Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 2 May 2018

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health

National Cervical Screening Programme: Department of Health, HSE, CervicalCheck and the National Cancer Control Programme

9:00 am

Dr. Jerome Coffey:

It is worth noting that my role dates back a full eight weeks in terms of responsibility and direct involvement with the screening programme. I think the point the Deputy is getting at is that, as this case at hand came before the courts under the management of the State Claims Agency, we became aware of it without knowledge of what was going to happen next. We communicate internally to prepare for any potential outcome.