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- Public Accounts Committee: Implications of CervicalCheck Revelations (Resumed) (14 Jun 2018)
Catherine Connolly: What did Mr. Connaghan think when he saw the difference, when he saw the letter the State Claims Agency wrote to the Committee of Public Accounts?
- Public Accounts Committee: Implications of CervicalCheck Revelations (Resumed) (14 Jun 2018)
Catherine Connolly: The letter says that on 22 May the agency noted that John Gleeson, during his evidence, indicated that all of the women who were the subject matter of this had been informed of the audit. It goes on to say that Mr. Gleeson's assertion does not accord with the facts. The agency reiterated its advices and so on. Mr. Connaghan has read that letter. Is that correct?
- Public Accounts Committee: Implications of CervicalCheck Revelations (Resumed) (14 Jun 2018)
Catherine Connolly: I wish to assure Mr. Gleeson that I am not here to personalise anything. I am talking to the head of the Health Service Executive. He is the new person with a new vision and approach. Mr. Connaghan read this letter from the State Claims Agency which said that account was not accurate. What was Mr. Connaghan's response to that?
- Public Accounts Committee: Implications of CervicalCheck Revelations (Resumed) (14 Jun 2018)
Catherine Connolly: It is my purpose to ask questions. We are here to oversee governance and procedures. We are not here to ask people whether their job is tenable. That is not our role. Our role is to see whether procedures are in place. I am not reassured by Mr. Connaghan's approach on procedures. The State Claims Agency has said certain matters were not recorded in the way suggested. Mr. Connaghan saw...
- Public Accounts Committee: Implications of CervicalCheck Revelations (Resumed) (14 Jun 2018)
Catherine Connolly: They had given their version of events to the Committee of Public Accounts in a public venue. That is exactly what happened. Mr. Connaghan is the new director. The previous director has been before the committee and we extracted the fact that three memorandums exist. I am going to come back to them. Mistakes happen and to err is human, but not to learn is unforgivable. I do not think...
- Public Accounts Committee: Implications of CervicalCheck Revelations (Resumed) (14 Jun 2018)
Catherine Connolly: I think Mr. Connaghan is missing the point. The other party gave evidence.
- Public Accounts Committee: Implications of CervicalCheck Revelations (Resumed) (14 Jun 2018)
Catherine Connolly: I accept that Mr. Connaghan is arguing back to me and I respect that, but the evidence had been given. That is the problem - it had been given. That will be looked at in future, presumably by the scoping inquiry. Forgive me if I am wrong, but this looks like Mr. Connaghan decided to get the one story. That added to the insult. I will leave that for today. I will leave it for the...
- Public Accounts Committee: Implications of CervicalCheck Revelations (Resumed) (14 Jun 2018)
Catherine Connolly: It is okay. I am not going to go into them in detail. They are for another day. The memorandums are from March, April and July. They were produced but it was like pulling bad teeth. I apologise for comments like that because this is far too serious – I will take that back. I will come to Dr. Stephanie O'Keeffe. Is she the same person as Dr. O'Keeffe?. She is down as national...
- Public Accounts Committee: Implications of CervicalCheck Revelations (Resumed) (14 Jun 2018)
Catherine Connolly: I am not querying any of that. Her name appeared on all the briefing notes. She has now changed position. Is that correct?
- Public Accounts Committee: Implications of CervicalCheck Revelations (Resumed) (14 Jun 2018)
Catherine Connolly: Was that a promotion?
- Public Accounts Committee: Implications of CervicalCheck Revelations (Resumed) (14 Jun 2018)
Catherine Connolly: Dr. O'Keeffe is now in charge of planning and transformation. Is that correct?
- Public Accounts Committee: Implications of CervicalCheck Revelations (Resumed) (14 Jun 2018)
Catherine Connolly: Mr. Connaghan read all the documents I have before me. Yet he still thought it was okay to call a meeting and get those involved to sort out their recollections, having read these memorandums. Is that accurate?
- Public Accounts Committee: Implications of CervicalCheck Revelations (Resumed) (14 Jun 2018)
Catherine Connolly: That is right. They raise major issues of communications strategies and warnings in advance that there might be screaming headlines. Clearly, a strategy was in place on the basis of these memorandums. Is that not right? Did Mr. Connaghan read them?
- Public Accounts Committee: Implications of CervicalCheck Revelations (Resumed) (14 Jun 2018)
Catherine Connolly: Good. They are signed by Simon Murtagh, acting head of the National Screening Service, on behalf of Dr. Stephanie O'Keeffe, national director. The issues coming up relate to the results of the audit coming through with problematic findings and communications to women. What comes through from them is a strategy to address controlling the issue and the screaming headlines.
- Public Accounts Committee: Implications of CervicalCheck Revelations (Resumed) (14 Jun 2018)
Catherine Connolly: Yes.
- Public Accounts Committee: Implications of CervicalCheck Revelations (Resumed) (14 Jun 2018)
Catherine Connolly: Wait one second. I have only ten minutes. I have before me the transcript of the meeting that I missed. I have read it in detail. I was present and asked a question on the memorandums given to us at 3 p.m. that afternoon. I was present for the questioning on the memorandums. I could not possibly accept the language in the memorandums on the strategy being communicated. Again, I am...
- Public Accounts Committee: Implications of CervicalCheck Revelations (Resumed) (14 Jun 2018)
Catherine Connolly: No. What jumps out of the documents is the strategy to contain. Anyway, I am leaving it. I would say to Dr. O'Keeffe that I think the language was wrong. I think it was totally unacceptable. When a new person joined the HSE, the organisation should have reviewed the matter. In my opinion, the action was not good governance. I have a few questions for Mr. Breen about the State Claims...
- Public Accounts Committee: Implications of CervicalCheck Revelations (Resumed) (14 Jun 2018)
Catherine Connolly: Good.
- Public Accounts Committee: Implications of CervicalCheck Revelations (Resumed) (14 Jun 2018)
Catherine Connolly: Yes.
- Public Accounts Committee: Implications of CervicalCheck Revelations (Resumed) (14 Jun 2018)
Catherine Connolly: It should be done in an open manner with minutes and an agenda.