Seán Fleming (Laois, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Let us see how the secretariat gets on. It will keep all members informed by email.

As already stated, we are going to arrange a private meeting as soon as possible with a person who made a protected disclosure. We also had a discussion in private session earlier on Dr. Gabriel Scally's report. The Joint Committee on Health is meeting Dr. Scally and the HSE on 10 October. The clerk to this committee will liaise with the clerk to the Joint Committee on Health regarding any matters that arise which may be of significance to us, such as, for example, contracts, contract management, procurement and so forth. We also agreed that we will deal specifically with the State Claims Agency regarding how claims are being dealt with, whether through mediation or in court. We will get an update on that as soon as possible. We will also get updates after the Joint Committee on Health meets next week. Essentially, the health committee is doing work on this and there is a role for us too. We will try to ensure that there is no unnecessary duplication.