John McGuinness (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

CervicalCheck did not tell the communications system within the HSE. Mr. Breen did not tell the strategy board, but it did not tell him either. This was a failure of a number of different agencies within the State.

In most of the commentary today there is talk about the 98% of clinical negligence cases that are settled without the necessity for a contested court hearing. That is not all of the work the agency covers, as there are other cases outside of that involving all the various agencies that are represented. I was struck by the figure of 98% because I am aware of a number of cases that went to court outside of the HSE, and cases that were then settled where a gagging order was put in place. I have come across that a lot in the context of my term on the Committee of Public Accounts. The reference to 98% of cases would lead one to believe that there is nothing to worry about given that 98% of the cases are dealt with, but if I were to examine some of the cases, without naming them, that have come before the State Claims Agency, they are reported to the agency through the solicitor that served the summons-----