Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 22 November 2018

Public Accounts Committee

2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 15: Hepatitis C Treatment in Ireland
Management of Medical Negligence

9:00 am

Mr. John Connaghan:

I will start and Dr. Henry may also come in. We have been requested to provide, on a slide-by-slide basis, the history of when that slide was requested, where it was dispatched to and what the turnaround time was. At a previous evidence session, Mr. McCallion intimated that the average turnaround time was 22 days and the maximum was something of the order of 70-plus days. We are in the process of drawing that together and the committee will get that very shortly. It will show the exact timetable requested. However, perhaps the most recent issue at hand is the one about the observance of a protocol that we have. It is a very simple protocol, which simply asks what is the transport method, where is it going and who is going to be responsible for receipt of those slides. Most requesters of the slides through legal representatives have observed that and are happy to do so. We have had an issue with perhaps one or two latterly, and we are seeking to overcome these issues. However, the committee will very shortly get a full report on the timetable associated with this.

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