Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 8 November 2018

Public Accounts Committee

Matters related to Medical Negligence, Open Disclosure, Cervical Cancer and Thalidomide Litigation

9:00 am

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

I want to follow on from Deputy Connolly. I will come to Mr. Breen first and want to start with CervicalCheck. He said in his opening statement that there were 85 claims, of which 73 were active, five had been settled, one was closed and six were potential claims. The co-defendants are the laboratories. The substance of the awards made in the five settled claims was the misreading of the smear tests, with the laboratories shouldering most of the responsibility and the liability. Is that correct?

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