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Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights (18 Dec 2019)

Bernard Durkan: 106. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the degree to which he and the international community have identified the worldwide locations at which the most serious breaches of human rights have occurred and in respect of which alleviation measures are in train; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53809/19]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Overseas Development Aid (18 Dec 2019)

Bernard Durkan: 107. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which aid continues to be provided globally whether in a bilateral or multilateral arrangement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53810/19]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Overseas Development Aid (18 Dec 2019)

Bernard Durkan: 108. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the degree to which aid is only provided in lieu of trade by some countries globally; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53811/19]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Conflicts (18 Dec 2019)

Bernard Durkan: 109. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which Boko Haram and Al-Shabaab continue to be contained or restricted by the international community; the extent to which their influence and activity are controlled; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53812/19]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Conflicts (18 Dec 2019)

Bernard Durkan: 110. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which the international community is engaged in restoring peace in Libya; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53813/19]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Trade Relations (18 Dec 2019)

Bernard Durkan: 111. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the steps being taken to extend trade links globally through consulates and embassies, with particular reference to the need to replace losses through Brexit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53814/19]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Overseas Development Aid Data (18 Dec 2019)

Bernard Durkan: 114. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the value of aid distributed overseas to various worthy causes in each of the past three years to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53817/19]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Humanitarian Aid Provision (18 Dec 2019)

Bernard Durkan: 115. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the degree to which the commitments of Ireland in respect of aid in the wake of various disasters worldwide in each of the past three years to date have been discharged in full; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53818/19]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights (18 Dec 2019)

Bernard Durkan: 118. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the degree to which he continues to influence the international community to make provision for the elimination of trafficking and violence against women; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53863/19]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights (18 Dec 2019)

Bernard Durkan: 119. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the degree to which he continues to influence the international community to make provision for the elimination of trafficking and violence against children; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53864/19]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights (18 Dec 2019)

Bernard Durkan: 120. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which he and the international community have endeavoured to eliminate the use of child soldiers globally; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53865/19]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists Independent Expert Panel Review into Cervical Screening: Discussion (18 Dec 2019)

Bernard Durkan: I thank our witnesses for coming before us this morning and for giving us all the information. Confidence has been mentioned on numerous occasions in recent years, including the lack of confidence in the system as expressed by patients and victims. We can do little about what has happened at this stage but we can affect what happens in future. Are the experts satisfied that the measures...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists Independent Expert Panel Review into Cervical Screening: Discussion (18 Dec 2019)

Bernard Durkan: It goes without saying that those of us on this side of the room are equally keen to restore public confidence in the system as a matter of urgency. The measures that have been taken already and the experiences we have had point towards that. We need to see this from the point of view of the experiences of the patients, some of which were successful and some of which were not. That is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists Independent Expert Panel Review into Cervical Screening: Discussion (18 Dec 2019)

Bernard Durkan: One of the things that created a problem was the imprecise nature of the cervical smear test. We discussed it last evening on the basis that nobody really knows if we have accuracy, or at least we do not. I speak for myself. A range between 70% and 100% allows for a wide margin of error. It is a bit like an opinion poll which has a margin of error. Are the witnesses satisfied, given the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists Independent Expert Panel Review into Cervical Screening: Discussion (18 Dec 2019)

Bernard Durkan: My understanding is that in the United States where some of the screening tests were processed, they have a more frequent screening system. In this country we use a less frequent system. Ours is every three years compared to a one and a half year screening in the United States. The question that arises immediately is which of those systems we go for now.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists Independent Expert Panel Review into Cervical Screening: Discussion (18 Dec 2019)

Bernard Durkan: Does the test that they have in the United States work? Are there pitfalls similar to the ones that we have experienced here, and do they happen to a greater or lesser extent? From our point of view in trying to establish confidence in the system, I believe that is the way we have to go. We have to know how well we can rely on whichever system is being used. Professor Kitchener has...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists Independent Expert Panel Review into Cervical Screening: Discussion (18 Dec 2019)

Bernard Durkan: Have they had a similar experience to the one that we have had here in this country?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists Independent Expert Panel Review into Cervical Screening: Discussion (18 Dec 2019)

Bernard Durkan: Have they had a major crisis such as we have had here on this issue?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists Independent Expert Panel Review into Cervical Screening: Discussion (18 Dec 2019)

Bernard Durkan: It is rather unfortunate from our point of view that we send slides to the United States for testing, where they have a different system that we do not know about and where one cannot compare one with the other.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists Independent Expert Panel Review into Cervical Screening: Discussion (18 Dec 2019)

Bernard Durkan: Yes, but the slides sent from here to those laboratories were processed there as well. Somebody, somehow, somewhere must be able to tell us what the Irish experience is in the last 150, 200 or 5,000 tests that were done, and the result was X, Y or Z, positive or negative. What is the difference? There has to be a comparison somewhere.