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Public Accounts Committee: Implications of CervicalCheck Revelations (Resumed) (5 Jul 2018)

Alan Kelly: That is not what I asked. The State Claims Agency and the clinical risk advisers met with CervicalCheck in March 2017. Why did the HSE not tell them that there was a risk?

Public Accounts Committee: Implications of CervicalCheck Revelations (Resumed) (5 Jul 2018)

Alan Kelly: It is public knowledge.

Public Accounts Committee: Implications of CervicalCheck Revelations (Resumed) (5 Jul 2018)

Alan Kelly: I am sorry, Mr. Connaghan should know this information.

Public Accounts Committee: Implications of CervicalCheck Revelations (Resumed) (5 Jul 2018)

Alan Kelly: Ms Conroy might explain what RCOG means.

Public Accounts Committee: Implications of CervicalCheck Revelations (Resumed) (5 Jul 2018)

Alan Kelly: Will it refer to Vicky Phelan and Stephen Teap?

Public Accounts Committee: Implications of CervicalCheck Revelations (Resumed) (5 Jul 2018)

Alan Kelly: How is it that the two people who have inspired this most - who appeared before this committee and sat where Ms Conroy is sitting - came to believe that this would be completed by the end of May? How can Ms Conroy think that Departmental or HSE communications are working?

Public Accounts Committee: Implications of CervicalCheck Revelations (Resumed) (5 Jul 2018)

Alan Kelly: It is not working.

Public Accounts Committee: Implications of CervicalCheck Revelations (Resumed) (5 Jul 2018)

Alan Kelly: My other questions relates to admission of liability and protocol.

Public Accounts Committee: Implications of CervicalCheck Revelations (Resumed) (5 Jul 2018)

Alan Kelly: I presume Mr. Connaghan will respond to the question on admission of liability and the protocol. I asked how he does not know about the protocol when I know about it? Why is it necessary? Is admission of liability standard for non-disclosure of information in all cases of this nature. Those were my specific questions.

Public Accounts Committee: Implications of CervicalCheck Revelations (Resumed) (5 Jul 2018)

Alan Kelly: No. As the chief executive of the HSE, Mr. Connaghan, when asked to come before the committee to discuss this matter, cannot say "I will get back to you". That is not acceptable to the public or to the women affected and their families. He is not doing his job if he cannot at least give basic answers to these questions.

Public Accounts Committee: Implications of CervicalCheck Revelations (Resumed) (5 Jul 2018)

Alan Kelly: What about the admission of liability?

Public Accounts Committee: Implications of CervicalCheck Revelations (Resumed) (5 Jul 2018)

Alan Kelly: I am not asking that; I am asking whether it is standard practice in order that people will know whether this is the case. A precedent has already been set. I presume that the answer is "Yes", but I just want clarification.

Public Accounts Committee: Implications of CervicalCheck Revelations (Resumed) (5 Jul 2018)

Alan Kelly: Why was a separate legal firm hired to do this?

Public Accounts Committee: Implications of CervicalCheck Revelations (Resumed) (5 Jul 2018)

Alan Kelly: He has already said he will revert to us. I have asked for it twice.

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Financial Statements of the HSE
2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Department of Health (5 Jul 2018)

Alan Kelly: I have a number of questions across different topics. At the very beginning, I need to conclude some stuff on the previous topic. In the interval, while we had the break, I had a chance to speak to Mr. Stephen Teap and Ms Vicky Phelan. It is not good news. I also had the opportunity to listen to Ms Emma Mhic Mhathúna's interview, one of the most emotional interviews ever on RTÉ...

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Financial Statements of the HSE
2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Department of Health (5 Jul 2018)

Alan Kelly: I thank Mr. Connaghan for that. There is a fundamental issue here. The lady who brought us to this stage is on national radio, on the most listened-to programme on radio in Ireland, stating that she heard in conversation with Dr. Scally this morning that the HSE is not co-operating fully. That is merely a fact. Everybody in Ireland who was listening heard it. I listened to it after...

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Financial Statements of the HSE
2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Department of Health (5 Jul 2018)

Alan Kelly: I do not but I will move on. There was a mood change and change of direction regarding co-operation with the Scally enquiry. The protocol has to be gone immediately and third, the HSE needs clarity on the HPV vaccine. There are other issues, for example, the general practitioner, GP contract, negotiations have not kicked off. The witnesses should not try to pull the wool over our eyes....

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Financial Statements of the HSE
2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Department of Health (5 Jul 2018)

Alan Kelly: Yes. The HSE is facing a class action and the witnesses know full well what I am talking about. The staff covered by this circular were not informed as this letter states:Dear Colleagues, Please find attached procedure and associated appeal form to be used in the case of those who wish to put forward their case for adjudication by Mr. John Doherty. I would ask that you ensure those who...

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Financial Statements of the HSE
2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Department of Health (5 Jul 2018)

Alan Kelly: How have they initiated, for the sake of clarity, for the public because people are asking?

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Financial Statements of the HSE
2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Department of Health (5 Jul 2018)

Alan Kelly: Who?