Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 5 July 2018

Public Accounts Committee

Implications of CervicalCheck Revelations (Resumed)

9:00 am

Photo of David CullinaneDavid Cullinane (Waterford, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

That is fine but Mr. Connaghan said the admission of liability, certainly in part, was because of the failure to inform this particular individual. If that is the case, 209 women were not informed. Is the HSE accepting liability that it was a mistake, in respect of all 209 women, that they were not informed? If that is the case, how will they be compensated? Notwithstanding the other 209 cases, which Dr. McKenna can address shortly, there was an acceptance of liability in this case. The person with responsibility for this process in the HSE, however, is still to this day saying he does not accept any failure on his part, which means there was no failure on the part of the HSE. How does Mr. Connaghan square that with-----

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