Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 16 May 2018

Public Accounts Committee

Management of Legal Costs and Policy on Open Disclosure (Resumed)
Implications of CervicalCheck Revelations (Resumed)
2016 Financial Statements of the State Claims Agency (Resumed)
2016 Financial Statements of the HSE (Resumed)

5:00 pm

Mr. Cian O'Carroll:

I want to make a small point of clarification on the contract indemnity and confidentiality mix. We have not seen the contract that is in place. I presume this committee will probably get that documentation. It is the indemnity which is in the contract and the indemnity is like any insurance indemnity that some sub-contractor would give to the person to whom they are contracted. Presumably, the contract does not contain any confidentiality clause. It is just that the laboratory, having given the indemnity to the State, is then running the proceedings and it insists on settling it on its terms. That is all.

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