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Public Accounts Committee: Implications of CervicalCheck Revelations (Resumed) (14 Jun 2018)

Alan Farrell: I have a question on the process of cases taken by individuals in the State that are contested by the HSE and often settled without an admission of guilt. I am sure the witnesses can understand from the perspective of a patient and the public that this is an horrific experience for the individuals in question. There is not a week that goes by when the courts are sitting that there are...

Public Accounts Committee: Implications of CervicalCheck Revelations (Resumed) (14 Jun 2018)

Alan Farrell: I meant victimised.

Public Accounts Committee: Implications of CervicalCheck Revelations (Resumed) (14 Jun 2018)

Alan Farrell: Of course.

Public Accounts Committee: Implications of CervicalCheck Revelations (Resumed) (14 Jun 2018)

Alan Farrell: I accept that 97% of medical negligence cases handled by the agency are settled prior to going to court or, perhaps, dates being set. In my experience, it is the setting of a date that prompts the settlement. In terms of the 3% and the horrific cases we read about and the families involved in those cases, would it not be more appropriate for the State to deal with these matters more...

Public Accounts Committee: Implications of CervicalCheck Revelations (Resumed) (14 Jun 2018)

Alan Farrell: I understand the legal process.

Public Accounts Committee: Implications of CervicalCheck Revelations (Resumed) (14 Jun 2018)

Alan Farrell: Does the State Claims Agency maintain a book of quantum on medical negligence cases and, if so, is it publicly available?

Public Accounts Committee: Implications of CervicalCheck Revelations (Resumed) (14 Jun 2018)

Alan Farrell: Does the agency have an internal document?

Public Accounts Committee: Implications of CervicalCheck Revelations (Resumed) (14 Jun 2018)

Alan Farrell: I thank Mr. Breen.

Topical Issue Debate (Resumed): Water Supply Leakages (13 Jun 2018)

Alan Farrell: I thank the Minister of State for his response. I have to ask the simple question: what happens next month, the month after or the month after that while Irish Water is planning these improvements? The Minister of State mentioned there was an infrastructural deficit and poor maintenance, but I would like to know who is responsible for this. Was it the local authority prior to 2014? Was it...

Topical Issue Debate (Resumed): Water Supply Leakages (13 Jun 2018)

Alan Farrell: What occurred in the past seven days in Skerries in north County Dublin is nothing short of a disgrace and an unmitigated disaster. I refer to the failure of the supply of water to between 4,000 and 5,000 citizens in that community in what I can only assume was a predictable incident for which some sort of contingency plan should have been made. I would also like to highlight the pretty...

Topical Issue Matters (13 Jun 2018)

Alan Farrell: I wish to advise the House of the following matters in respect of which notice has been given under Standing Order 29A and the name of the Member in each case: (1) Deputy Sean Fleming - to discuss the credit policy 2018 and the Rebuilding Ireland home loans scheme; (2) Deputies Jan O'Sullivan, Michael Harty and Tom Neville - the need to increase the number of hospital beds at University...

Civil Liability (Amendment) Bill 2018: First Stage (13 Jun 2018)

Alan Farrell: Is the Bill opposed?

Civil Liability (Amendment) Bill 2018: First Stage (13 Jun 2018)

Alan Farrell: Since this is a Private Members' Bill, Second Stage must, under Standing Orders, be taken in Private Members' time.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): National Risk Assessment (13 Jun 2018)

Alan Farrell: They are grouped.

Questions on Promised Legislation (13 Jun 2018)

Alan Farrell: I call Deputy Mary Butler. I might get one more Member in after her, namely Deputy Michael Moynihan.

Questions on Promised Legislation (13 Jun 2018)

Alan Farrell: Deputy Michael Healy-Rae on the same issue.

Questions on Promised Legislation (13 Jun 2018)

Alan Farrell: The final contributor is Deputy Michael Moynihan.

Questions on Promised Legislation (13 Jun 2018)

Alan Farrell: That concludes Questions on Promised Legislation. I will now move on. Fourteen Deputies were missed in this slot because Members did not use their time sufficiently well.

Questions on Promised Legislation (13 Jun 2018)

Alan Farrell: I am not debating it.

Questions on Promised Legislation (13 Jun 2018)

Alan Farrell: I am well aware that it happens every day.