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- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (10 Oct 2018)
Michael Harty: I refer to yesterday's Budget Statement and the absence of a carbon tax. The Minister for Finance stated: "It is my intention to put in place a long-term trajectory for carbon tax increases out to 2030". He went on to say: "The publication of a special report from the UN's IPCC, underscores the need for resolute action [across all areas of public policy] to meet our commitments under the...
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (10 Oct 2018)
Michael Harty: What I wanted to find out from the Taoiseach was what his intention is in the future. The Minister for Finance said it was his intention to put in place a long-term trajectory for carbon tax increases out to 2030. I understand carbon tax is not the answer to global warming but it gives an expression of intent. How are we supposed to reach our commitments under the Paris Agreement if we are...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Business of Joint Committee (10 Oct 2018)
Michael Harty: And also for the other women who died and did not go public.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Business of Joint Committee (10 Oct 2018)
Michael Harty: We will now have a minute's silence.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Business of Joint Committee (10 Oct 2018)
Michael Harty: I thank members for showing due recognition of the women who have been affected by the controversy.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Scoping Inquiry into the CervicalCheck Screening Programme: Discussion (10 Oct 2018)
Michael Harty: This morning we will hear from Dr. Gabriel Scally and Dr. Karin Denton on the report on the scoping inquiry into the CervicalCheck screening programme which was published last month. On behalf of the joint committee, I welcome Dr. Scally and Dr. Denton to give their evidence. By virtue of section 17(2)(l) of the Defamation Act 2009, witnesses are protected by absolute privilege in respect of...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Scoping Inquiry into the CervicalCheck Screening Programme: Discussion (10 Oct 2018)
Michael Harty: My apologies. Dr. Scally told me that he did not have an opening statement but did want to make some opening remarks. I invite him to do so.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Scoping Inquiry into the CervicalCheck Screening Programme: Discussion (10 Oct 2018)
Michael Harty: I am sorry for jumping in ahead of Dr. Scally. The first question was about screening programmes in general which inherently have the reporting of false negatives built into them. How can they be managed fairly and effectively without recourse to an adversarial legal process? Will Dr. Scally address the issue of the failure to openly disclose the audit findings as soon as they became...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Scoping Inquiry into the CervicalCheck Screening Programme: Discussion (10 Oct 2018)
Michael Harty: I thank Dr. Scally. I will introduce the members of the committee. Is Deputy O'Reilly ready or does she want to settle for a minute?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Scoping Inquiry into the CervicalCheck Screening Programme: Discussion (10 Oct 2018)
Michael Harty: We will go, for seven minutes, to Deputy Alan Kelly.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Scoping Inquiry into the CervicalCheck Screening Programme: Discussion (10 Oct 2018)
Michael Harty: Deputy Kelly has one minute left.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Scoping Inquiry into the CervicalCheck Screening Programme: Discussion (10 Oct 2018)
Michael Harty: The Deputy also asked about the data coming from each laboratory. Was there a difference between one laboratory and another?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Scoping Inquiry into the CervicalCheck Screening Programme: Discussion (10 Oct 2018)
Michael Harty: Was it an issue that some slides from colposcopy clinics were mixed with slides-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Scoping Inquiry into the CervicalCheck Screening Programme: Discussion (10 Oct 2018)
Michael Harty: I thank Dr. Denton.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Scoping Inquiry into the CervicalCheck Screening Programme: Discussion (10 Oct 2018)
Michael Harty: In other screening programmes elsewhere, is the uptake better than 80%?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Scoping Inquiry into the CervicalCheck Screening Programme: Discussion (10 Oct 2018)
Michael Harty: The next contributor is Deputy Durkan.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Scoping Inquiry into the CervicalCheck Screening Programme: Discussion (10 Oct 2018)
Michael Harty: I thank Dr. Scally. Have all the cases of patients who went through cervical screening and were identified as having cancer been re-examined?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Scoping Inquiry into the CervicalCheck Screening Programme: Discussion (10 Oct 2018)
Michael Harty: Are the 221 cases in the group which CervicalCheck knew of cases where there was a misreading of the smear on their previous smear or two? CervicalCheck knew about many cases which had a clear previous smear, that is, a clear false negative.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Scoping Inquiry into the CervicalCheck Screening Programme: Discussion (10 Oct 2018)
Michael Harty: The intervention might have been an earlier recall as opposed to-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Scoping Inquiry into the CervicalCheck Screening Programme: Discussion (10 Oct 2018)
Michael Harty: To clarify, if there was a review of the reading of the slide and it was done within 12 months of the diagnosis of cancer, the case did not become part of the group of 221 women?