Written answers

Wednesday, 9 May 2018

Department of Health

Cancer Screening Programmes

Photo of Joan CollinsJoan Collins (Dublin South Central, Independent)
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167. To ask the Minister for Health if contracts were renewed annually with a company (details supplied) from 2008; if he will provide the quality assurance certificate, that is, the screening process and laboratory performance expectation with each contract; and if he will provide the same information on the clinical pathology laboratory and other laboratories here or overseas for the years they had a contract to analyse Irish smear tests. [20258/18]

Photo of Simon HarrisSimon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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Since 2008, CervicalCheck has undertaken tendering processes to award contracts for cytology testing of cervical smear tests. Such tendering processes have been undertaken biannually.

Yesterday I established a Scoping Inquiry, led by Dr Gabriel Scally, in relation to issues that have arisen at CervicalCheck.  The broad Terms of Reference of the Scoping Inquiry include a range of issues pertaining to the cytology laboratory services contracted by CervicalCheck.

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