Results 1,021-1,040 of 4,350 for speaker:Bobby Aylward
- Public Accounts Committee: Matters related to Medical Negligence, Open Disclosure, Cervical Cancer and Thalidomide Litigation (8 Nov 2018)
Bobby Aylward: How was that payment reached? How was the figure decided on? Is it what is being offered to each claimant when he or she comes before the State Claims Agency?
- Public Accounts Committee: Matters related to Medical Negligence, Open Disclosure, Cervical Cancer and Thalidomide Litigation (8 Nov 2018)
Bobby Aylward: Why is there such disquiet on the part of so many? Is the strong arm of the State being used to exclude people? Why are people so annoyed that they are not being recognised? What are the reasons for not recognising them?
- Public Accounts Committee: Matters related to Medical Negligence, Open Disclosure, Cervical Cancer and Thalidomide Litigation (8 Nov 2018)
Bobby Aylward: Where are their claims?
- Public Accounts Committee: Matters related to Medical Negligence, Open Disclosure, Cervical Cancer and Thalidomide Litigation (8 Nov 2018)
Bobby Aylward: Did any of the group of nine people go to Sweden to be assessed?
- Public Accounts Committee: Matters related to Medical Negligence, Open Disclosure, Cervical Cancer and Thalidomide Litigation (8 Nov 2018)
Bobby Aylward: I do not have the names either. I am referring to the nine people referenced by Deputy MacSharry.
- Public Accounts Committee: Matters related to Medical Negligence, Open Disclosure, Cervical Cancer and Thalidomide Litigation (8 Nov 2018)
Bobby Aylward: Is all of the cost being borne by the State?
- Public Accounts Committee: Matters related to Medical Negligence, Open Disclosure, Cervical Cancer and Thalidomide Litigation (8 Nov 2018)
Bobby Aylward: I am referring to anyone who is suffering. Is the company that provided thalidomide liable for some of the costs? I refer to the German company named here.
- Public Accounts Committee: Matters related to Medical Negligence, Open Disclosure, Cervical Cancer and Thalidomide Litigation (8 Nov 2018)
Bobby Aylward: Is that a lifetime pension?
- Public Accounts Committee: Matters related to Medical Negligence, Open Disclosure, Cervical Cancer and Thalidomide Litigation (8 Nov 2018)
Bobby Aylward: It is good to hear that anyway.
- Public Accounts Committee: Matters related to Medical Negligence, Open Disclosure, Cervical Cancer and Thalidomide Litigation (8 Nov 2018)
Bobby Aylward: I would like to continue. On the outsourcing and all of the controversy about it, have we got value for money? I refer to what has happened and the outcry over it. We outsourced laboratory testing to America. I wonder what would have happened if the service had been available in Ireland or across the water in in England instead of us having to go to America. Have we done comparisons?...
- Public Accounts Committee: Matters related to Medical Negligence, Open Disclosure, Cervical Cancer and Thalidomide Litigation (8 Nov 2018)
Bobby Aylward: Would we have the capability in Ireland to carry out the screening to the standard to which Mr. McCallion referred? Do we have the laboratories here to do that?
- Public Accounts Committee: Matters related to Medical Negligence, Open Disclosure, Cervical Cancer and Thalidomide Litigation (8 Nov 2018)
Bobby Aylward: What lessons have we learned from the fallout of this? What assurance do we have that this will not happen again? Is the system we are going to use in future foolproof? Have we learned the lessons so that we will not have this outcry again in another couple of years with something else? I know that is a hard question to answer.
- Public Accounts Committee: Matters related to Medical Negligence, Open Disclosure, Cervical Cancer and Thalidomide Litigation (8 Nov 2018)
Bobby Aylward: I probably was.
- Public Accounts Committee: Matters related to Medical Negligence, Open Disclosure, Cervical Cancer and Thalidomide Litigation (8 Nov 2018)
Bobby Aylward: I hope we have learned our lessons. I will move on to potential liability. According to the Comptroller and Auditor General's report from 31 December, there is an estimated liability of €2.2 billion. Is that just an estimate? What does "estimate of payments" mean? I should know this but is this €2.2 billion taxpayers' money? Is there any insurance to cover liabilities on...
- Public Accounts Committee: Matters related to Medical Negligence, Open Disclosure, Cervical Cancer and Thalidomide Litigation (8 Nov 2018)
Bobby Aylward: Is it taxpayers' money?
- Public Accounts Committee: Matters related to Medical Negligence, Open Disclosure, Cervical Cancer and Thalidomide Litigation (8 Nov 2018)
Bobby Aylward: There is no insurance to cover something like this?
- Public Accounts Committee: Matters related to Medical Negligence, Open Disclosure, Cervical Cancer and Thalidomide Litigation (8 Nov 2018)
Bobby Aylward: I just wanted to be clear. On the estimate of €2.2 billion on 31 December, why is it an estimate? Is that what the State Claims Agency thinks it is going to cost? Why is the word "estimate" used? Is it because it is not actually known?
- Public Accounts Committee: Matters related to Medical Negligence, Open Disclosure, Cervical Cancer and Thalidomide Litigation (8 Nov 2018)
Bobby Aylward: How would we compare internationally? Are we above or below average on claims? Would this be the norm in every country in the western world? How do we compare with our counterparts in Europe?
- Public Accounts Committee: Matters related to Medical Negligence, Open Disclosure, Cervical Cancer and Thalidomide Litigation (8 Nov 2018)
Bobby Aylward: I will finish with the issue of whiplash. I think I saw that in the UK the average payment is £4,500 whereas in Ireland it is €18,000 to €20,000. I could be wrong with the figures.
- Public Accounts Committee: Matters related to Medical Negligence, Open Disclosure, Cervical Cancer and Thalidomide Litigation (8 Nov 2018)
Bobby Aylward: Why is compensation for whiplash four times higher here than across the water in the UK?