Neale Richmond
Question:2371. Deputy Neale Richmond asked the Minister for Health the status of the impact of the HSE cyber-attack on cancer screening services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37469/21]
View answerTuesday, 27 July 2021
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All three national cancer screening programmes, BreastCheck, CervicalCheck and BowelScreen, are currently operating, albeit at reduced capacity due to COVID-19 impact as well as the recent cyber-attack.
The cyber-attack on the HSE is causing the National Screening Service some temporary disruption with their interfaces with the wider HSE system.
As this Parliamentary Question primarily relates to operational issues, it is a matter for the HSE. However, members of the Oireachtas are advised that the HSE is currently unable to access the information to answer Parliamentary Questions due to the recent cyber-attack, which has required a temporary shut-down of HSE IT systems. The disruption to service is on-going, and the HSE is working hard to restore its IT capacity and resume normal services. Members of the Oireachtas will be advised as soon as the HSE is again in a position to provide responses to PQs and are encouraged to resubmit their Parliamentary Questions at that point.