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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Scoping Inquiry into the CervicalCheck Screening Programme: Discussion (10 Oct 2018)

Colm Burke: The results of more than 200 smear tests were found to be false. At the time the audit was carried out, were all of those patients receiving cancer treatment?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Scoping Inquiry into the CervicalCheck Screening Programme: Discussion (10 Oct 2018)

Colm Burke: Was that prior to the audit?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Scoping Inquiry into the CervicalCheck Screening Programme: Discussion (10 Oct 2018)

Colm Burke: Therefore they had all been diagnosed prior to the audit being carried out.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Scoping Inquiry into the CervicalCheck Screening Programme: Discussion (10 Oct 2018)

Colm Burke: When the audit was carried out, were any additional people identified as having cancer who had not been previously identified?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Scoping Inquiry into the CervicalCheck Screening Programme: Discussion (10 Oct 2018)

Colm Burke: Is the Deputy calling it?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Scoping Inquiry into the CervicalCheck Screening Programme: Discussion (10 Oct 2018)

Colm Burke: Deputies Kelly and O'Connell want to raise two brief issues and then I will bring in Senator Swanick.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Scoping Inquiry into the CervicalCheck Screening Programme: Discussion (10 Oct 2018)

Colm Burke: Can we let Dr. Scally answer?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Scoping Inquiry into the CervicalCheck Screening Programme: Discussion (10 Oct 2018)

Colm Burke: On the National Cancer Registry, has all relevant information been exchanged and given over in respect of CervicalCheck? Has that issue been resolved?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Scoping Inquiry into the CervicalCheck Screening Programme: Discussion (10 Oct 2018)

Colm Burke: All of the documentation that-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Scoping Inquiry into the CervicalCheck Screening Programme: Discussion (10 Oct 2018)

Colm Burke: All the documentation that was relevant has been given over in order to have one platform on which all the information is stored.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Scoping Inquiry into the CervicalCheck Screening Programme: Discussion (10 Oct 2018)

Colm Burke: The second issue I wanted to check with Dr. Scally is about the issue of engaging with laboratories into the future. Obviously in any contract negotiations laboratories are now going to look for new terms and conditions, in particular in respect of dealing with the issue of litigation. From what he has learned from his work over the last four or five months, does Dr. Scally think that will...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Scoping Inquiry into the CervicalCheck Screening Programme: Discussion (10 Oct 2018)

Colm Burke: Does Dr. Scally believe it is going to be a problem?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Scoping Inquiry into the CervicalCheck Screening Programme: Discussion (10 Oct 2018)

Colm Burke: I call Deputy Durkan.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Scoping Inquiry into the CervicalCheck Screening Programme: Discussion (10 Oct 2018)

Colm Burke: I am sorry. I apologise to the Deputy.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Scoping Inquiry into the CervicalCheck Screening Programme: Discussion (10 Oct 2018)

Colm Burke: We will finish on that. I thank Dr. Scally, Dr. Denton and Ms McEntee for their contributions this morning. I also thank them for the very comprehensive report that they delivered, which sets a very high standard for future reports, no matter the subject. They have shown how a report should be done and how an investigation should be carried out. The Scally report provides a clear template...

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Oct 2018)

Colm Burke: I welcome the budget announcements today. It is a big change from where we were seven years ago where over €8 billion was taken out of the budget overnight. Now we are in a very good position where we have a balanced budget and can give priority to a number of areas, in particular to health and housing. An additional €1 billion was added to the budget this year. In real...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Coroners Service (3 Oct 2018)

Colm Burke: I thank the Minister, Deputy Flanagan, for taking time out of his busy schedule to be here. In this country at the moment, when a human remains or a body is not identified there is no central database for the information that is gathered. I understand that the information is kept within each of the coroners' areas. Dr. René Gapert, who is an expert in this area, has suggested that a...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Coroners Service (3 Oct 2018)

Colm Burke: I understand that across the various coroners' areas there are approximately 200 cases in which the bodies or partial remains of individuals have not been identified. That figure is taken from a survey which added them all up. There is no central relationship that allows such discoveries to be cross-checked with the cases of people who have been reported missing. Problems can arise when...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Sláintecare Implementation Strategy: Discussion (3 Oct 2018)

Colm Burke: I apologise for not being here for part of the meeting. I was dealing with the Minister for Justice and Equality on a Commencement matter in the Seanad. I would like to ask the Minister about Project Ireland 2040 and the Sláintecare report. It has been identified that additional hospitals are needed in certain locations, including Cork. I understand that a group of people from...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Sláintecare Implementation Strategy: Discussion (3 Oct 2018)

Colm Burke: I thank the witnesses for their presentations. I apologise for being late but I had an earlier commitment. On efficiencies in the HSE and health service, the witnesses referred to medication and access to GPs. To take the simple example of the cost of drugs and pharmaceuticals, people have access to drugs and pharmaceuticals but do not necessarily use them. On generic drugs, the changes...