Mary Henry (Independent)

The development of the new test for cervical cancer by Professor John O'Leary and his team in Trinity College is good news, but it would be even better news for the women of Ireland if the long promised national screening programme for cervical cancer was brought in. Will the Leader of the House ask the Minister for Health and Children to come to the House and address this issue because each year 50 to 60 Irish women die from cervical cancer and it is recognised that if a proper screening programme was in place, such deaths would be preventable?