I wish to offer my sympathies as well to the family of former Senator and Deputy, Seán McCarthy. I also extend my sympathies on the deaths of the Independent councillor, Hugh Conlon, from Dunleer, and the retired Independent councillor, Jimmy Cudden, from Duleek who will be buried later this morning. I also extend my sympathies on the death of our Fianna Fáil colleague in Fingal County Council, Councillor Freddie Cooper, who passed away in recent weeks. As a new Senator my first year in this House has been a learni…

I am getting to it.

I do not want Fianna Fáil to abandon everything that has made us the nation that we are. Whether one likes it or not, we have a Christian ethos. We are nationalist, republican, cosmopolitan and we are constantly evolving as a people and as a nation. We know that Fianna Fáil is capable. Even in the darkest days it built this country up. Look how far we have come in the past 20 years. As we prepare for the recess, I hope this will give Fianna Fáil time to reflect, rebuild and rebrand, and return to be a better, more …

It was the last report.

I made no mistake.

I welcome the Minister to the House once more. It is important to begin by briefly explaining what this Bill sets out to do. The Bill primarily sets out to amend the CervicalCheck Tribunal Act 2019 to extend the period for receipt of claims for compensation to the CervicalCheck tribunal until January 2022. Section 1 of the Bill amends section 12 of the 2019 Act to extend the current period. This Bill seeks to extend the above nine months by a further six months or more, per the subsection, at the discretion of the …

What have I-----

I apologise. I retract-----

Through the Chair, if I have said something-----

All right. I apologise. "20 Irish women so far dead due to cervical cancer screening errors"; "...130 sick women battling in court over CervicalCheck scandal"; "Husband’s agony as Cervical Check letter reveals devoted mum could have been saved"; and "I don’t want my children to watch me dying in pain, all I want is a choice". These are some of the headlines that relate to a web search of Ireland's cervical cancer screening programme. This is simply not good enough. The State cannot be said to have taken the rights,…

On a point of order, Senator Seery Kearney said that the end result for women with cervical cancer is a hysterectomy. Even after they have had that procedure, however, the Department of Health continues to send them cervical screening reminders for years.

We would appreciate it if the Minister could stop that happening. It can be very distressing for women who have had hysterectomies to get continued reminders to go for cervical screening.

That land-----

I thank the Minister for coming to the House again. I am happy to support the Bill but I am here to support Senator Boyhan's amendment. I am really taken aback by what Senator Cummins has just come out with there - that councillors are not capable of-----

-----that councillors are not to be trusted to deliver houses within their local authority.

That is exactly what he said.

That is exactly what he said.

I did not interrupt anybody. The Senator basically said-----

According to Senator Cummins-----

I agree with the Senator making his point but he did say that councillors-----