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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)

Marc MacSharry: The question is, and perhaps somebody can ask this to the State Claims Agency, with regard to the 50% of cases that are settled without admission of liability in the past 12 months, could we get an outline of what protocol was engaged in terms of supervision, monitoring, retraining and whatever, if necessary? Dr. McKenna wanted to add something.

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)

Marc MacSharry: When Mr. McKenna refers to nobody taking an action against an individual, does he mean a legal action?

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)

Marc MacSharry: Is Dr. McKenna saying he is not aware of any monitoring supervision or retraining for any relevant personnel associated with cases he is familiar with on the gynaecological side?

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)

Marc MacSharry: I suggest we are learning a big lesson here, which is that settlement without admission of liability seems to constitute a financial out for the State but it may not represent best practice in terms of avoiding a repetition of the same instance. I have no medical training. From a common sense perspective, we need a policy on it and a demonstrative thing that without admission of liability...

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)

Marc MacSharry: I am not finished yet.

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)

Marc MacSharry: Ms Mannion will not be able to do it on her own.

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)

Marc MacSharry: There will need to be an holistic approach with all the boxes joined. I am sure it will be resisted by clinicians but for their own protection and for that of the patients, we should put the patients at the centre rather than the limitation of the financial settlement.

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)

Marc MacSharry: It would be good practice. I know it is completely different but if a bank employee is in an armed robbery he or she goes through essential counselling. If I am associated with something that did not work out that well, it is reasonable that there would be appropriate action. I have a couple more questions. It has been an awful long day for the witnesses and I do not want to delay them...

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)

Marc MacSharry: In fairness to the State and the people, this is all costing a lot of money. The witnesses are here all day today and all week in various committees and will be again I am sure. There is also the issue of the cost of redress, Dr. Scally and the commission of investigation. We are looking at big money. I would like to see if there is a potential case for us to pursue because if there is...

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)

Marc MacSharry: I am nearly there. To conclude, private citizens are not compelled to come here. They may not want to be but I think we would be abdicating our responsibility if we did not extend an invitation to the former head of CervicalCheck to come before us. I thank everybody for what has been a very long day.

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)

Marc MacSharry: There should be follow-up training. If one has been associated, albeit without liability, there should be a mandatory programme one must go through.

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)

Marc MacSharry: I thank Mr. Connaghan and extend best wishes to him in his role.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cancer Screening Programmes (22 May 2018)

Marc MacSharry: 417. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a series of queries further to the cervical screening crisis (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22539/18]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Waste Management (22 May 2018)

Marc MacSharry: 466. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 499 and 504 of 6 February 2018, the progress made on the introduction of the new household waste collection charging arrangements; the way in which the annual support of €75 for persons with lifelong and long-term medical incontinence to assist with the cost of disposal...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Domiciliary Care Allowance (22 May 2018)

Marc MacSharry: 574. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to update the legislation governing the domiciliary care allowance scheme to allow for individual half rate payments to be made in respect of a child who satisfies the medical criteria for the scheme to both parents in separation cases in which there are equal joint custody arrangements in place and in view of the...

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2016: Higher Education Authority, University College Cork and Cork Institute of Technology (24 May 2018)

Marc MacSharry: I thank all the witnesses for coming in. I will come back to the letter they submitted later, but I wish to make a few points first. My first question is for CIT. Deputy Kelly asked about protected disclosures. In June 2017, the then president and Mr. Gallagher appeared before the committee. It was said at that meeting that Cork IT had never received a protected disclosure. Is that...

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2016: Higher Education Authority, University College Cork and Cork Institute of Technology (24 May 2018)

Marc MacSharry: No. I am not referring to that. I am just asking the following. Is it the case that as of June 2017 Cork IT never received a disclosure or a protected disclosure?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2016: Higher Education Authority, University College Cork and Cork Institute of Technology (24 May 2018)

Marc MacSharry: Okay. When did Cork IT put in place the disclosures policy in accordance with the 2014 Act?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2016: Higher Education Authority, University College Cork and Cork Institute of Technology (24 May 2018)

Marc MacSharry: When? Was that in 2015?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2016: Higher Education Authority, University College Cork and Cork Institute of Technology (24 May 2018)

Marc MacSharry: Okay. Mr. Gallagher just mentioned that prior to that CIT had a draft disclosure policy. Is that not right?