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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Medical Council Specialist Register: Discussion (2 May 2018)

Kate O'Connell: I am being reasonable here. Why would anyone want to convert and earn a third less?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Medical Council Specialist Register: Discussion (2 May 2018)

Kate O'Connell: The witness is contesting what-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Cervical Screening Programme: Department of Health, HSE, CervicalCheck and the National Cancer Control Programme (2 May 2018)

Kate O'Connell: There is an issue with the sound.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Cervical Screening Programme: Department of Health, HSE, CervicalCheck and the National Cancer Control Programme (2 May 2018)

Kate O'Connell: I thank the witnesses for their attendance. Mr. O'Brien, initially there was a two-year contract for the outsourcing of cervical smears, which took place under his watch in 2008. Was the two-year contract renewed or was it audited in order for the State to continue the contract? Mr. O'Brien was in charge at the time. In 2008, the decision was made by the then Minister to send the smears...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Cervical Screening Programme: Department of Health, HSE, CervicalCheck and the National Cancer Control Programme (2 May 2018)

Kate O'Connell: No, I am not finished. Mr. O'Brien said at the end of his statement that this matter was a personal blow to him. I would like to make it very clear to you, Mr. O'Brien, that this is not about you. You are the last person that this is about. It is about the women of Ireland who have, yet again, been let down by the health service and by you because you are at the top and you are in charge....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Cervical Screening Programme: Department of Health, HSE, CervicalCheck and the National Cancer Control Programme (2 May 2018)

Kate O'Connell: I would say I have plenty of time.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Cervical Screening Programme: Department of Health, HSE, CervicalCheck and the National Cancer Control Programme (2 May 2018)

Kate O'Connell: No. I would like to hear from Dr. Coffey first and then Mr. O'Brien, if the Chairman does not mind.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Cervical Screening Programme: Department of Health, HSE, CervicalCheck and the National Cancer Control Programme (2 May 2018)

Kate O'Connell: Dr. Coffey, as the director of the national cancer control programme, what does he see as top of his list? Is it to reduce cancers and improve outcomes?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Cervical Screening Programme: Department of Health, HSE, CervicalCheck and the National Cancer Control Programme (2 May 2018)

Kate O'Connell: Does Dr. Coffey think he has done that job?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Cervical Screening Programme: Department of Health, HSE, CervicalCheck and the National Cancer Control Programme (2 May 2018)

Kate O'Connell: Does Dr. Coffey think that result is down to him and the programme or lifestyle and education? Clearly, in this case, outcomes could have been better for women.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Cervical Screening Programme: Department of Health, HSE, CervicalCheck and the National Cancer Control Programme (2 May 2018)

Kate O'Connell: I ask Mr. Gleeson to explain his job.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Cervical Screening Programme: Department of Health, HSE, CervicalCheck and the National Cancer Control Programme (2 May 2018)

Kate O'Connell: Does Mr. Gleeson think that he has done his job right?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Cervical Screening Programme: Department of Health, HSE, CervicalCheck and the National Cancer Control Programme (2 May 2018)

Kate O'Connell: I know. I ask Mr. O'Brien to answer my questions, if he does not mind.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Cervical Screening Programme: Department of Health, HSE, CervicalCheck and the National Cancer Control Programme (2 May 2018)

Kate O'Connell: Sorry, Mr. O'Brien, the answer should be simple enough. Before the tender was awarded for the second time-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Cervical Screening Programme: Department of Health, HSE, CervicalCheck and the National Cancer Control Programme (2 May 2018)

Kate O'Connell: -----was the effectiveness of the programme comprehensively evaluated?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Cervical Screening Programme: Department of Health, HSE, CervicalCheck and the National Cancer Control Programme (2 May 2018)

Kate O'Connell: Can I have answers to the rest of my questions? Does Mr. O'Brien admit that this matter is not about him but the women?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Cervical Screening Programme: Department of Health, HSE, CervicalCheck and the National Cancer Control Programme (2 May 2018)

Kate O'Connell: Mr. O'Brien said the following in his opening statement: "While it is recognised that no screening test is 100% accurate, cervical screening is the most effective method of reducing a woman's risk of developing cervical cancer." I have to hand a couple of studies from recent years that suggest cervical screening is an effective method to reduce the incidence of such cancer but Mr. O'Brien...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Cervical Screening Programme: Department of Health, HSE, CervicalCheck and the National Cancer Control Programme (2 May 2018)

Kate O'Connell: That is not what Mr. O'Brien said in his opening statement.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Cervical Screening Programme: Department of Health, HSE, CervicalCheck and the National Cancer Control Programme (2 May 2018)

Kate O'Connell: It is ten years since the cervical screening programme commenced, and Mr. O'Brien was there at the start, before moving to his role in the HSE. Can Mr. O'Brien assure me, the committee members and the wider public that he, as the head of the national cancer screening service and on his subsequent appointment as chief executive of the HSE was re-evaluating the CervicalCheck programme, auditing...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Cervical Screening Programme: Department of Health, HSE, CervicalCheck and the National Cancer Control Programme (2 May 2018)

Kate O'Connell: Deputy Louise O'Reilly mentioned the discrepancy in Ms Vicky Phelan's smear. I believe that Ms Phelan's solicitor outlined on the media last night that it was not a case that a second set of eyes missed the abnormalities. My understanding from the media reports, and I am sure a solicitor would not say the incorrect thing on national media, was that the difference between the smear where her...