Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions
Dail Éireann — 2020-12-08
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Micheál Martin (FF), Cork South-Central

In the first instance, we should draw a differential between a screening programme and diagnostic procedures in themselves. That is very important, and in some respects, the original cervical screening programme gave a sense that if one had come through the screening programme, one was okay, whereas we know that is not the case. All screening programmes are general population screening programmes-----

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Sitting date: 2020-12-08