamentary question answered by the Minister on 5 February, it was-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: CervicalCheck Screening Programme Update: Discussion (13 Feb 2019)
Alan Kelly: -----22 weeks. That figure came down from 24, so we thought it was going to go from 24 to 22. I am looking at the trends rather than having a go at the fact that there is a spike. I thought that it was going to go to 24, then 22 and keep going down. Now, however, it has gone up from 22 to 27.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: CervicalCheck Screening Programme Update: Discussion (13 Feb 2019)
Alan Kelly: Is the delay going to keep increasing?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: CervicalCheck Screening Programme Update: Discussion (13 Feb 2019)
Alan Kelly: I appreciate that this is an international process. My final question is one I have asked previously. It relates to a matter I have not got to the bottom of yet. The audit stopped on 1 January 2018. We all know about the issues that were part of the audit, etc. Examining this, all of the other variables have stayed the same. I am referring to the labs, etc. The audit has stopped.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: CervicalCheck Screening Programme Update: Discussion (13 Feb 2019)
Alan Kelly: I appreciate and welcome what was said earlier about the process by which there will be new auditing procedures and processes across the whole screening programme. Are we not at risk here because if all variables stay the same and auditing stops, does that not create a situation where the same issues that we are talking about here today and have been talking about for the past nine to ten...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: CervicalCheck Screening Programme Update: Discussion (13 Feb 2019)
Alan Kelly: I know that.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: CervicalCheck Screening Programme Update: Discussion (13 Feb 2019)
Alan Kelly: I understand that if there is no audit, however, it is not a double-deck then, it is not picking up-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: CervicalCheck Screening Programme Update: Discussion (13 Feb 2019)
Alan Kelly: Of course, it is good to do an audit.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: CervicalCheck Screening Programme Update: Discussion (13 Feb 2019)
Alan Kelly: It is bigger than that now, in fairness. I get the non-disclosure bit. The Department is also not finding out basic facts about the quality of the programme and issues. There are other issues; it is not just about communications and non-disclosure.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: CervicalCheck Screening Programme Update: Discussion (13 Feb 2019)
Alan Kelly: There should be a continuous audit.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: CervicalCheck Screening Programme Update: Discussion (13 Feb 2019)
Alan Kelly: I accept that and have no issue with that. I am 100% with Mr. Breslin in getting that right. Because there is no audit in place since 1 January, the essential question is whether that creates any risks.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: CervicalCheck Screening Programme Update: Discussion (13 Feb 2019)
Alan Kelly: Absolutely.