Results 21-32 of 32 for cervical speaker:Seán Fleming

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 15: Hepatitis C Treatment in Ireland
Management of Medical Negligence (22 Nov 2018)

Seán Fleming: ...matter, one of the specific reasons we are here today is the case of the late Brigid McCole. It was just a few weeks ago that we spoke about the case of Emma Mhic Mhathúna in the context of the cervical cancer issue. The public sees a connection when these cases of medical negligence arise. The State had a responsibility 15 years ago and following a tribunal, €1.5 billion in...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (5 Jul 2018)

Seán Fleming: ...accounts, Vote 38 for 2016 and the HSE financial statements 2017. However, the committee decided to provide up to one hour at the beginning of the meeting to deal specifically with the cervical cancer crisis issue. We will proceed with our examination of the financial statements after that. We will take the routine business of the committee in the afternoon. There are a number of items...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Irish Aid (24 Oct 2023)

Seán Fleming: ...with the Governments of Mozambique, Zimbabwe and Ethiopia. This funding was used to improve the treatment of pre-eclampsia in pregnant women, reduce mother-to-child transmission of HIV, improve diagnosis of cervical and paediatric cancers, and pilot community health insurance. Our funding was not used for the provision of abortion-related services. In this period, €1,109,232...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (18 Oct 2018)

Seán Fleming: ...programme. Today's programme is in front of us. Next week, we will be dealing with matters relating to housing. On 8 November, we will be dealing with the State Claims Agency in the context of cervical cancer and thalidomide. I want to raise with the State Claims Agency the issue of medical negligence, which is significant. We will write to the agency in advance seeking a breakdown....

Public Accounts Committee: Management of Legal Costs and Policy on Open Disclosure (Resumed)
Implications of CervicalCheck Revelations (Resumed)
2016 Financial Statements of the State Claims Agency (Resumed)
2016 Financial Statements of the HSE (Resumed) (16 May 2018)

Seán Fleming: This evening we are resuming our discussion on matters related to State claims, management of legal costs, policy on open disclosure and the implications of the CervicalCheck revelations. We are joined by Ms Vicky Phelan, one of the women directly affected by the crisis along with her solicitor, Mr. Cian O'Carroll. We are also joined by Mr. Stephen Teap, the husband of Irene Teap who has...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (17 May 2018)

Seán Fleming: ...na Gaeilge moving into a new building. We will hold that over until next week. The next item, No. 1291, is from Mr. Ray Mitchell from the HSE dated 10 May. This is the HSE memo regarding the cervical cancer clinical audit process, which was presented to the committee at last week's meeting. We are merely formally noting it today because it arrived during the course of the meeting. ...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (24 May 2018)

Seán Fleming: ...that we forward this item to the Department for a further response on the points as this has come up before. Item No. 1318 is correspondence from an individual on the committee's hearing on cervical cancer. The individual feels this would be more appropriate to be dealt with by the Garda. We will just note that remark. Item No. 1327 is correspondence from UCC on a request for...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (Resumed) (4 Oct 2018)

Seán Fleming: ...held over was No.1513B, correspondence receivedfrom Mr. Ciarán Breen, director of the State Claims Agency, providing further details as requested by the committee of the status of non-screening cervical cancer misdiagnosis claims. We agreed to note and publish the correspondence and hold it over for further discussion at a later meeting. We will discuss the State Claims Agency and...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (28 Jun 2018)

Seán Fleming: ...comply with the contract. The parliamentary question to which I received a reply on 14 February can be referred to the HSE in order that it will be aware of the topic. I will come to the CervicalCheck issue in a moment. However, the other issue I want the HSE to deal relates to a particular point. We received a letter from a dental surgeon about the dental treatment service. The...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (22 Nov 2018)

Seán Fleming: We will note that request straightaway. No. 1513 is correspondence received from the State Claims Agency on non-cervical cancer screening. It is an old letter that was received in August. As we have discussed it, we will note and publish it. According to the schedule, it was held over. No. 1526 is correspondence received from Mr. Ray Mitchell of the HSE providing follow-up...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (27 Sep 2018)

Seán Fleming: .... No. 1565 is from Deputy David Cullinane regarding a proposed invitation to Dr. Gabriel Scally regarding his report. We will deal with that separately in the context of how we deal with the cervical cancer as part of our role compared to the role of the Joint Committee on Health. No. 1580 is from me, proposing that the committee examine Vote 1. There will be no further discussion....

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (27 Sep 2018)

Seán Fleming: ...issues. The next item of correspondence is No. 1513 Bfrom Mr. Ciarán Breen, director of the State Claims Agency, providing further details requested by the committee on the status of the non-screening cervical cancer misdiagnosis claims. We will be coming to that matter separately. We might go into private session at the end of this part of the meeting to discuss the best way for...