Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Social Democrats) | Oireachtas source

We know we are moving to a different type of screening process. Earlier, Mr. Connaghan stated, "This will require a significant team to be put in place within the HSE to support this process." He went on to say something else and the word "understand" jumped out at me. He said, "We understand the Department is concluding the contract for this work and the scope of work will include all women who were part of the CervicalCheck audit". Is it the HSE or the Department of Health? That jumps out at me as being odd. If the HSE is running the programme I would have thought it would also be involved in the contractual obligation around the process. What is going on in relation to that?