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Palestine: Statements (15 May 2018)

David Cullinane: The Minister knows what is the right thing to do. For decades people in this State and on the island of Ireland have shown solidarity with the Palestinian people. Time and again, when we have massacres such as the recent one, we come into this Chamber and hear empathy and empty platitudes from Ministers but we do not see any real action. What we saw on our television screens yesterday, and...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Brexit Issues (15 May 2018)

David Cullinane: The answer is that the North does not have to be outside the European Union. It should be part of it because that is how the people voted. It is interesting that there are, rightly, proposals on the table to effectively keep the North in the customs union, the Single Market and the legal architecture of the European Union for trade purposes. Why can the same approach not be taken to...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Brexit Issues (15 May 2018)

David Cullinane: 25. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the details of the protections of human rights in Northern Ireland post Brexit as outlined in the Good Friday Agreement; the measures proposed for the protection of the voting rights of EU citizens in Northern Ireland post Brexit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21482/18]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Brexit Issues (15 May 2018)

David Cullinane: My question is on the rights of EU citizens who live in the North and how, in a post-Brexit situation, their political, social and economic rights can be protected.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Brexit Issues (15 May 2018)

David Cullinane: We need to translate that goodwill into tangible proposals so that Irish citizens in the North who are also European citizens will know exactly where they stand in a post-Brexit situation. The Good Friday Agreement recognises that someone in Northern Ireland can be Irish and British and hold both passports and citizenships as a birthright. As with many other Brexit issues, however, the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Delays (15 May 2018)

David Cullinane: 445. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons due to receive IV treatment within 15 days in University Hospital Waterford that had their treatment delayed by more than 15 days by values (details supplied) in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21409/18]

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (10 May 2018)

David Cullinane: I wish to raise a matter that arises from last week's meeting with the representatives from RTÉ and the issue of bogus self-employment. It was confirmed to the committee that one in four workers is on a bogus self-employment contract. An issue that was not raised, and it was raised with me later by a number of staff who contacted me to tell me they are in that position, is that there...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (10 May 2018)

David Cullinane: -----between a person who is employed directly and one who is employed indirectly? Then we can do the mathematics ourselves and see what the loss is.

Public Accounts Committee: State Claims, Management of Legal Costs and Policy on Open Disclosure
Implications of CervicalCheck Revelations
2016 Financial Statements of the State Claims Agency
2016 Financial Statements of the HSE (10 May 2018)

David Cullinane: Mr. O'Brien needs to step back.

Public Accounts Committee: State Claims, Management of Legal Costs and Policy on Open Disclosure
Implications of CervicalCheck Revelations
2016 Financial Statements of the State Claims Agency
2016 Financial Statements of the HSE (10 May 2018)

David Cullinane: No, it is not a cheap shot.

Public Accounts Committee: State Claims, Management of Legal Costs and Policy on Open Disclosure
Implications of CervicalCheck Revelations
2016 Financial Statements of the State Claims Agency
2016 Financial Statements of the HSE (10 May 2018)

David Cullinane: I am certainly not here to deliver any cheap shots to Mr. O'Brien or to anybody else, but I do have a view on Mr. O'Brien's role as the Accounting Officer to this committee and as the director general of the HSE. I will get to that in a few moments. That is my job. Mr. O'Brien has a job to do as director general of the HSE. As public representatives it is our job to hold him to account....

Public Accounts Committee: State Claims, Management of Legal Costs and Policy on Open Disclosure
Implications of CervicalCheck Revelations
2016 Financial Statements of the State Claims Agency
2016 Financial Statements of the HSE (10 May 2018)

David Cullinane: I do not want to hear from Dr. Holohan. We have an hour and a half with Mr. O'Brien and we will then have time to put questions to Dr. Holohan. I am looking for Mr. O'Brien's interpretation.

Public Accounts Committee: State Claims, Management of Legal Costs and Policy on Open Disclosure
Implications of CervicalCheck Revelations
2016 Financial Statements of the State Claims Agency
2016 Financial Statements of the HSE (10 May 2018)

David Cullinane: That is okay.

Public Accounts Committee: State Claims, Management of Legal Costs and Policy on Open Disclosure
Implications of CervicalCheck Revelations
2016 Financial Statements of the State Claims Agency
2016 Financial Statements of the HSE (10 May 2018)

David Cullinane: I am sorry, my question is quite distinct and I ask Dr. Holohan to also be distinct. I know it is a complex area but my question is a very simple one. Mr. O'Brien is telling us that this not a perfect science. We accept that. We accept that it is not infallible and that is not a diagnosis. We accept that there is approximately a 30% failure rate, which could include false negatives....

Public Accounts Committee: State Claims, Management of Legal Costs and Policy on Open Disclosure
Implications of CervicalCheck Revelations
2016 Financial Statements of the State Claims Agency
2016 Financial Statements of the HSE (10 May 2018)

David Cullinane: Was the difference in Vicky Phelan's case very subtle?

Public Accounts Committee: State Claims, Management of Legal Costs and Policy on Open Disclosure
Implications of CervicalCheck Revelations
2016 Financial Statements of the State Claims Agency
2016 Financial Statements of the HSE (10 May 2018)

David Cullinane: I thank Dr. Holohan for that. I will come back to Mr. O'Brien because we are talking about individuals. We are talking about 208 women and I want to direct this question to Mr. O'Brien.

Public Accounts Committee: State Claims, Management of Legal Costs and Policy on Open Disclosure
Implications of CervicalCheck Revelations
2016 Financial Statements of the State Claims Agency
2016 Financial Statements of the HSE (10 May 2018)

David Cullinane: I appreciate that. When the serious incident management team did its review of the audit it established that there were 208 women who should have been communicated with and that 175 cases received an interpretation different from the original smear result. Based on the opinion of the review team, this would have led to a different clinical escalation. My problem with Mr. O'Brien is that he...

Public Accounts Committee: State Claims, Management of Legal Costs and Policy on Open Disclosure
Implications of CervicalCheck Revelations
2016 Financial Statements of the State Claims Agency
2016 Financial Statements of the HSE (10 May 2018)

David Cullinane: The issue here is that these 208 women were not told. That was a systemic decision taken by the HSE. Mr. O'Brien is responsible for systemic decisions taken within his organisation. The real scandal here was the response to that systemic failure and that women were not told. Mr. O'Brien has heard that Ms Mhic Mhathúna was on "Morning Ireland" this morning. It was very harrowing...

Public Accounts Committee: State Claims, Management of Legal Costs and Policy on Open Disclosure
Implications of CervicalCheck Revelations
2016 Financial Statements of the State Claims Agency
2016 Financial Statements of the HSE (10 May 2018)

David Cullinane: Was it a systemic failure?

Public Accounts Committee: State Claims, Management of Legal Costs and Policy on Open Disclosure
Implications of CervicalCheck Revelations
2016 Financial Statements of the State Claims Agency
2016 Financial Statements of the HSE (10 May 2018)

David Cullinane: I ask Mr. O'Brien if it was a systemic failure.