Tánaiste: Introduction of HPV testing not being 'long-fingered'

The Tánaiste has dismissed suggestions that the switch to HPV testing to detect cervical cancer is "being long-fingered".

Tánaiste: Introduction of HPV testing not being 'long-fingered'

The Tánaiste has dismissed suggestions that the switch to HPV testing to detect cervical cancer is "being long-fingered".

Simon Coveney was responding to opposition criticism in the Dáil after it emerged a date for the introduction of the HPV test could not be confirmed.

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