Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 17 May 2018

Public Accounts Committee

Implications of CervicalCheck Revelations (Resumed)
2016 Financial Statements of the State Claims Agency (Resumed)
2016 Financial Statements of the HSE (Resumed)

9:00 am

Dr. Stephanie O'Keeffe:

We have got to remember that there is a key witness who is not here today, namely Professor Flannelly herself, who led out on all of this. It is important, because I am telling the committee what I heard at the time. That is that there was very careful consideration in the interests of the patient as to who the best person to give that information was. My understanding from my colleagues now is that there is agreement that it is the treating clinician who should give that information to the woman. I do think that it is very important, particularly where the scoping inquiry is concerned, that there is-----

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