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Dáil
‹ Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation

Dr Scally and CervicalCheck implementation

Summary

Deputy Kelly asks why Dr. Gabriel Scally has been removed from overseeing CervicalCheck recommendations and seeks confirmation he will be re-engaged. The Taoiseach says he must check the matter, then states no formal Government decision has been made and he will revert to the Deputy.

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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I thank the Deputy. The time is up.

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Will the Taoiseach confirm that Dr. Scally will be re-engaged in the context of implementation?

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I will have to check into that.

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It is confirmed in the Irish Examiner.

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The matter has not come before Government in terms of any formal decision to be made. The Government has not dumped anybody. I will check this out and see what the process was or what happened. I will revert to the Deputy.

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