Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 24 March 2021
1921. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health the role of the liaison officers appointed to work with the persons affected by the CervicalCheck scandal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15912/21]
View answer1922. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health if the document regarding liaison officers will be made available for persons affected by the CervicalCheck scandal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15913/21]
View answerI propose to take Questions Nos. 1921 and 1922 together.
The Government decided on May 11th 2018, to put in place a comprehensive package of primary care and social care supports packages for women (and their families) affected by the CervicalCheck issues.
These measures included the Health Service Executive (HSE) putting in place a Community Liaison Officer to support women and their families in the provision of the support packages.
My Department and HSE are committed to ongoing collaboration in addressing the needs of affected women and improving services for all women. For example, I recently secured Government support to extend for a further five-year period the administrative arrangements in place regarding medical cards which were issued by the HSE, on an administrative basis, to family members of affected women under the rollout of the overall supports package.
The matter of liaison officers is a service matter, as such, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the deputy directly as soon as possible.
