Results 29,401-29,420 of 46,456 for speaker:Simon Harris
- Select Committee on Health: CervicalCheck Tribunal Bill 2019: Committee Stage (3 Jul 2019)
Simon Harris: I see what Deputy Smith is trying to do in her amendment. The Statute of Limitations continues to apply in terms of access to the courts, so obviously it is the same Statute of Limitations as for anybody else and as for any other issue, which is two years from the cause of action. In regard to the tribunal, when we asked Mr. Justice Meenan to do his work, one of the things that came back...
- Select Committee on Health: CervicalCheck Tribunal Bill 2019: Committee Stage (3 Jul 2019)
Simon Harris: I understand the Deputy's point. There is a balance to be struck here. Obviously, if we have already made a payment for non-disclosure through the ex gratiascheme, and we have fixed that as a set payment of €20,000 - when I say "we", an independent assessment panel has done that and those payments of €20,000 will start issuing in the coming weeks - what we are saying is that...
- Select Committee on Health: CervicalCheck Tribunal Bill 2019: Committee Stage (3 Jul 2019)
Simon Harris: Deputy O'Connell hit on the key point.
- Select Committee on Health: CervicalCheck Tribunal Bill 2019: Committee Stage (3 Jul 2019)
Simon Harris: In fairness, I gave Deputy Kelly credit the last time. Deputy O'Connell often does so on these matters as she is well informed. In fairness to Deputies Kelly and Smith, they both said very openly the intent of the amendments is to replicate the hepatitis C compensation tribunal. My starting point on this, which I believe we would all acknowledge, is that this matter is very different from...
- Select Committee on Health: CervicalCheck Tribunal Bill 2019: Committee Stage (3 Jul 2019)
Simon Harris: I am sure the Deputy would not misread what I said intentionally. I definitely did not say that. Let me be very clear-----
- Select Committee on Health: CervicalCheck Tribunal Bill 2019: Committee Stage (3 Jul 2019)
Simon Harris: A very different version. Words matter. As Minister for Health, I have been very clear from day one that women were let down by the State in the non-disclosure of a retrospective audit which was meant to be disclosed. I have apologised for it. AsI have spent many hours with many women and families, the Deputy should not in any way, accidentally or otherwise, misrepresent what I said about...
- Select Committee on Health: CervicalCheck Tribunal Bill 2019: Committee Stage (3 Jul 2019)
Simon Harris: The Deputy did not, for which I thank him. The record will show that it is not what I said.
- Select Committee on Health: CervicalCheck Tribunal Bill 2019: Committee Stage (3 Jul 2019)
Simon Harris: The Deputy suggested, accidentally or otherwise, that I had said women had not been let down by the State. They were absolutely let down by the State, 100%-----
- Select Committee on Health: CervicalCheck Tribunal Bill 2019: Committee Stage (3 Jul 2019)
Simon Harris: In the CervicalCheck audit. The facts of the Scally report are evident for all to see and accepted. My bona fides are very clear and understood by those directly affected. That is what is most important to me in that regard. What I have said - it is a statement of medical fact - is that the infection of people by contaminated blood by the State is very different from what occurred owing...
- Select Committee on Health: CervicalCheck Tribunal Bill 2019: Committee Stage (3 Jul 2019)
Simon Harris: I appreciate that.
- Select Committee on Health: CervicalCheck Tribunal Bill 2019: Committee Stage (3 Jul 2019)
Simon Harris: Dr. Scally will be before the health committee tomorrow and-----
- Select Committee on Health: CervicalCheck Tribunal Bill 2019: Committee Stage (3 Jul 2019)
Simon Harris: The Deputy is misrepresenting the Scally report. It is grossly irresponsible.
- Select Committee on Health: CervicalCheck Tribunal Bill 2019: Committee Stage (3 Jul 2019)
Simon Harris: The Deputy did a few times. What she said was grossly irresponsible.
- Select Committee on Health: CervicalCheck Tribunal Bill 2019: Committee Stage (3 Jul 2019)
Simon Harris: The Deputy is misrepresenting Dr. Gabriel Scally's reports. She is presenting herself almost as a cytologist in pursuit of an ideological viewpoint on outsourcing. She is perfectly entitled to her ideological views on outsourcing. She might even be right that it would be better to do things in this country, but she is not right in making the suggestion she has made. She is applying a new...
- Select Committee on Health: CervicalCheck Tribunal Bill 2019: Committee Stage (3 Jul 2019)
Simon Harris: The Deputy will have a chance to ask Dr. Scally tomorrow.
- Select Committee on Health: CervicalCheck Tribunal Bill 2019: Committee Stage (3 Jul 2019)
Simon Harris: I respect that.
- Select Committee on Health: CervicalCheck Tribunal Bill 2019: Committee Stage (3 Jul 2019)
Simon Harris: That is progress.
- Select Committee on Health: CervicalCheck Tribunal Bill 2019: Committee Stage (3 Jul 2019)
Simon Harris: There are many things in Deputy Donnelly's second point that I could reflect on and seek clarity on. It sound pretty sensible to me, and that is something that we can usefully reflect on in advance of Report Stage. On the first point, my understanding of the rules of the High Court now is not that it makes a provisional award but that in making the award, it can factor in risk of...
- Select Committee on Health: CervicalCheck Tribunal Bill 2019: Committee Stage (3 Jul 2019)
Simon Harris: No, it cannot.
- Select Committee on Health: CervicalCheck Tribunal Bill 2019: Committee Stage (3 Jul 2019)
Simon Harris: Yes.