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Joint Standing Committee on the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Islands: Polasaí don Oideachas Gaeltachta 2017-2022: Plé (18 Jun 2019)

Catherine Connolly: Bhí míthuiscint ar mo thaobhsa. Gabhaim buíochas lenár n-aíonna. Ar mhiste leis an Uasal Ó hAiniféin nó an Uasal Ní Mhóráin teacht isteach anois?

Joint Standing Committee on the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Islands: Polasaí don Oideachas Gaeltachta 2017-2022: Plé (18 Jun 2019)

Catherine Connolly: Gabhaim buíochas leis an Uasal Ní Mhóráin. Beidh COGG ag teacht ar ais chugainn maidir leis na rudaí a fhoilsiú.

Joint Standing Committee on the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Islands: Polasaí don Oideachas Gaeltachta 2017-2022: Plé (18 Jun 2019)

Catherine Connolly: Níl aon cheist eile ag an bpointe seo. Gabhaim buíochas mór leis an Dr. Harold Hislop, an Dr. Treasa Kirk, an Uasal Roisín McCauley, an Uasal Adele Gannon, an Uasal Dónal Ó hAiniféin, agus an Uasal Muireann Ní Mhóráin. Bhí sé thar a bheith cabhrach dúinn agus is iontach an rud go bhfuil dul chun cinn á dhéanamh...

Supplementary Report of the Scoping Inquiry into the CervicalCheck Screening Programme: Statements (19 Jun 2019)

Catherine Connolly: I would like to start by thanking the brave women who brought this matter to our attention, for the courage they showed, particularly the woman who did not sign the confidentiality agreement. Clearly, the existing provisions would not have brought anything to our attention. All of this is retrospective. Certainly our appreciation is due to Dr. Scally but it is to the women that I give my...

Supplementary Report of the Scoping Inquiry into the CervicalCheck Screening Programme: Statements (19 Jun 2019)

Catherine Connolly: Then let me just highlight some. Two recommendations follow on 50 and we will come back to them during the questions. The reason for the supplemental report was that there were issues about which Dr. Scally was worried in respect of tendering, contracting and the operation of laboratories. There were not six laboratories but 16, as my colleagues have said. The use of the laboratories was...

Supplementary Report of the Scoping Inquiry into the CervicalCheck Screening Programme: Statements (19 Jun 2019)

Catherine Connolly: That arises from the fatal decision in 2008 to outsource to Quest and the other companies and to go forward with outsourcing to America, to a company based in Australia, and all the laboratories from Honolulu to Texas. The Minister might elaborate on how quality assurance can be carried out across laboratories with five hours' time difference and 4,000 miles between them. Do teams of Irish...

Supplementary Report of the Scoping Inquiry into the CervicalCheck Screening Programme: Statements (19 Jun 2019)

Catherine Connolly: The Deputy referred inadvertently to Mrs. Phelan as not being with us any more. I do not think he meant it but he might like to correct the record.

Supplementary Report of the Scoping Inquiry into the CervicalCheck Screening Programme: Statements (19 Jun 2019)

Catherine Connolly: As there is nobody else to speak we will move on to questions and answers. I call Deputy O'Loughlin.

Supplementary Report of the Scoping Inquiry into the CervicalCheck Screening Programme: Statements (19 Jun 2019)

Catherine Connolly: In regard to the ongoing review by the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, the Minister said it is under way and ongoing. What is the completion date?

Supplementary Report of the Scoping Inquiry into the CervicalCheck Screening Programme: Statements (19 Jun 2019)

Catherine Connolly: Will it be published and available by the month of September?

Supplementary Report of the Scoping Inquiry into the CervicalCheck Screening Programme: Statements (19 Jun 2019)

Catherine Connolly: I ask the Minister to come back with more precise times. I presume there were terms of reference and there was a time for beginning and another time for completion. It is particularly important because this was a scoping exercise by Dr. Scally, with a supplementary scoping exercise and then the review by the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, all with a view to seeing...

Supplementary Report of the Scoping Inquiry into the CervicalCheck Screening Programme: Statements (19 Jun 2019)

Catherine Connolly: In regard to outsourcing, who makes the decision and how is it made? Which results are sent to which laboratories and from what part of the country? Is there any differentiation between public and private patients? Can the Minister clarify this?

Supplementary Report of the Scoping Inquiry into the CervicalCheck Screening Programme: Statements (19 Jun 2019)

Catherine Connolly: I understand that. My question is, who makes the decision as to which laboratory the tests go?

Supplementary Report of the Scoping Inquiry into the CervicalCheck Screening Programme: Statements (19 Jun 2019)

Catherine Connolly: It is an important question. I would appreciate it if the Minister would come back to me to clarify how the decision is made and what differentiation there is. In regard to outsourcing, and while I hope I am not misinterpreting him, I welcome the Minister's comments that he would like to see the service reinstated in Ireland and that he has been in consultation with the HSE in regard to...

Supplementary Report of the Scoping Inquiry into the CervicalCheck Screening Programme: Statements (19 Jun 2019)

Catherine Connolly: That is reassuring. In regard to Dr. Scally accepting what Quest and the different companies told him, in regard to rumours that laboratories in Mexico and India were used and bearing in mind he was reassured by the companies there were only a certain number of laboratories and it turned out that was incorrect, why has he taken their reassurance that no other laboratories were being used? I...

Supplementary Report of the Scoping Inquiry into the CervicalCheck Screening Programme: Statements (19 Jun 2019)

Catherine Connolly: I certainly do not want to be making a comment on Dr. Scally, who has produced a good report. However, I would not be taking reassurance. It seems to me he specifically set out that it was as a result of his persistence and that of his team, and their intense questioning, that more information came out. This begs the question that if he continues his intrusive, intensive questioning, more...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Respite Care Services Data (20 Jun 2019)

Catherine Connolly: 151. To ask the Minister for Health the number of respite hours provided for adults with an intellectual disability in Galway city and county in each of the years 2008 to 2018, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25960/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Respite Care Services Data (20 Jun 2019)

Catherine Connolly: 152. To ask the Minister for Health the number of respite hours provided for children with an intellectual disability in Galway city and county in each of the years 2008 to 2018, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25961/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Respite Care Services Data (20 Jun 2019)

Catherine Connolly: 153. To ask the Minister for Health the number of respite hours provided for adolescents with an intellectual disability in Galway city and county in each of the years 2008 to 2018, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25962/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services Data (20 Jun 2019)

Catherine Connolly: 154. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on the waiting list for residential care for adults with an intellectual disability in Galway city and county in each of the years 2008 to 2018, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25963/19]