Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 16 May 2018
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health
CervicalCheck Screening Programme: Discussion
9:00 am
Alan Kelly (Tipperary, Labour) | Oireachtas source
We were told earlier that individuals would be held to account. We have the biggest health crisis in decades, and two important people in the story are out of the country. They should not be on leave, whether they had it planned for days, weeks or months. Those people are supposed to be in front of the Committee of Public Accounts tomorrow, of which I am Vice Chairman, and they will not be here. I suggest, through Mr. Breslin and through the Minister for Health, Deputy Harris, who I will contact, that they are here tomorrow. I have specific questions for both of them. They had key roles. When did they know about this? What did they do about it? What communications did they have from various people in this room, and others outside this room? It is not fair that Mr. McCallion is a plenipotentiary, answering questions for them. He cannot, to be fair. He has just been promoted, as has Mr. Connaghan, and I wish them the best.
Does Mr. Breslin know everything? Has he revealed everything he knows about the Department of Health?
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