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- Public Accounts Committee: Matters related to Medical Negligence, Open Disclosure, Cervical Cancer and Thalidomide Litigation (8 Nov 2018)
Seán Fleming: However, Mr. Breen is saying that he cannot do that today.
- Public Accounts Committee: Matters related to Medical Negligence, Open Disclosure, Cervical Cancer and Thalidomide Litigation (8 Nov 2018)
Seán Fleming: I understand what Deputy MacSharry was saying, but Mr. Breen is saying we have a bit to go yet.
- Public Accounts Committee: Matters related to Medical Negligence, Open Disclosure, Cervical Cancer and Thalidomide Litigation (8 Nov 2018)
Seán Fleming: Mr. Breen might inform this committee, as a matter of courtesy, when he has completed the discovery and passed that milestone. Is he allowed do that?
- Public Accounts Committee: Matters related to Medical Negligence, Open Disclosure, Cervical Cancer and Thalidomide Litigation (8 Nov 2018)
Seán Fleming: It is before the courts.
- Public Accounts Committee: Matters related to Medical Negligence, Open Disclosure, Cervical Cancer and Thalidomide Litigation (8 Nov 2018)
Seán Fleming: Right.
- Public Accounts Committee: Matters related to Medical Negligence, Open Disclosure, Cervical Cancer and Thalidomide Litigation (8 Nov 2018)
Seán Fleming: Mr. Breen mentioned earlier that if he had information about an independent review of a case he is dealing with, he would use the work that was obtained as part of an independent review and that perhaps would prevent him from having to second-guess or redo it. How many of those cases have happened? We have asked who did the independent reviews. I know the Minister for Health can request...
- Public Accounts Committee: Matters related to Medical Negligence, Open Disclosure, Cervical Cancer and Thalidomide Litigation (8 Nov 2018)
Seán Fleming: By the Minister?
- Public Accounts Committee: Matters related to Medical Negligence, Open Disclosure, Cervical Cancer and Thalidomide Litigation (8 Nov 2018)
Seán Fleming: And in the case of Portlaoise, the Minister had the report-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Matters related to Medical Negligence, Open Disclosure, Cervical Cancer and Thalidomide Litigation (8 Nov 2018)
Seán Fleming: They would be non-statutory. In the cases of Savita Halappanavar and Portlaoise, the Minister set up the inquiries under a specific section of legislation. They had a statutory basis. I am not diminishing it, but Mr. Breen is talking about an in-house thing. Would there be many of them?
- Public Accounts Committee: Matters related to Medical Negligence, Open Disclosure, Cervical Cancer and Thalidomide Litigation (8 Nov 2018)
Seán Fleming: What is the ballpark figure? Is it ten or 100?
- Public Accounts Committee: Matters related to Medical Negligence, Open Disclosure, Cervical Cancer and Thalidomide Litigation (8 Nov 2018)
Seán Fleming: Would you know why the HSE would involve the agency? It sounds like a good thing that somebody would, but why would the HSE be going there?
- Public Accounts Committee: Matters related to Medical Negligence, Open Disclosure, Cervical Cancer and Thalidomide Litigation (8 Nov 2018)
Seán Fleming: Mr. McCallion would be aware there would be cases with the State Claims Agency at the same time?
- Public Accounts Committee: Matters related to Medical Negligence, Open Disclosure, Cervical Cancer and Thalidomide Litigation (8 Nov 2018)
Seán Fleming: That is fine. The HSE is not doing it solely because there was a case-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Matters related to Medical Negligence, Open Disclosure, Cervical Cancer and Thalidomide Litigation (8 Nov 2018)
Seán Fleming: Inevitably it would always be-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Matters related to Medical Negligence, Open Disclosure, Cervical Cancer and Thalidomide Litigation (8 Nov 2018)
Seán Fleming: I was just trying to establish whether it is a handful of cases or if there are hundreds. Mr. McCallion said a couple of dozen.
- Public Accounts Committee: Matters related to Medical Negligence, Open Disclosure, Cervical Cancer and Thalidomide Litigation (8 Nov 2018)
Seán Fleming: A couple of dozen?
- Public Accounts Committee: Matters related to Medical Negligence, Open Disclosure, Cervical Cancer and Thalidomide Litigation (8 Nov 2018)
Seán Fleming: Small numbers but they are significant.
- Public Accounts Committee: Matters related to Medical Negligence, Open Disclosure, Cervical Cancer and Thalidomide Litigation (8 Nov 2018)
Seán Fleming: That is fine. If there has been a public settlement, Mr. McCallion should have no problem answering this. What has been the largest case in terms of monetary settlement to date?
- Public Accounts Committee: Matters related to Medical Negligence, Open Disclosure, Cervical Cancer and Thalidomide Litigation (8 Nov 2018)
Seán Fleming: Was that announced in court? Is that public?
- Public Accounts Committee: Matters related to Medical Negligence, Open Disclosure, Cervical Cancer and Thalidomide Litigation (8 Nov 2018)
Seán Fleming: What was it?