Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation
Dail Éireann — 2021-02-24
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Alan Kelly (LAB), Tipperary

Why has the Government dumped Dr. Gabriel Scally from overseeing the implementation of the recommendations of his report on CervicalCheck? I understand the previous Minister for Health, Deputy Harris, confirmed to Dr. Scally that he would continue with his work in this regard even through the pandemic. The CervicalCheck committee has just met. It knew nothing about this. I found this out in the past couple of days. The committee had a meeting in the past few hours - it was not told. The pathways relating cervical screening have been changed. Some members of the committee regard this as a regressive step. Will the Government bring Dr. Scally back? Why was he removed in the first place? Who made that decision? Surely we need to see all the recommendations implemented. A total of 22 remain to be implemented.

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Sitting date: 2021-02-24