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Public Accounts Committee: Implications of CervicalCheck Revelations (Resumed)
2016 Financial Statements of the State Claims Agency (Resumed)
2016 Financial Statements of the HSE (Resumed) (17 May 2018)

Jonathan O'Brien: Yes, please.

Public Accounts Committee: Implications of CervicalCheck Revelations (Resumed)
2016 Financial Statements of the State Claims Agency (Resumed)
2016 Financial Statements of the HSE (Resumed) (17 May 2018)

Jonathan O'Brien: That was the strategy in terms of informing the women to ensure that they had all of the information.

Public Accounts Committee: Implications of CervicalCheck Revelations (Resumed)
2016 Financial Statements of the State Claims Agency (Resumed)
2016 Financial Statements of the HSE (Resumed) (17 May 2018)

Jonathan O'Brien: I am talking about the public communications strategy that was being put in place.

Public Accounts Committee: Implications of CervicalCheck Revelations (Resumed)
2016 Financial Statements of the State Claims Agency (Resumed)
2016 Financial Statements of the HSE (Resumed) (17 May 2018)

Jonathan O'Brien: No.

Public Accounts Committee: Implications of CervicalCheck Revelations (Resumed)
2016 Financial Statements of the State Claims Agency (Resumed)
2016 Financial Statements of the HSE (Resumed) (17 May 2018)

Jonathan O'Brien: Yes. Dr. O'Keeffe is telling me that communications strategy was put in place for the benefit of the women who may have had questions. If they came to CervicalCheck and raised those questions the communications strategy was to ensure that they were given the answers.

Public Accounts Committee: Implications of CervicalCheck Revelations (Resumed)
2016 Financial Statements of the State Claims Agency (Resumed)
2016 Financial Statements of the HSE (Resumed) (17 May 2018)

Jonathan O'Brien: The communication strategy was in the event of women deciding to take legal action and go public. That was the purpose of the communications strategy. Is that correct?

Public Accounts Committee: Implications of CervicalCheck Revelations (Resumed)
2016 Financial Statements of the State Claims Agency (Resumed)
2016 Financial Statements of the HSE (Resumed) (17 May 2018)

Jonathan O'Brien: It was to protect the-----

Public Accounts Committee: Implications of CervicalCheck Revelations (Resumed)
2016 Financial Statements of the State Claims Agency (Resumed)
2016 Financial Statements of the HSE (Resumed) (17 May 2018)

Jonathan O'Brien: This goes back to the e-mail sent by Mr. Connaghan to several individuals on 11 May. He outlined the purpose of the communications strategy. I wish to go back to what Mr. Breslin said earlier about why that particular strategy was not communicated up the line. This is the difficulty I have and this is why I am struggling to get my head around it. There is a communications strategy in...

Public Accounts Committee: Implications of CervicalCheck Revelations (Resumed)
2016 Financial Statements of the State Claims Agency (Resumed)
2016 Financial Statements of the HSE (Resumed) (17 May 2018)

Jonathan O'Brien: It is progressing well because there was drip-feeding of the letters to clinicians.

Public Accounts Committee: Implications of CervicalCheck Revelations (Resumed)
2016 Financial Statements of the State Claims Agency (Resumed)
2016 Financial Statements of the HSE (Resumed) (17 May 2018)

Jonathan O'Brien: That would be because the Secretary General would not be aware of it.

Public Accounts Committee: Implications of CervicalCheck Revelations (Resumed)
2016 Financial Statements of the State Claims Agency (Resumed)
2016 Financial Statements of the HSE (Resumed) (17 May 2018)

Jonathan O'Brien: I put it to Mr. Breslin that the communications strategy failed because the Minister was caught.

Public Accounts Committee: Implications of CervicalCheck Revelations (Resumed)
2016 Financial Statements of the State Claims Agency (Resumed)
2016 Financial Statements of the HSE (Resumed) (17 May 2018)

Jonathan O'Brien: Who was responsible for that?

Public Accounts Committee: Implications of CervicalCheck Revelations (Resumed)
2016 Financial Statements of the State Claims Agency (Resumed)
2016 Financial Statements of the HSE (Resumed) (17 May 2018)

Jonathan O'Brien: Who is responsible for that?

Public Accounts Committee: Implications of CervicalCheck Revelations (Resumed)
2016 Financial Statements of the State Claims Agency (Resumed)
2016 Financial Statements of the HSE (Resumed) (17 May 2018)

Jonathan O'Brien: I will come back on the figure of 20% of women. I want to ask Mr. Gleeson several questions in the second round. Let us go back to the communications strategy. There is a reference in the March document to the communications strategy being developed between CervicalCheck and the media within the HSE. I will have to double-check the details because it could be the October document, but...

Public Accounts Committee: Implications of CervicalCheck Revelations (Resumed)
2016 Financial Statements of the State Claims Agency (Resumed)
2016 Financial Statements of the HSE (Resumed) (17 May 2018)

Jonathan O'Brien: There seems to be a lot of people at senior level within the HSE and the Department who were made aware of nothing.

Public Accounts Committee: Implications of CervicalCheck Revelations (Resumed)
2016 Financial Statements of the State Claims Agency (Resumed)
2016 Financial Statements of the HSE (Resumed) (17 May 2018)

Jonathan O'Brien: It is simply not credible that there is no coincidence. It is no coincidence that people in senior levels of the Department are not aware of things - this is simply my opinion. It is no coincidence that senior members of the communications division within the HSE are not made aware of things. The former director general of the HSE was not made aware of things. There seems to be a level at...

Public Accounts Committee: Implications of CervicalCheck Revelations (Resumed)
2016 Financial Statements of the State Claims Agency (Resumed)
2016 Financial Statements of the HSE (Resumed) (17 May 2018)

Jonathan O'Brien: There were draft press releases. Is that correct?

Public Accounts Committee: Implications of CervicalCheck Revelations (Resumed)
2016 Financial Statements of the State Claims Agency (Resumed)
2016 Financial Statements of the HSE (Resumed) (17 May 2018)

Jonathan O'Brien: Will Dr. Connors get a copy for the committee?

Public Accounts Committee: Implications of CervicalCheck Revelations (Resumed)
2016 Financial Statements of the State Claims Agency (Resumed)
2016 Financial Statements of the HSE (Resumed) (17 May 2018)

Jonathan O'Brien: This is one of the questions that was not answered. We asked if we could have a copy of the communications strategy and it has not yet been provided.

Public Accounts Committee: Implications of CervicalCheck Revelations (Resumed)
2016 Financial Statements of the State Claims Agency (Resumed)
2016 Financial Statements of the HSE (Resumed) (17 May 2018)

Jonathan O'Brien: We have draft press releases.