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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on the CervicalCheck Screening Programme: Discussion (18 Sep 2019)

Alan Kelly: I am sorry, but this is a specific question and I am caught for time.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on the CervicalCheck Screening Programme: Discussion (18 Sep 2019)

Alan Kelly: This is a very specific question. I have asked this question many times and in many different ways to Dr. Scally and his team, to the Department of Health, to the HSE and to everyone else. I want to know on what date INAB gave accreditation to this lab.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on the CervicalCheck Screening Programme: Discussion (18 Sep 2019)

Alan Kelly: So, accreditation was given on 13 February?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on the CervicalCheck Screening Programme: Discussion (18 Sep 2019)

Alan Kelly: That did not answer my question. Dr. Duff has now thrown another date in here. On 13 February, did INAB confirm that the Manchester site was accredited or not? For everyone watching - and I ask Dr. Duff to remember that some very senior people are watching what we are saying - what is the difference between what INAB wrote to Dr. Scally on 13 February and the schedule, edition two, 30 May...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on the CervicalCheck Screening Programme: Discussion (18 Sep 2019)

Alan Kelly: What date was that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on the CervicalCheck Screening Programme: Discussion (18 Sep 2019)

Alan Kelly: I understand that. We now know there was an email in November 2016 and there was no follow-up, for which Dr. Duff has apologised. I accept that and it is not a major issue for me. We now know that on 8 February, Dr. Scally wrote to Dr. Duff when he found out about this. I have already asked Dr. Duff to provide all communication from Dr. Scally, his team, either department, including the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on the CervicalCheck Screening Programme: Discussion (18 Sep 2019)

Alan Kelly: They have always been accredited.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on the CervicalCheck Screening Programme: Discussion (18 Sep 2019)

Alan Kelly: A lab that nobody knew about, including the HSE, and that was not part of the contract was always accredited by INAB. This is scary stuff.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on the CervicalCheck Screening Programme: Discussion (18 Sep 2019)

Alan Kelly: On the basis of the information given here, I will write to INAB because this raises concerns way beyond what we thought we knew about.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (19 Sep 2019)

Alan Kelly: Is this going up on the screen as on previous occasions?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (19 Sep 2019)

Alan Kelly: I mean as the Chairman is going through the correspondence.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (19 Sep 2019)

Alan Kelly: No. I was just wondering about the screen in front of us. It is easier to see it on the screen in front of us.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (19 Sep 2019)

Alan Kelly: No bother.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (19 Sep 2019)

Alan Kelly: I originally raised this issue. It is bizarre. We have got University College Cork and Cork Institute of Technology, CIT, competing against one another and costing the taxpayer money. I understand the point being made by the Secretary General but can we also ask the Department of Education and Skills to send us a copy of the circular it will issue, according to this letter, as soon as possible?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (19 Sep 2019)

Alan Kelly: Can we write to the Department of Education and Skills asking for a copy of it?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (19 Sep 2019)

Alan Kelly: The guidelines that will be issued.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (19 Sep 2019)

Alan Kelly: I am very happy to publish it. I have had an amount of correspondence with the Department of Health on this matter. I am not satisfied with the responses I have received. I received further information on this issue at the health committee yesterday. The jigsaw is coming together gradually but I am happy to publish the letter.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (19 Sep 2019)

Alan Kelly: I will; the Chairman need not worry.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (19 Sep 2019)

Alan Kelly: I will not take up too much time because this is going to be a long day but this is garbage. The HSE has for decades been providing advanced loans to supplement the organisations because they are not being funded appropriately. This is a play on language.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (19 Sep 2019)

Alan Kelly: These organisations simply would not be able to operate without these loans. They provide vital services for many people in vulnerable situations. This is a play on language. Everyone in the HSE working in this area knows what is going on. All of the section 38 organisations relying on these loans, and there are many, know they could not operate without them. This is not correct and...