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

Photo of Alan KellyAlan Kelly (Tipperary, Labour) | Oireachtas source

Okay. This is what happens. We have seen this before. Spread the blame around and then there is no culpability and there are no issues. I think we all know what we are talking about here. There was a seismic or catastrophic failure across the board. From all the documentation, we can see that the manner in which this was dealt with, not just from a management point of view but from a process point of view, was a disgrace.

I have a range of other questions. When it comes to the 16 June note that went to clinicians, Professor Gráinne Flannelly is no longer here but she is one of the clinicians. It was expected that the clinicians were all going to tell their patients. I believe that was wrong. I believe CervicalCheck should have done that. We know now that a small percentage of clinicians did tell their patients. Did Professor Flannelly tell her patients? Seeing as it was through her-----

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