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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)

Bobby Aylward: Does Mr. O'Brien think that the services across the board in the HSE are professional and that they are rolled out in a proper manner? Are they fit for purpose in general?

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)

Bobby Aylward: Is Mr. O'Brien confident that there is no other section within the HSE, besides the cervical screening programme, in which there is a problem that we will hear about next year or in three or six months' time? Is this making the HSE alert to other parts of the service? Are both the system and the roll-out of services fit for purpose? Is Mr. O'Brien happy that this is a once-off and that...

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)

Bobby Aylward: I just have two more questions. I only got to ask one. Will I get a second chance?

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)

Bobby Aylward: I will get in again.

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)

Bobby Aylward: I do not accept Mr. O'Brien's opinion that his appointment to a board while still a senior public servant, as director general of the HSE-----

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)

Bobby Aylward: I am asking you now. I cannot believe that the Minister for Health, Deputy Harris, or the Government sanctioned it. As head of the HSE, Mr. O'Brien has an onerous job. If he retired, which he will shortly, I would see no conflict but he has a job of great consequence in this country yet he has been allowed to take a directorship of a board in America. I understand he will have to go there...

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)

Bobby Aylward: Let me finish first. That is acceptable to Mr. O'Brien and to the system here in Ireland. That is not good. I do not believe it is good practice that a senior public servant such as Mr. O'Brien, given the responsibility he has, should be allowed to sit on another board in a foreign country. It should not have been allowed. As I said, if he is retired there is no problem, but I cannot...

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)

Bobby Aylward: I am aware of that, but the witness is taking the leave of absence because of the circumstances. He had not intended to take the leave of absence until the storm he is dealing with now blew up.

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)

Bobby Aylward: Does the witness think it should be normal for this to happen in the future and for other directors general in this country to go onto a board? Does he think it would be normal and good practice?

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)

Bobby Aylward: I understand the cervical screening programme was originally rolled out in 2008. Was the witness part of setting up the original screening programme?

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)

Bobby Aylward: That is all very honourable, and fair play to Mr. O'Brien. I accept that. I have a question about outsourcing the contract to America. This is the last question and it is the same subject. Why was this laboratory in America picked when outsourcing the contract? I am told there are other laboratories in Ireland that were capable of doing this.

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)

Bobby Aylward: Why did we not go to Great Britain, Germany or France? Why did it go so far away to America? Some of the misdiagnosis results are mostly from this American laboratory.

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)

Bobby Aylward: It is not an accusation. It is what I read in the newspapers.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Availability (15 May 2018)

Bobby Aylward: 441. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding an application mechanism for a person (details supplied) who suffers from severe epilepsy and is seeking access to medicinal cannabis oil to treat the illness; the position regarding a mechanism being made available by which the person can apply for medicinal cannabis oil on the medical card or long-term illness scheme following...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Amalgamation (22 May 2018)

Bobby Aylward: 59. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps he will take to assist a school (details supplied) in the process of ensuring that its two student bodies can be housed together on one school campus site following amalgamation in June 2016 in order to address the managerial difficulties and potential health and safety risks of operating on two different sites at opposite ends of the...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Relief Schemes Status (22 May 2018)

Bobby Aylward: 167. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the position regarding the estimated timeline and associated costs for completion of the flood relief proposals recently announced for the Freshford area of County Kilkenny; the steps he will take to ensure that the commitments made in respect of the estimated timeline and costs will be met accordingly; the steps he will take to...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Relief Schemes Status (22 May 2018)

Bobby Aylward: 168. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the position regarding the estimated timeline and associated costs for completion of the flood relief proposals recently announced for the Ballyhale area of County Kilkenny; the steps he will take to ensure that the commitments made in respect of the estimated timeline and costs will be met accordingly; the steps he will take to...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Respite Care Services Provision (22 May 2018)

Bobby Aylward: 301. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding emergency respite services for persons with special needs in counties Carlow and Kilkenny; the position regarding the provision of a facility for the purpose of emergency respite in County Kilkenny, such as one planned for Tullow, County Carlow; if respite services can be extended to the homes of persons with severe disabilities in...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (22 May 2018)

Bobby Aylward: 302. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the adequacy of services for persons with special needs between 18 and 65 years of age in counties Carlow and Kilkenny; if a review system for young adults with special needs in counties Carlow and Kilkenny upon reaching 18 years of age which re-examines social, medical and educational needs will be considered; and if he will make a statement...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Respite Care Services Provision (22 May 2018)

Bobby Aylward: 303. To ask the Minister for Health if the reported inconsistencies in the number of hours of respite care provided to persons with special needs in the different HSE areas across the south-east region will be examined; his views on whether every carer should engage in a carer needs assessment to allow a family to plan and support the provision of care safely in their own home; and if he will...