Alan Kelly (Tipperary, Labour) | Oireachtas source

The statements are only from Mr. Breslin and Mr. Breen. I have seen so much of Mr. O'Brien this week, I thought there was a statement. Is it agreed that we will take Mr. Breslin and Mr. Breen's statements as read? Agreed.

The director general of the HSE and Mr. McCallion will have to leave in an hour and a half, as the cervical cancer issues with which we are dealing are live ones and they must travel to Limerick. Now that the meeting has commenced, we will allow a round of questioning for the first hour and a half to the Deputies who are present. There is an order in which they will ask questions. They can ask questions of any of the witnesses, but they should be aware that Mr. O'Brien and Mr. McCallion will be gone in an hour and a half. The first two members will get seven minutes each. Thereafter, members will get five minutes each. Once the hour and a half is concluded, we will proceed to our normal routine of asking questions within the time slots normally afforded Deputies. The first batch of questions will come from Deputy MacSharry.