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221+ group gives up on CervicalCheck tribunal.

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  • 20-11-2020 10:41pm
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    https://www.rte.ie/news/2020/1120/1179528-221-cervical-check/
    Among the main concerns raised by the 221+ group was the failure to make allowances for a woman to return to the Tribunal if she gets a recurrence of cancer and the statute of limitations.

    "The legislation to create the Tribunal was passed in June 2019 ... in the meantime, judicial decisions made in the cases of Ruth Morrissey and Patricia Carrick had changed the legal context for any CervicalCheck related case," said the group's statement.

    "We sought to have changes made to the Tribunal to reflect that changed context. We didn't just point out the problems, we also proposed solutions.

    "We acknowledge that some of those solutions were not possible at the stroke of a pen - but they are entirely possible if those in Government had the will to act with the interests and needs of this group of victims at heart. They clearly do not.

    "We see no point in continuing this process."

    Why is the government unwilling to give the 221+ what they want? One would have assumed that Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael would be going out of their way to please those women - considering the likelihood of Sinn Féin gaining from the CervicalCheck crisis and other government errors.


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    Hubertj
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    I presume it is based on legal advice. As usual public servants that are supposed to advise government on these matters demonstrate they are incapable of communicating effectively. A lot of this comes down to communication, or lack of.


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    Hubertj wrote: »
    I presume it is based on legal advice. As usual public servants that are supposed to advise government on these matters demonstrate they are incapable of communicating effectively. A lot of this comes down to communication, or lack of.

    Given that the women already hated the government anyway, what did the government have to lose by talking to them face-to-face straight away instead of relying on so-called advisers?


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