Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 14 June 2018

Public Accounts Committee

Implications of CervicalCheck Revelations (Resumed)

9:00 am

Photo of David CullinaneDavid Cullinane (Waterford, Sinn Fein)
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There were two contradictory positions, as Mr. Connaghan stated. It is unusual that the HSE would bring officials from both sides together and a letter would emerge to state that the two sides did not contradict each other and a mutual understanding had conveniently been reached. That is how it appears to some members and Mr. McCallion and the other witnesses are here because we want to test that. We have done so and there are cracks in it.

Mr. Breen earlier stated that it was still his understanding that because of the information given to him by Mr. Gleeson he was of the view that all women had not been informed. Mr. Gleeson stated that he said that in the context of an assumption that all women would be informed by their clinicians. Is it correct that this was the understanding of the SCA?