Peadar Tóibín (Meath West, Aontú)
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168. To ask the Minister for Health the number of CervicalCheck smear test samples sent to foreign laboratories for testing in each of the past five years and to date in 2024; and if he can provide this figure as a percentage, in each year, of the number of smear tests carried out by CervicalCheck during that time, in tabular form. [27315/24]

Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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As this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the deputy directly, as soon as possible.

Peadar Tóibín (Meath West, Aontú)
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169. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons who took cases to the CervicalCheck Tribunal; the number of cases settled in that tribunal, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27316/24]

Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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The CervicalCheck Tribunal was established on 27 October 2020 under the CervicalCheck Tribunal Act 2019. Establishment of the Tribunal was finalised with the appointment of the nominated members to the Tribunal with effect from 1 December 2020, implementing in full the recommendations of Mr Justice Charles Meenan on an alternative to the Court process for eligible CervicalCheck Claims.

The number of claims before the CervicalCheck Tribunal

Twenty-six [26] claims (of which two were combined) were lodged with the Tribunal since March 2021.

Twenty [20] claims were lodged by women and six [6] claims were lodged by or on behalf of the statutory dependants of women.

The number of claims resolved by the Tribunal

All twenty-six [26] claims made to the Tribunal have been processed.

Eighteen [18] claims were resolved on the basis of a settlement reached between the parties.

Seven [7] cases were resolved on the basis of a Notification issued pursuant to s. 12 of the CervicalCheck Tribunal Act, 2019. This means that the claimants were notified by the Tribunal that it was not in a position to hear and determine the claim for want of either respondent or third-party consent in circumstances where such consent was either not forthcoming or had been withdrawn.

One [1] case was struck out when an ‘Unless Order’ came into effect.

In a letter dated 31 July 2023, the Tribunal Chairperson informed me that all claims had been processed, and that as such the Tribunal’s core statutory functions had been completed.

Having completed its required administrative work and discharging any remaining obligations conferred upon the Chairperson, Judge Power submitted her resignation as Chairperson of the Tribunal on 18 April 2024 which I formally accepted.