Results 3,281-3,300 of 3,998 for speaker:Michael Harty
- Select Committee on Health: CervicalCheck Tribunal Bill 2019: Committee Stage (3 Jul 2019)
Michael Harty: I call Deputy Kelly to be followed by Deputy Donnelly.
- Select Committee on Health: CervicalCheck Tribunal Bill 2019: Committee Stage (3 Jul 2019)
Michael Harty: If there are two laboratories involved in a case and one is willing to come to the tribunal but the other is not, what is the position?
- Select Committee on Health: CervicalCheck Tribunal Bill 2019: Committee Stage (3 Jul 2019)
Michael Harty: The tribunal would make the decision.
- Select Committee on Health: Message to Dáil (3 Jul 2019)
Michael Harty: In accordance with Standing Order 90, the following message will be sent to the Dáil: The Select Committee on Health has completed its consideration of the CervicalCheck Tribunal Bill 2019 and has made amendments thereto. I thank the Minister and his officials for their time.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Business of Joint Committee
Business of Joint Committee (4 Jul 2019) Michael Harty: We are under pressure of time. I think I have spoken to most members to say Dr. Scally and his colleague, Dr. Karin Denton, need to be out of here by 5 p.m. at the latest as they have a flight to catch to the United Kingdom. Officials from the Department of Health will come before the committee at 5 p.m. to brief us on the issues raised yesterday on Committee Stage of the CervicalCheck...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Business of Joint Committee
Business of Joint Committee (4 Jul 2019) Michael Harty: We will do our best.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Business of Joint Committee
Business of Joint Committee (4 Jul 2019) Michael Harty: We will now meet Dr. Scally.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Supplementary Report of Scoping Inquiry into CervicalCheck Programme: Discussion (4 Jul 2019)
Michael Harty: The purpose of the meeting is to discuss the supplementary report of the scoping inquiry into the CervicalCheck programme. On behalf of the joint committee, I welcome Dr. Gabriel Scally, Dr. Karin Denton and Mr. Shane McQuillan and thank them for coming. Mr. McQuillan is a partner in Crowe Ireland who leads the team that is providing logistical project management, investigative and...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Supplementary Report of Scoping Inquiry into CervicalCheck Programme: Discussion (4 Jul 2019)
Michael Harty: We will try to keep it to one round of questions. We need to be conscious of the time because Dr. Scally has to leave at five o'clock.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Supplementary Report of Scoping Inquiry into CervicalCheck Programme: Discussion (4 Jul 2019)
Michael Harty: Before I bring in Deputy O'Reilly, an issue which is probably not covered in the report is that of the front-line staff delivering the service, including those taking smears, those in offices answering questions from women, and the staff in colposcopy clinics. They are under severe stress because of the anxiety the issue has raised. Obviously, many women are very uncertain and anxious about...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Supplementary Report of Scoping Inquiry into CervicalCheck Programme: Discussion (4 Jul 2019)
Michael Harty: Dr. Scally may tell me this is not a fair question, but I would like to put it to him anyway. In a recent judgment, Mr. Justice Cross spoke about absolute confidence in the reading of smears and stated that if there is any doubt in the mind of the smear reader, it should not be deemed a normal smear. Does Dr. Scally have any comment on how that will be viewed? I am aware that the judgment...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Supplementary Report of Scoping Inquiry into CervicalCheck Programme: Discussion (4 Jul 2019)
Michael Harty: I thank Dr. Scally. I call Deputy O'Reilly.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Supplementary Report of Scoping Inquiry into CervicalCheck Programme: Discussion (4 Jul 2019)
Michael Harty: Unfortunately, I have to vacate the Chair. This may be an opportune time for Dr. O'Reilly - I apologise, I mean Deputy O'Reilly - to take it.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Supplementary Report of Scoping Inquiry into CervicalCheck Programme: Discussion (4 Jul 2019)
Michael Harty: I apologise for my absence. I understand Deputy O'Reilly has another question. We might even get Dr. Denton and Dr. Scally out before 5 p.m.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Supplementary Report of Scoping Inquiry into CervicalCheck Programme: Discussion (4 Jul 2019)
Michael Harty: I thank the Deputy.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Supplementary Report of Scoping Inquiry into CervicalCheck Programme: Discussion (4 Jul 2019)
Michael Harty: Before we finish with Deputy Donnelly, I will ask a question that may have been asked in my absence. It was the carrying out of the audit that has led to what has been going on for the past year and a bit. This was a named audit. Is it the gold standard of a screening programme to do an unnamed audit or would an unnamed anonymous audit be a better way of reviewing the situation?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Supplementary Report of Scoping Inquiry into CervicalCheck Programme: Discussion (4 Jul 2019)
Michael Harty: In undertaking an audit to assess the quality and accuracy of the reading, will it open up litigation, anxiety and worry for the 221 women who have been identified as having a discordant reading? I am not suggesting that it should not be done, but if the audit is done, does it put the programme at risk?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Supplementary Report of Scoping Inquiry into CervicalCheck Programme: Discussion (4 Jul 2019)
Michael Harty: In his first report, Dr. Scally mentioned moving to a no-fault compensation scheme. Would that solve the issue of litigation?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Supplementary Report of Scoping Inquiry into CervicalCheck Programme: Discussion (4 Jul 2019)
Michael Harty: I thank Dr. Scally.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Supplementary Report of Scoping Inquiry into CervicalCheck Programme: Discussion (4 Jul 2019)
Michael Harty: Next is Deputy O'Connell, whom I know does not want to be responsible for our witnesses missing their flights.