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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Cervical Screening Programme: Department of Health, HSE, CervicalCheck and the National Cancer Control Programme (2 May 2018)
Alan Kelly: Will Mr. O'Brien cross reference and make sure?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Cervical Screening Programme: Department of Health, HSE, CervicalCheck and the National Cancer Control Programme (2 May 2018)
Alan Kelly: I know that. This is my last question. The last question relates to the bombshell, as I described it in the Dáil yesterday, when the Minister came in. He was obviously not aware of the new information regarding the approximately 1,500 women who have not been audited. For me and the public, it is incomprehensible that we had a national cancer control programme with its layers of...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Cervical Screening Programme: Department of Health, HSE, CervicalCheck and the National Cancer Control Programme (2 May 2018)
Alan Kelly: I would like somebody to answer my question.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Cervical Screening Programme: Department of Health, HSE, CervicalCheck and the National Cancer Control Programme (2 May 2018)
Alan Kelly: Can I have an answer to my question? I asked a question and all I want is a quick answer.
- National Cervical Screening Programme: Statements (1 May 2018)
Alan Kelly: That is fine but the volume.
- National Cervical Screening Programme: Statements (1 May 2018)
Alan Kelly: I agree 100% but the volume.
- National Cervical Screening Programme: Statements (1 May 2018)
Alan Kelly: Consider the alternatives as well.
- National Cervical Screening Programme: Statements (1 May 2018)
Alan Kelly: Ms Vicky Phelan will be talking about this on "Prime Time". Instead of maintaining confidence, the people who did not do their jobs and said this to the Minister as he walked in here tonight are causing a crisis.
- National Cervical Screening Programme: Statements (1 May 2018)
Alan Kelly: I have 15 minutes and it is a sensitive enough issue.
- National Cervical Screening Programme: Statements (1 May 2018)
Alan Kelly: The Acting Chairman is taking up my time now.
- National Cervical Screening Programme: Statements (1 May 2018)
Alan Kelly: I will move on but the Acting Chairman is taking up my time. He should put on a minute at the end. This is ridiculous and it is too sensitive an issue to be like that.
- National Cervical Screening Programme: Statements (1 May 2018)
Alan Kelly: The Minister is a reasonable person.
- National Cervical Screening Programme: Statements (1 May 2018)
Alan Kelly: How will the Minister deal with this? Who told him this? Why did those people not do their job? Why, as a result, has a national crisis been caused tonight? Will the Minister assure the House now that there will be no revelations tomorrow?
- National Cervical Screening Programme: Statements (1 May 2018)
Alan Kelly: Who did not do his or her job?
- National Cervical Screening Programme: Statements (1 May 2018)
Alan Kelly: No.
- National Cervical Screening Programme: Statements (1 May 2018)
Alan Kelly: This is critical. There were one or two contributions tonight that were simply wrong, specifically the commentary relating to the Minister. I believe what the Minister is saying but there is a real issue. The Minister is managing a live process. He was told something earlier and he acted on facts over the weekend. This Dáil debated facts that were wrong, and that cannot happen...
- National Cervical Screening Programme: Statements (1 May 2018)
Alan Kelly: The Acting Chairman took a minute belonging to me.
- National Cervical Screening Programme: Statements (1 May 2018)
Alan Kelly: There is a real issue here. The Minister has said that anybody who wants a check can have one and I accept that. We need to give people assurance and we need to look at doing it in different ways.
- National Cervical Screening Programme: Statements (1 May 2018)
Alan Kelly: Let us talk about what that means in a practical sense. There are 250,000 smear tests every year and if everybody with a concern wants a test, how will the system take it? The Minister has assured us the resources will be there. I know many GPs. How in the name of God will they be able to do that? They are asking those questions tonight. We have to give public assurance by other...
- National Cervical Screening Programme: Statements (1 May 2018)
Alan Kelly: Obviously, we know that only for Vicky Phelan and the publicity that the Department of Health figured out was going to be generated, we would not be here talking about this tonight. We are thinking about her tonight. She is watching this debate. I wonder what she is thinking as further revelations are literally happening live in this Chamber. She tweeted a while ago to say "I will be...