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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on the CervicalCheck Screening Programme: Discussion (18 Sep 2019)

Bernard Durkan: It is not in the same location, however.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on the CervicalCheck Screening Programme: Discussion (18 Sep 2019)

Bernard Durkan: There was no discrepancy between results from the two places.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on the CervicalCheck Screening Programme: Discussion (18 Sep 2019)

Bernard Durkan: I accept that the following question was asked previously and that an answer was given but it has slipped from my memory. In general, from which laboratories did the results that were returned but had question marks over them come? Did the authorities monitor the laboratory to which the case was referred and which subsequently had questions raised about its authenticity? Could the results...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on the CervicalCheck Screening Programme: Discussion (18 Sep 2019)

Bernard Durkan: The HSE has that information already.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on the CervicalCheck Screening Programme: Discussion (18 Sep 2019)

Bernard Durkan: How long has the HSE had that information?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on the CervicalCheck Screening Programme: Discussion (18 Sep 2019)

Bernard Durkan: As a result of the review, is the HSE now satisfied that each laboratory paid equal attention to the requirements, that the National Screening Service could rely on the results emanating from each lab and that there was no difference between them? Is this what Mr. McCallion is saying?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on the CervicalCheck Screening Programme: Discussion (18 Sep 2019)

Bernard Durkan: From the results and from the inquiries and questions raised with regard to the authenticity or otherwise of the results afterwards, can we be assured that each of the laboratories was operating on the same level playing pitch and that they were capable of dealing with the cases accurately and quickly? Do the results show that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on the CervicalCheck Screening Programme: Discussion (18 Sep 2019)

Bernard Durkan: I am not talking about performance assurance. I am referring to the numbers in respect of which difficulties arose subsequently. Has the National Screening Service checked from which laboratories those particular tests were referred?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on the CervicalCheck Screening Programme: Discussion (18 Sep 2019)

Bernard Durkan: The slides did not all go to the one laboratory.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on the CervicalCheck Screening Programme: Discussion (18 Sep 2019)

Bernard Durkan: In cases where a GP or a consultant refers requests for tests to a lab how common is it for there to be no contact with the consultant or GP thereafter? Is it uncommon, very rare or whatever? We have all come across cases where the patient needs to ring up to find out what has happened, notwithstanding that we have modern technology and that all these things can be linked into the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on the CervicalCheck Screening Programme: Discussion (18 Sep 2019)

Bernard Durkan: I am somewhat uneasy about some of that. Of course, the most urgent cases should receive the most urgent attention, but the less urgent cases ultimately could become very urgent cases because of deferral. I wonder if any system is in place to catch those cases and ensure they are not pushed aside to become part of a waiting list. The waiting lists have become endemic; in almost everything...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Revenue Documents Issuance (17 Sep 2019)

Bernard Durkan: 122. To ask the Minister for Finance if a P21 for each of the years 2013 to 2018 will be made available in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37108/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (17 Sep 2019)

Bernard Durkan: 270. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which the case of a person (details supplied) is progressing and or approved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37142/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Status (17 Sep 2019)

Bernard Durkan: 274. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if arrangements will be made in the case of a person (details supplied) to make a late application to update their stamp 4; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37250/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Applications (17 Sep 2019)

Bernard Durkan: 275. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 370 of 11 July 2019, if the relevant section of his Department has received a reply from the legal representatives of the person (details supplied) in respect of the letter of his Department dated 12 March 2019; if all the documentation has been received in order to progress the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Status (17 Sep 2019)

Bernard Durkan: 276. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the extent of progress to date in regard to the regularisation of residency in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37252/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residency Permits (17 Sep 2019)

Bernard Durkan: 277. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the relevant section of his Department will extend temporary residency status in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37253/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (17 Sep 2019)

Bernard Durkan: 278. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the procedure to be followed by a person (details supplied) whose student visa expires shortly; if they will be informed of the appropriate steps to be taken; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37254/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Applications (17 Sep 2019)

Bernard Durkan: 279. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will address a matter regarding the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37255/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Applications (17 Sep 2019)

Bernard Durkan: 280. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if further documentation is required in the application for naturalisation in the case a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37256/19]