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Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospitals Data (25 Jun 2019)

Alan Kelly: 500. To ask the Minister for Health the hospitals with the highest rates of neonatal brain injury; and the number of same in each of the years 2014 to 2018 and to date in 2019, by hospital in tabular form. [26769/19]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Payments (25 Jun 2019)

Alan Kelly: 571. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when 2018 GLAS payments will issue to a person (details supplied). [26919/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Review (25 Jun 2019)

Alan Kelly: 720. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of carer's allowance reviews carried out in each of the years 2016 to 2018 and to date in 2019, in tabular form. [26798/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: An Bord Pleanála Data (25 Jun 2019)

Alan Kelly: 746. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the dates and attendees of each meeting of the implementation group of the organisational review of An Bord Pleanála which was published in 2016; the person that chaired each meeting; and the dates and attendees of each meeting between this group and his Department since the publication of the report. [26360/19]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Civil Service Management (20 Jun 2019)

Alan Kelly: 20. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to ensure appropriate reasonable accommodations are made for visually impaired members of the Civil Service carrying out their day-to-day work; his plans to review information technology systems in order to assist visually impaired civil servants in the performance of their duties; and if he will make a statement on the...

Gaming and Lotteries (Amendment) Bill 2019 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (19 Jun 2019)

Alan Kelly: I will be very brief as I had not intended speaking on the Bill but circumstances changed and it is an area in which I have much interest. I wish to make a few points. I welcome the Bill. The Minister of State, Deputy Stanton, is a resourceful Minister and I wish he had more time because we need to do a lot more. I welcome the caps and all the other measures the Bill contains but we need...

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

Alan Kelly: On 12 February, in a reply to a parliamentary question I tabled, the Minister stated he could confirm that Dr. Scally had indicated to him on 31 January that in the course of his work, he identified further laboratories. The Minister went on to state he was awaiting Dr. Scally's report, which was expected soon. The following day, at a meeting of the Committee on Health, when I asked the...

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

Alan Kelly: I will recap to be helpful. On 12 February, the Minister stated the report was due. On 13 February, the Secretary General said it was imminent. On 14 February, there was a meeting with Dr. Scally and, on 15 February, he wrote to the Minister with the updated timeline. That was the Minister's final meeting with Dr. Scally until the report was published, according to the Minister's records.

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

Alan Kelly: There were regular meetings until 14 February, after which there was a large gap until the report came in. Did Dr. Scally give the Minister any other versions of the report before it was published?

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

Alan Kelly: I have raised the issue with the Minister on a number of occasions because I believe the Secretary General of the Department when he said the report was imminent. Obviously, something has changed that made it not imminent and we will have to get to the bottom of what that was. On the Manchester laboratory, I asked Dr. Scally last week when he found out it was not accredited. He told me...

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

Alan Kelly: The Minister might ask Dr. Scally. I have asked him but he has not reverted to me. I need to know what date he found out about the non-accreditation. I know the dates he found out about the four extra laboratories but I want to know when he found out that the Manchester laboratory was not accredited.

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

Alan Kelly: I have asked him.

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

Alan Kelly: I want some assurance from the Minister. Dr. Scally said it was surprising and disturbing that the Manchester laboratory was not accredited. I want to know when he found out, how the Irish National Accreditation Board, INAB, was informed, and who informed it, given that it inspected the laboratory on 17 April? The INAB gave a three-year retrospective accreditation without any baseline. On...

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

Alan Kelly: A clinical statement.

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

Alan Kelly: I will group my final questions. Were there any changes to the governance structure in the HSE in respect of the screening programme in the months leading up to the report, or changes to personnel? When will the audit begin again? When will the Minister issue the apology to which he committed? Will he consider instructing the HSE to examine potential breaches of contract to save the...

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

Alan Kelly: I had contact with them in the past hour.

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

Alan Kelly: Why did the secondary report take such a long period of time seen as it was meant to be completed much more quickly? It took nine months.

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

Alan Kelly: I have only five minutes and look forward to the six minutes of questions more than to these five minutes. I want to commence by asking the Minister to do something. Yesterday in the Dáil, the Taoiseach stated - I know what I am talking about here - that representatives of Ruth Morrissey were aware of the decision to appeal the case. They were not. The Taoiseach has been communicated...

National Maternity Services: Motion [Private Members] (19 Jun 2019)

Alan Kelly: The Minister and I have spoken at length on this topic many times. When it comes to various different areas of health and all the strategies that are continuously put forward, this is pound for pound the best strategy that has been published in any area in healthcare. It is one of the best strategies I have seen written down and it is very comprehensive. The Minister will see it is about...

National Maternity Services: Motion [Private Members] (19 Jun 2019)

Alan Kelly: That is true.