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Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (24 Nov 2022)

Gino Kenny: Yesterday, with other Deputies, I attended the launch of the "Final Report – Scoping Inquiry into the CervicalCheck Screening Programme" by Dr. Gabriel Scally. It was an uplifting briefing but it was also sombre. One could not help thinking of all the women who should have been here today had it not been for the systemic failures in the cervical cancer screening programme. A...

Death of Vicky Phelan: Expressions of Sympathy (15 Nov 2022)

Gino Kenny: ...about that issue. She said to us that no matter what the circumstances, you need to pledge to keep supporting and campaigning for the issue around assisted dying. Her other wish was that the cervical screening programme not be outsourced and that it be brought home. That wish needs to be honoured. We owe it to her memory and her family. Our condolences go to Jim, Darragh and Amelia.

Strike Action by the Medical Laboratory Scientists Association: Motion [Private Members] (25 May 2022)

Gino Kenny: ...to the United States, due to the different testing and screening protocols in place and the disconnect between the outsourced screening programme and the clinical services in Ireland for women subsequently diagnosed with cervical cancer, and concern was also expressed about the loss to the State of the skills to provide the service; — medical scientists are the hidden heroes of the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Cancer Screening and Care Services: Discussion (9 Dec 2020)

Gino Kenny: I have just a quick question for Dr. Russell about the national cervical screening laboratory, on which building will begin in January 2021. Does she envisage that when it is built the screening laboratory service of Quest in the US will be discontinued? This has been controversial, to say the last, in the cervical screening scandal that has engulfed Ireland. Does Dr. Russell see, when the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Health Promotion (3 Nov 2020)

Gino Kenny: .... It has let down women many times and women's healthcare in Ireland must be addressed. It is ironic that the task force was established because it was recommended in the scoping inquiry on the cervical screening programme after women had been completely let down. That should be remembered in the tribunal that will take place soon. What areas will be developed around gynaecological...