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Public Accounts Committee: Correction of Record of Meeting of 2 February 2016 (23 Mar 2017)

Alan Kelly: That did not make it right.

Public Accounts Committee: Correction of Record of Meeting of 2 February 2016 (23 Mar 2017)

Alan Kelly: Mr. O'Brien is being very open. I appreciate this.

Public Accounts Committee: Correction of Record of Meeting of 2 February 2016 (23 Mar 2017)

Alan Kelly: It happened elsewhere.

Public Accounts Committee: Correction of Record of Meeting of 2 February 2016 (23 Mar 2017)

Alan Kelly: I agree.

Public Accounts Committee: Correction of Record of Meeting of 2 February 2016 (23 Mar 2017)

Alan Kelly: Okay, fair enough. That is very honest of Mr. O'Brien. Let us consider what Dignam said about the report. In 2009 the HSE set up the Devine inquiry to investigate the case of Grace, omitting the other 46 allegations. The Dignam report stated "the adoption of Terms of Reference by the HSE which led to this focus, means that the approach adopted to the Inquiry by the HSE was inadequate in...

Public Accounts Committee: Correction of Record of Meeting of 2 February 2016 (23 Mar 2017)

Alan Kelly: Previously.

Public Accounts Committee: Correction of Record of Meeting of 2 February 2016 (23 Mar 2017)

Alan Kelly: Could Mr. O'Brien answer the question, please?

Public Accounts Committee: Correction of Record of Meeting of 2 February 2016 (23 Mar 2017)

Alan Kelly: Was there one quote given, yes or no? It is a simple question. I will assume the answer is "No" unless Mr. O'Brien says "Yes".

Public Accounts Committee: Correction of Record of Meeting of 2 February 2016 (23 Mar 2017)

Alan Kelly: Mr. O'Brien is basically saying he does not know the answer, which is fair enough.

Public Accounts Committee: Correction of Record of Meeting of 2 February 2016 (23 Mar 2017)

Alan Kelly: That is fine. If Mr. O'Brien does not know the answer, that is fine by me. It is great to be on your own; we could be here all night, lads.

Public Accounts Committee: Correction of Record of Meeting of 2 February 2016 (23 Mar 2017)

Alan Kelly: We will probably crack open beers after what went on in the Dáil. Mr. O'Brien's colleague, Pat Healy, told the Committee of Public Accounts that when he was in the HSE the person in Resilience Ireland, which got the contract, did not have a huge role in the terms of reference. However, Dignam found that the person involved, Mr. Crowley, was the person appointed by the serious...

Public Accounts Committee: Correction of Record of Meeting of 2 February 2016 (23 Mar 2017)

Alan Kelly: I have follow-up questions, but I presume the witness will say the same thing so I will not even bother with them and will move on to the other-----

Public Accounts Committee: Correction of Record of Meeting of 2 February 2016 (23 Mar 2017)

Alan Kelly: I know that.

Public Accounts Committee: Correction of Record of Meeting of 2 February 2016 (23 Mar 2017)

Alan Kelly: I said earlier that the people who were here for that evidence should be back here today. It should not just be Mr. O'Brien.

Public Accounts Committee: Correction of Record of Meeting of 2 February 2016 (23 Mar 2017)

Alan Kelly: I accept that, though we tried to change it. My committee made an error in the way we worded it and it was my fault - I blame nobody else for that. The evidence was given by Mr. Healy. The Dignam report is accurate so these things do not add up. There may be a valid reason but we need it to be explained so I ask Mr. O'Brien to get back to us with that.

Public Accounts Committee: Correction of Record of Meeting of 2 February 2016 (23 Mar 2017)

Alan Kelly: I am not asking Mr. O'Brien to make any judgments but I am asking him to ask Mr. Pat Healy for an accurate statement of what happened.

Public Accounts Committee: Correction of Record of Meeting of 2 February 2016 (23 Mar 2017)

Alan Kelly: I understand that. In a previous meeting of the Committee of Public Accounts there is a difference of evidence, which is why we are here today. The original evidence came from an earlier meeting and there is a chronology. At meeting of the Committee of Public Accounts in April 2015, Deputy John Deasy said, "At a workshop held by Mr. Crowley in September 2014, he said that Mr. Healy had...

Public Accounts Committee: Correction of Record of Meeting of 2 February 2016 (23 Mar 2017)

Alan Kelly: I think it was July 2015. When did legal issues-----

Public Accounts Committee: Correction of Record of Meeting of 2 February 2016 (23 Mar 2017)

Alan Kelly: Yes.

Public Accounts Committee: Correction of Record of Meeting of 2 February 2016 (23 Mar 2017)

Alan Kelly: Why was that? It seems strange.