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Mandatory Open Disclosure: Motion (15 May 2018)

Alan Kelly: My party and I will be supporting this motion. We will also be facilitating the new patient safety Bill. It should be prioritised in whatever time this Dáil has left. I believe the current Dáil's time is probably very short and I am not sure if we will get to the Bill because of what has been revealed in the past week or so. Open disclosure and good governance go hand in hand....

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Employment Investment Incentive Scheme (15 May 2018)

Alan Kelly: 212. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to comments made by the chair of the Revenue Commissioners regarding the need to reform the administration of the business expansion scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21378/18]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Consumer Protection (15 May 2018)

Alan Kelly: 213. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to implement the recommendations of a report (details supplied) to equip persons to make better financial decisions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21379/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Legal Cases (15 May 2018)

Alan Kelly: 335. To ask the Minister for Health the number of times his Department or the HSE has sought and or obtained a gagging order in respect of persons that have taken a legal action against either body in the past 15 years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20803/18]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Wildlife Protection (15 May 2018)

Alan Kelly: 612. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the detail of efforts being made to eradicate the American mink from offshore islands under the protection of the State, in particular the Blasket Islands, County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21329/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Communications (16 May 2018)

Alan Kelly: 150. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a copy of circular 1/91 issued by his Department (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21611/18]

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)

Alan Kelly: I am lost for words to be honest. The strength that both of the witnesses have shown is frankly incredible. Vicky does not live that far away from me even though we live in different counties. We will be shouting against one another on Sunday when Limerick plays Tipperary. With regard to the way in which Stephen has told his story in such a short space of time, because he has not known...

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)

Alan Kelly: Open disclosure? Come on, open disclosure is a joke. I look at the letters that were drafted. Cian made reference to them earlier. There was that awful commentary to the effect that in cases where the woman died, the result should simply be recorded. I think of Irene and what was going on until Vicky blew the lid off it and then she was communicated with. Then they had to tell her....

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)

Alan Kelly: So people who are involved in decision-making in CervicalCheck, the HSE and possibly the Department of Health-----

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)

Alan Kelly: I used the phrase "upwards and downwards accountability".

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)

Alan Kelly: Do people in those positions need to vacate them while this is going on because they are dealing with live situations?

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)

Alan Kelly: I note, for example, that Vicky and Stephen have not been communicated with.

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)

Alan Kelly: That is just-----

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)

Alan Kelly: Yes, that is right.

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)

Alan Kelly: I want to ask Vicky this question. Obviously, herself and Cian have gone through what they have. We now know the length of time that information on Vicky's situation was being bounced around by Mr. Hickey and CervicalCheck. If senior management at national level in the HSE was aware of the situation and of Vicky's case and did nothing about it, how would that make her feel?

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)

Alan Kelly: With regard to those national directors who were actually made aware of Vicky's case - and different information is coming out as regards 2016 and 2017 in particular - between 2017 and Vicky actually blowing the lid off this only a few short weeks ago, they were not active in respect of this information. They have done nothing with it and have not said that it has to be dealt with. This is...

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)

Alan Kelly: That is right.

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)

Alan Kelly: We would not be here today discussing this otherwise.

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)

Alan Kelly: My final question - I am prone to asking too many questions - is for Stephen and Vicky. People whose families have been affected and who have not gone public for various reasons will be in touch with them. Would they encourage others-----

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)

Alan Kelly: Yes.