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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: CervicalCheck Screening Programme: Discussion (16 May 2018)

Alan Kelly: This is ridiculous.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: CervicalCheck Screening Programme: Discussion (16 May 2018)

Alan Kelly: Can I ask my question please? I direct this question to Dr. O'Keeffe. This is intriguing me. Why did the first memo happen on the date it did? Why was there a decision to do a memo in March 2016? It was March 2016, was it?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: CervicalCheck Screening Programme: Discussion (16 May 2018)

Alan Kelly: Why did it start then? Had it anything to do with the fact that one of the two women, who took legal cases before they unfortunately passed away, Lord rest them, had been told about her situation in respect of a number of smears taken some years previously? She had been notified just prior to that date. Was there any correlation between the fact that she had just been told and this document...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: CervicalCheck Screening Programme: Discussion (16 May 2018)

Alan Kelly: To conclude, is there a correlation between this memo on this date of all dates and the fact that she had been told in February? Obviously, she was not able to make her appointment, which is referenced in the documentation.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: CervicalCheck Screening Programme: Discussion (16 May 2018)

Alan Kelly: I ask Dr. O'Keeffe to answer my question. What stimulated the memo?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: CervicalCheck Screening Programme: Discussion (16 May 2018)

Alan Kelly: I thank Dr. O'Keeffe for answering the question.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: CervicalCheck Screening Programme: Discussion (16 May 2018)

Alan Kelly: I will take it, because I know that Deputy Durkan will be watching the clock. I thank the witnesses for their time today. I know they have given a considerable amount of time, and that they are all under pressure. Let us call a spade a spade. It is the issue everyone is discussing and it is a national crisis, so I appreciate their time. I also appreciate their frankness. There have...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: CervicalCheck Screening Programme: Discussion (16 May 2018)

Alan Kelly: Then those minutes obviously do not reflect the conversation that took place at those meetings.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: CervicalCheck Screening Programme: Discussion (16 May 2018)

Alan Kelly: Does Mr. Connaghan believe that those minutes reflect the actual discussions and conversations that took place around those issues?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: CervicalCheck Screening Programme: Discussion (16 May 2018)

Alan Kelly: Does it not seem strange to Mr. Connaghan that these issues were not brought up?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: CervicalCheck Screening Programme: Discussion (16 May 2018)

Alan Kelly: That is fair.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: CervicalCheck Screening Programme: Discussion (16 May 2018)

Alan Kelly: Yes, it is our duty to do that.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Communications (16 May 2018)

Alan Kelly: 150. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a copy of circular 1/91 issued by his Department (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21611/18]

Mandatory Open Disclosure: Motion (15 May 2018)

Alan Kelly: My party and I will be supporting this motion. We will also be facilitating the new patient safety Bill. It should be prioritised in whatever time this Dáil has left. I believe the current Dáil's time is probably very short and I am not sure if we will get to the Bill because of what has been revealed in the past week or so. Open disclosure and good governance go hand in hand....

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Employment Investment Incentive Scheme (15 May 2018)

Alan Kelly: 212. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to comments made by the chair of the Revenue Commissioners regarding the need to reform the administration of the business expansion scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21378/18]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Consumer Protection (15 May 2018)

Alan Kelly: 213. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to implement the recommendations of a report (details supplied) to equip persons to make better financial decisions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21379/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Legal Cases (15 May 2018)

Alan Kelly: 335. To ask the Minister for Health the number of times his Department or the HSE has sought and or obtained a gagging order in respect of persons that have taken a legal action against either body in the past 15 years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20803/18]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Wildlife Protection (15 May 2018)

Alan Kelly: 612. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the detail of efforts being made to eradicate the American mink from offshore islands under the protection of the State, in particular the Blasket Islands, County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21329/18]

Leaders' Questions (10 May 2018)

Alan Kelly: I thank the Minister for answering the questions for once. There is another aspect to this: the Labour Party has been pushing for a long time for the health technology assessment, HTA, to be brought forward in respect of HPV screening of boys. HIQA must do this. This needs to be brought forward in order that we can have herd immunity and protect the population into the future. I ask the...

Leaders' Questions (10 May 2018)

Alan Kelly: The personal testimony of Emma Mhic Mhathúna was quite devastating, as everybody has said. I listened to it in my office. I will never forget it. The impact of this scandal on families across this country is causing enormous public distress. As a father and husband, I can only think of my own wife and children. I ask Members to put themselves in a similar situation. Many of us in...