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- Public Accounts Committee: Matters related to Medical Negligence, Open Disclosure, Cervical Cancer and Thalidomide Litigation (8 Nov 2018)
Marc MacSharry: I am sorry, what did Mr. Breen say?
- Public Accounts Committee: Matters related to Medical Negligence, Open Disclosure, Cervical Cancer and Thalidomide Litigation (8 Nov 2018)
Marc MacSharry: Yes.
- Public Accounts Committee: Matters related to Medical Negligence, Open Disclosure, Cervical Cancer and Thalidomide Litigation (8 Nov 2018)
Marc MacSharry: Is that Mr. Breen's decision to make alone, based on the evidence?
- Public Accounts Committee: Matters related to Medical Negligence, Open Disclosure, Cervical Cancer and Thalidomide Litigation (8 Nov 2018)
Marc MacSharry: Am I right in saying Mr. Breen is retiring in the not too distant future?
- Public Accounts Committee: Matters related to Medical Negligence, Open Disclosure, Cervical Cancer and Thalidomide Litigation (8 Nov 2018)
Marc MacSharry: I did not mean to be in any way personal and Mr. Breen is entitled to work as long as he wants and retire when he wishes. I am interested in the context of what we are talking about, the continuity of somebody else upskilling if discovery is not done until next June or sometime.
- Public Accounts Committee: Matters related to Medical Negligence, Open Disclosure, Cervical Cancer and Thalidomide Litigation (8 Nov 2018)
Marc MacSharry: I asked earlier was there ever toing and froing, as a client would have. Would the Department of Health speak to Mr. Breen about a case and suggest what should be done? Would it be in the competency of the Department of Health, or the Minister, to make contact and recommend being more proactive on a case, or to look at mediation, or look at a conversation? Is that within the competency of...
- Public Accounts Committee: Matters related to Medical Negligence, Open Disclosure, Cervical Cancer and Thalidomide Litigation (8 Nov 2018)
Marc MacSharry: I would not call it interference.
- Public Accounts Committee: Matters related to Medical Negligence, Open Disclosure, Cervical Cancer and Thalidomide Litigation (8 Nov 2018)
Marc MacSharry: I appreciate that is the practice. I am asking if there is a competency to do that if the Minister wished.
- Public Accounts Committee: Matters related to Medical Negligence, Open Disclosure, Cervical Cancer and Thalidomide Litigation (8 Nov 2018)
Marc MacSharry: Authority.
- Public Accounts Committee: Matters related to Medical Negligence, Open Disclosure, Cervical Cancer and Thalidomide Litigation (8 Nov 2018)
Marc MacSharry: Yes.
- Public Accounts Committee: Matters related to Medical Negligence, Open Disclosure, Cervical Cancer and Thalidomide Litigation (8 Nov 2018)
Marc MacSharry: From the Attorney General?
- Public Accounts Committee: Matters related to Medical Negligence, Open Disclosure, Cervical Cancer and Thalidomide Litigation (8 Nov 2018)
Marc MacSharry: Okay, so the Attorney General could tell Mr. Breen he or she wants to horse-trade with these people.
- Public Accounts Committee: Matters related to Medical Negligence, Open Disclosure, Cervical Cancer and Thalidomide Litigation (8 Nov 2018)
Marc MacSharry: While I appreciate it has never happened, and it is not the practice, the authority does exist in the Office of the Attorney General.
- Public Accounts Committee: Matters related to Medical Negligence, Open Disclosure, Cervical Cancer and Thalidomide Litigation (8 Nov 2018)
Marc MacSharry: While I appreciate it has never happened, but let us say hypothetically the Attorney General and the Government were so inclined, presumably on the back of discussions, to contact the State Claims Agency and say they would like to withdraw their defence, is that possible? I appreciate it is not the practice and that, if it were, it would be very bad practice, but it is possible, is it not?
- Public Accounts Committee: Matters related to Medical Negligence, Open Disclosure, Cervical Cancer and Thalidomide Litigation (8 Nov 2018)
Marc MacSharry: What law prohibits it, as a matter of interest?
- Public Accounts Committee: Matters related to Medical Negligence, Open Disclosure, Cervical Cancer and Thalidomide Litigation (8 Nov 2018)
Marc MacSharry: What I just suggested.
- Public Accounts Committee: Matters related to Medical Negligence, Open Disclosure, Cervical Cancer and Thalidomide Litigation (8 Nov 2018)
Marc MacSharry: There is no law that prohibits what I just suggested, sure there is not? It just has never happened.
- Public Accounts Committee: Matters related to Medical Negligence, Open Disclosure, Cervical Cancer and Thalidomide Litigation (8 Nov 2018)
Marc MacSharry: What I am saying is, if, on discussion with the Government, the Attorney General decided to make direct contact with the agency and say he would like to withdraw his defence to those cases and enter negotiations for mediation, that would be possible, would it not? Albeit that Mr. Breen may advise against it, that it is not best practice and that it has never been done before, it would be...
- Public Accounts Committee: Matters related to Medical Negligence, Open Disclosure, Cervical Cancer and Thalidomide Litigation (8 Nov 2018)
Marc MacSharry: Does Mr. Breen know any reason it could not happen? I appreciate it is not best practice and has never happened before.
- Public Accounts Committee: Matters related to Medical Negligence, Open Disclosure, Cervical Cancer and Thalidomide Litigation (8 Nov 2018)
Marc MacSharry: Returning to CervicalCheck, has the agency changed its approach from before the crisis broke to the one it is employing today?