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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)

Shane Cassells: I thought Mr. Breslin said earlier that there was somebody in the Department who would have had sight of 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)

Shane Cassells: Will Dr. Holohan respond on the profoundness of the situation?

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)

Shane Cassells: I find the language used amazing. The witness referred to a memorandum seeking to disclose, yet this is a memorandum that used language referring to preparing reactive communications for media headlines that "screening did not diagnose my cancer". Yesterday that headline manifested itself in the flesh and blood of Vicky Phelan when she appeared before the committee. She was not screaming....

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)

Shane Cassells: I appreciate that it is not one person who must do the work. Obviously, that ultimately comes down to leadership. I refer to the previous director general of the HSE and the culture I spoke about. That culture does not just emanate out of thin air; there had to be some kind of analysis from the HSE's point of view and the Minister's point of view as to why this lead to a case of...

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)

Shane Cassells: I refer to questioning earlier from Deputy Cullinane. When asked about the process of informing patients and how the 200 letters were issued by CervicalCheck to consultants - and Deputy Cullinane asked about women who had CervicalCheck tests specifically - I think the answer was zero, but Dr. O'Keeffe interjected and said that was not the case because some women had reached out to...

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)

Shane Cassells: Very finally-----

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)

Shane Cassells: -----following on from Dr. Holohan's appearance at yesterday's health committee meeting, he said in his statement that it was fair and reasonable not to tell women about incorrect smear tests in 2016. One Minister has now backed calls for Dr. Holohan to resign, saying his position is untenable. Stephen Teap said yesterday people needed to be removed while inquiries take place. Given 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)

Shane Cassells: What about the Government Minister making that statement in respect of-----

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)

Shane Cassells: Sending the information through the media is half the problem.

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)

Shane Cassells: As Mr. Breslin said, the proof will be in the pudding, not in statements.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (22 May 2018)

Shane Cassells: 67. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a school building project (details supplied) did not commence construction in 2016 or 2017. [22445/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (22 May 2018)

Shane Cassells: 222. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the development of a new ASD unit and additional classrooms for a school (details supplied) in County Westmeath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22548/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Broadband Service Provision (22 May 2018)

Shane Cassells: 223. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the provision of broadband to a school (details supplied) in County Meath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22552/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cannabis for Medicinal Use (22 May 2018)

Shane Cassells: 419. To ask the Minister for Health the process for a person to receive access to a medical product (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22543/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages Administration (23 May 2018)

Shane Cassells: 157. To ask the Minister for Health if a home care package allocation for a person (details supplied) will be reviewed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22875/18]

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Financial Statements of the Local Government Fund
2017 Financial Statements of the National Training Fund
2017 Financial Statements of the Economic and Social Research Institute
2017 Financial Statements of the Abbey Theatre (23 May 2018)

Shane Cassells: I have one quick question for Mr. John McCarthy from the Customs House. He was before the committee a short time ago in respect of the special report and the work of the Comptroller and Auditor General in respect of the Local Government Fund and the many strands of funding that come into the Department. In his final points, he made reference to the fact that the fund is undergoing...

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Financial Statements of the Local Government Fund
2017 Financial Statements of the National Training Fund
2017 Financial Statements of the Economic and Social Research Institute
2017 Financial Statements of the Abbey Theatre (23 May 2018)

Shane Cassells: The moneys will still find their way back into the local government system. Even through the moneys that are being paid are now being returned centrally to the Exchequer they will be distributed, through a different strand of funding, back to the Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government as well.

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Financial Statements of the Local Government Fund
2017 Financial Statements of the National Training Fund
2017 Financial Statements of the Economic and Social Research Institute
2017 Financial Statements of the Abbey Theatre (23 May 2018)

Shane Cassells: We had a very detailed discussion on the last occasion the Department was before this committee in terms of that aspect of transparency. Mr. Seamus McCarthy referred to the complicated nature of the funding mechanism over decades, in terms of the way things amassed. Does this move lead to transparency? Does it help the Comptroller and Auditor General, in terms of the complexity of this...

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Financial Statements of the Local Government Fund
2017 Financial Statements of the National Training Fund
2017 Financial Statements of the Economic and Social Research Institute
2017 Financial Statements of the Abbey Theatre (23 May 2018)

Shane Cassells: Does the witness say that because it will now go directly to the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport instead of having to go in to the Exchequer and then be sent back out?

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Financial Statements of the Local Government Fund
2017 Financial Statements of the National Training Fund
2017 Financial Statements of the Economic and Social Research Institute
2017 Financial Statements of the Abbey Theatre (23 May 2018)

Shane Cassells: I do not want to see a situation where the Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government is in receipt of less money than it should be because of a switch in terms of where moneys go.