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Health Service Recruitment Freeze: Motion [Private Members] (21 Nov 2023)

Duncan Smith: ...motion that we wholeheartedly support because it goes to the heart of what is going on in the health service at the moment. The Minister's response was to begin talking about the aim to eliminate cervical cancer in Ireland. This is a very laudable aim, which we all support 100%. By God, what a legacy that would be for Vicky Phelan, just over a year on from her passing, if we were able...

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

Duncan Smith: ...and today's suspended industrial action are testament to that. The shortage of staff has led to outsourcing much of our testing capacity in the country to the US and the UK. We only have to look at the cervical cancer scandal to see what happens when we outsource such a vital service away from the excellence we know and trust in this country to somewhere where we do not have the same...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (12 May 2022)

Duncan Smith: I wish to raise another important issue related to women's health, namely CervicalCheck and the Scally report recommendation that a national cervical screening laboratory would be fully up and running by September of this year. The Tánaiste will understand the utter outrage and disgust of the women of Ireland and activists on CervicalCheck when the Minister could not give any update on...