Results 14,681-14,700 of 26,685 for speaker:David Cullinane

Public Accounts Committee: Implications of CervicalCheck Revelations (Resumed)
2016 Financial Statements of the State Claims Agency (Resumed)
2016 Financial Statements of the HSE (Resumed) (17 May 2018)

David Cullinane: The women will make that judgment call.

Public Accounts Committee: Implications of CervicalCheck Revelations (Resumed)
2016 Financial Statements of the State Claims Agency (Resumed)
2016 Financial Statements of the HSE (Resumed) (17 May 2018)

David Cullinane: What Stephen Teap said yesterday was that, if his wife had only had five minutes left to live, she would have wanted to know. Mr. Gleeson does not get to make that judgment call.

Public Accounts Committee: Implications of CervicalCheck Revelations (Resumed)
2016 Financial Statements of the State Claims Agency (Resumed)
2016 Financial Statements of the HSE (Resumed) (17 May 2018)

David Cullinane: The women should have been informed. Mr. Gleeson made that judgment call.

Public Accounts Committee: Implications of CervicalCheck Revelations (Resumed)
2016 Financial Statements of the State Claims Agency (Resumed)
2016 Financial Statements of the HSE (Resumed) (17 May 2018)

David Cullinane: I will ask Mr. Gleeson a fair question. Does he still stand over the strategy, of which he was a part, that these women should not be informed directly?

Public Accounts Committee: Implications of CervicalCheck Revelations (Resumed)
2016 Financial Statements of the State Claims Agency (Resumed)
2016 Financial Statements of the HSE (Resumed) (17 May 2018)

David Cullinane: CervicalCheck did not. I went through the strategy earlier.

Public Accounts Committee: Implications of CervicalCheck Revelations (Resumed)
2016 Financial Statements of the State Claims Agency (Resumed)
2016 Financial Statements of the HSE (Resumed) (17 May 2018)

David Cullinane: According to the March 2016 memo, the strategy was to decide "on the order and volume of dispatch to mitigate any potential risks" - those were not risks to women, but to the HSE - and to continue preparing a "reactive communications response". The strategy was to minimise the number of women to be informed. It was done in the first instance by allowing consultants to do it. Only one in...

Public Accounts Committee: Implications of CervicalCheck Revelations (Resumed)
2016 Financial Statements of the State Claims Agency (Resumed)
2016 Financial Statements of the HSE (Resumed) (17 May 2018)

David Cullinane: No. I will let Mr. Gleeson finish.

Public Accounts Committee: Implications of CervicalCheck Revelations (Resumed)
2016 Financial Statements of the State Claims Agency (Resumed)
2016 Financial Statements of the HSE (Resumed) (17 May 2018)

David Cullinane: Was CervicalCheck guided by the-----

Public Accounts Committee: Implications of CervicalCheck Revelations (Resumed)
2016 Financial Statements of the State Claims Agency (Resumed)
2016 Financial Statements of the HSE (Resumed) (17 May 2018)

David Cullinane: The term "closing out the loop" does not cut it for those who-----

Public Accounts Committee: Implications of CervicalCheck Revelations (Resumed)
2016 Financial Statements of the State Claims Agency (Resumed)
2016 Financial Statements of the HSE (Resumed) (17 May 2018)

David Cullinane: It does not cut it for those women. Was the decision by one of the labs essentially to send legal letters instructing the HSE and CervicalCheck not to send out letters one of the reasons for women not being informed?

Public Accounts Committee: Implications of CervicalCheck Revelations (Resumed)
2016 Financial Statements of the State Claims Agency (Resumed)
2016 Financial Statements of the HSE (Resumed) (17 May 2018)

David Cullinane: Was the legal representation made by one of the labs a contributing factor to the decision not to inform all of the women? The memo states: "Pause all letters."

Public Accounts Committee: Implications of CervicalCheck Revelations (Resumed)
2016 Financial Statements of the State Claims Agency (Resumed)
2016 Financial Statements of the HSE (Resumed) (17 May 2018)

David Cullinane: Why did the March memo state "Pause all letters"? What was the rationale?

Public Accounts Committee: Implications of CervicalCheck Revelations (Resumed)
2016 Financial Statements of the State Claims Agency (Resumed)
2016 Financial Statements of the HSE (Resumed) (17 May 2018)

David Cullinane: Who had sought a meeting?

Public Accounts Committee: Implications of CervicalCheck Revelations (Resumed)
2016 Financial Statements of the State Claims Agency (Resumed)
2016 Financial Statements of the HSE (Resumed) (17 May 2018)

David Cullinane: This is my final point. The laboratory was part of the problem in terms of not wanting the women to get the information. According to a briefing note that Arthur Cox gave to the HSE, there were no contractual issues and CervicalCheck was free to send the letters.

Public Accounts Committee: Implications of CervicalCheck Revelations (Resumed)
2016 Financial Statements of the State Claims Agency (Resumed)
2016 Financial Statements of the HSE (Resumed) (17 May 2018)

David Cullinane: That was not done until June. It was done on the basis of agreement with the lab, even though the HSE's own legal advice was that-----

Public Accounts Committee: Implications of CervicalCheck Revelations (Resumed)
2016 Financial Statements of the State Claims Agency (Resumed)
2016 Financial Statements of the HSE (Resumed) (17 May 2018)

David Cullinane: It is. I have all of the documentation and information we have been given. A briefing note from Arthur Cox told the HSE that there was no breach in contract and CervicalCheck was free to send the letters. It was not until June that a decision was taken to do so, and CervicalCheck reached an agreement with the lab. It strikes me that pressure from one of the labs contributed, at least in...

Public Accounts Committee: Implications of CervicalCheck Revelations (Resumed)
2016 Financial Statements of the State Claims Agency (Resumed)
2016 Financial Statements of the HSE (Resumed) (17 May 2018)

David Cullinane: When Dr. O'Keeffe says "they", who is she talking about?

Public Accounts Committee: Management of Legal Costs and Policy on Open Disclosure (Resumed)
Implications of CervicalCheck Revelations (Resumed)
2016 Financial Statements of the State Claims Agency (Resumed)
2016 Financial Statements of the HSE (Resumed) (16 May 2018)

David Cullinane: I do not know what to say to Vicky, Stephen and others. Thank you for coming here and sharing your stories with us. As you know, we had representatives of the HSE and Department before us last week. We will have more representatives before us tomorrow. Some of those people that Stephen spoke about that knew about the strategy, the memo and the cover-up which has been referred to, will be...

Public Accounts Committee: Management of Legal Costs and Policy on Open Disclosure (Resumed)
Implications of CervicalCheck Revelations (Resumed)
2016 Financial Statements of the State Claims Agency (Resumed)
2016 Financial Statements of the HSE (Resumed) (16 May 2018)

David Cullinane: I have one small point. In those same exchanges there is a note that says that the legal firm Arthur Cox had given the advice that there was no contractual issues and it still took months.

Mandatory Open Disclosure: Motion (15 May 2018)

David Cullinane: We are discussing this motion because of the recent CervicalCheck scandal, which will not be solved behind closed doors. It can only be resolved in public and there needs to be public accountability. The Committee of Public Accounts has a duty to examine these issues, as does the Joint Committee on Health. They should be able to do their work and be supported in that regard. Last week, the...