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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: CervicalCheck Screening Programme Update: Discussion (Resumed) (3 Apr 2019)
Michael Harty: I will bring in Deputy Bríd Smith. We will give five minutes to each of our non-members, so I ask them to be concise in their questions.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: CervicalCheck Screening Programme Update: Discussion (Resumed) (3 Apr 2019)
Michael Harty: I thank Mr. McCallion.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: CervicalCheck Screening Programme Update: Discussion (Resumed) (3 Apr 2019)
Michael Harty: I am sorry, but we have been-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: CervicalCheck Screening Programme Update: Discussion (Resumed) (3 Apr 2019)
Michael Harty: Okay.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: CervicalCheck Screening Programme Update: Discussion (Resumed) (3 Apr 2019)
Michael Harty: We have been here for three hours so I am obliged to offer our guests a break, if they wish, or perhaps they are fine to continue.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: CervicalCheck Screening Programme Update: Discussion (Resumed) (3 Apr 2019)
Michael Harty: I thank Mr. McCallion. That completes the first round of contributors. We will now take a second round. I call Deputy Donnelly.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: CervicalCheck Screening Programme Update: Discussion (Resumed) (3 Apr 2019)
Michael Harty: I ask that answers to those questions be as brief as possible.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: CervicalCheck Screening Programme Update: Discussion (Resumed) (3 Apr 2019)
Michael Harty: I am sorry, we have to move on.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: CervicalCheck Screening Programme Update: Discussion (Resumed) (3 Apr 2019)
Michael Harty: The point Dr. Henry is making is that screening is for people who have no symptoms whatsoever.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: CervicalCheck Screening Programme Update: Discussion (Resumed) (3 Apr 2019)
Michael Harty: Once someone has symptoms, screening is not the appropriate service to attend.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: CervicalCheck Screening Programme Update: Discussion (Resumed) (3 Apr 2019)
Michael Harty: Sorry, Deputy, is there a specific question?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: CervicalCheck Screening Programme Update: Discussion (Resumed) (3 Apr 2019)
Michael Harty: Will we put that question to our witnesses. When could we realistically see an improvement in the backlog?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: CervicalCheck Screening Programme Update: Discussion (Resumed) (3 Apr 2019)
Michael Harty: Sorry Deputy O'Connell, Professor Flannelly is not here to defend herself. Keep that in mind.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: CervicalCheck Screening Programme Update: Discussion (Resumed) (3 Apr 2019)
Michael Harty: One of the benefits of the screening programme was that a woman got a result within four or five weeks-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: CervicalCheck Screening Programme Update: Discussion (Resumed) (3 Apr 2019)
Michael Harty: -----and that has broken down now. The risk is low but the reassurance is missing.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: CervicalCheck Screening Programme Update: Discussion (Resumed) (3 Apr 2019)
Michael Harty: Audit is obviously carried out for quality assurance purposes. It is done to see if the system is working. Is there a place for anonymised audit as opposed to a named audit in which people are identified? Would the former be easier to manage? Would it provide the same information in respect of quality?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: CervicalCheck Screening Programme Update: Discussion (Resumed) (3 Apr 2019)
Michael Harty: Is that system better or worse? It was the failure of the named audit here which led to the controversy. The purpose of audit is to inform quality. No screening service is 100% accurate. Unfortunately, a number of people will always be missed. Obviously the system is working if one compares the 65,000 people who have benefited with the 221 who had their smear upgraded on the audit - or...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: CervicalCheck Screening Programme Update: Discussion (Resumed) (3 Apr 2019)
Michael Harty: Is it correct that a significant number of the 221 cases have had their cancer successfully treated and are not in a situation where their cancer is untreatable?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: CervicalCheck Screening Programme Update: Discussion (Resumed) (3 Apr 2019)
Michael Harty: I thank the witnesses. We have been here four hours and it is time to conclude. I thank the witnesses for providing the committee with an update on the backlog which will hopefully be cleared in the not-too-distant future.
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Tourism Funding (2 Apr 2019)
Michael Harty: He is invited.