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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Cancer Screening Programmes: Discussion (23 May 2018)

Alan Kelly: From a public health point of view I am 100% supportive. My family uses the screening process and my neighbour has been saved by it. I need to figure out where to go with this. There are four cases with the State Claims Agency. We know of two cases, including the case of Melissa Hamilton and the other case that is now public. They date from June 2015 and June 2016. That is not long ago....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Cancer Screening Programmes: Discussion (23 May 2018)

Alan Kelly: We do not want to be sitting here with issues again in future. By the way, I think it would help the national breast screening programme.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Cancer Screening Programmes: Discussion (23 May 2018)

Alan Kelly: I wish to follow up with a crucial point. Everyone in the committee has concerns about this for multiple reasons. First, we need to get to the facts. I have outlined some of the cases to the witnesses. We know of four. I know of another one and there were two previous cases. There is a timeline for these cases as well. These are the facts. We cannot judge the four cases with the State...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Cancer Screening Programmes: Discussion (23 May 2018)

Alan Kelly: The term should be "double errors". It applies where there are multiple errors.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Cancer Screening Programmes: Discussion (23 May 2018)

Alan Kelly: What if it happened over multiple dates?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Cancer Screening Programmes: Discussion (23 May 2018)

Alan Kelly: I understand that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Cancer Screening Programmes: Discussion (23 May 2018)

Alan Kelly: I heard what Professor Hill said 100%. I am with him because we could not sustain it otherwise. However, in the case of the letter, abnormalities were missed twice. I have seen it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Cancer Screening Programmes: Discussion (23 May 2018)

Alan Kelly: It needs structure.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Cancer Screening Programmes: Discussion (23 May 2018)

Alan Kelly: I have a final short question. The meeting has been very useful and informative for members and I hope that is true the other way around too. That is part of the reason we do this. We have a duty to try to tease things out. I am not saying there are a huge number of issues but where there are issues, the witnesses should make sure that the process by which communications go from...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Cancer Screening Programmes: Discussion (23 May 2018)

Alan Kelly: Perhaps I will talk to Professor Hill after the meeting.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Legal Costs (24 May 2018)

Alan Kelly: 48. To ask the Minister for Finance the cost to date of legal fees incurred in the case being pursued by the State relating to the decision of the European Commission regarding the alleged grant of state aid to a company (details supplied); the names and amount of fees paid to date to each law firm, senior counsel and barrister; if the barristers are full-time public servants; his views on...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Higher Education Authority (24 May 2018)

Alan Kelly: 69. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason four members of the Higher Education Authority who are not ordinarily resident in the State have remained as members of the authority despite section 9 of the Schedule to the Higher Education Authority Act 1971 stating that such persons shall be disqualified from holding and shall cease to hold office in circumstances in which they...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Higher Education Authority Administration (24 May 2018)

Alan Kelly: 70. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to a group within an application (details supplied) that has been established for communication by members of the Higher Education Authority; his views on whether this is an appropriate method of communication between members of the authority; if a record is kept of all such communications; and if they are...

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

Alan Kelly: I will jump around the place a little bit, and I would appreciate short sharp answers because I have so many questions across a range of issues. My first question is to CIT. How many protected disclosures are there within the college and when was the first?

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

Alan Kelly: What date was the first one?

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

Alan Kelly: Earlier this year.

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

Alan Kelly: So the first was in 2018.

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

Alan Kelly: No, I am just asking a question. I just want the facts.

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

Alan Kelly: My next question is more to the HEA than UCC. In some universities accommodation is provided on site for the president. Did the HEA sign off on expenses or costs of funding to provide accommodation for the current president?

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

Alan Kelly: In fairness, UL has a building on site. I am only trying to get to the facts and I am not making any accusations. Is there a cost to the college of providing accommodation for the president?