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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Home Loan Scheme (21 Jun 2018)

Seán Fleming: 273. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of Rebuilding Ireland home loan applications received from each county in tabular form; the average length of time taken to process these applications; the percentage of loans approved; the average length of time to issue approval; the number of loan applications refused; the average time taken to process same;...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Help Service Eligibility (19 Jun 2018)

Seán Fleming: 357. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be allocated home help hours; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26471/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (19 Jun 2018)

Seán Fleming: 361. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive a date to have surgery carried out; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26495/18]

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (14 Jun 2018)

Seán Fleming: We are in public session. We will suspend for a short period so we can read the opening statement from the HSE which arrived late last night. Most of us are only seeing it now. Before we get into discussing the matter, we want to take ten minutes to read that opening statement.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (14 Jun 2018)

Seán Fleming: No, that will just be a follow-on to answer questions, as I understand it. We will suspend for ten minutes.

Public Accounts Committee: Implications of CervicalCheck Revelations (Resumed) (14 Jun 2018)

Seán Fleming: We are joined today by the Comptroller and Auditor General, Mr. Seamus McCarthy. We have restructured today’s engagement with Nursing Homes Ireland on the National Treatment Purchase Fund to deal with a matter arising out of correspondence following our meeting with the Health Service Executive and the State Claims Agency. We have asked representatives from the HSE and the State...

Public Accounts Committee: Implications of CervicalCheck Revelations (Resumed) (14 Jun 2018)

Seán Fleming: Yes, and that is the only sentence I will read from it. What is really troubling before we even start, and I say this to all public bodies, is that when the witnesses left the room they may have been in doubt about whether what was said was accurate. The HSE should have reverted to us with a statement setting out the exact position and clearing up any confusion that arose. Representatives...

Public Accounts Committee: Implications of CervicalCheck Revelations (Resumed) (14 Jun 2018)

Seán Fleming: That is a recording of the conversation we had at that meeting. The witnesses will understand that we left the room with a clear impression. We want the record corrected with regard to this matter. The public expects that when senior Department officials and officials from State agencies attend here there is a level of truthfulness and candour. We are entitled to believe it. We accept...

Public Accounts Committee: Implications of CervicalCheck Revelations (Resumed) (14 Jun 2018)

Seán Fleming: It might be helpful if Mr. Connaghan sticks to the part of his statement containing the clarification. He should read the opening part announcing who is present at this meeting.

Public Accounts Committee: Implications of CervicalCheck Revelations (Resumed) (14 Jun 2018)

Seán Fleming: For the public.

Public Accounts Committee: Implications of CervicalCheck Revelations (Resumed) (14 Jun 2018)

Seán Fleming: It is not for us. We have read the statement but people watching proceedings will not understand the context of the questioning if they do not hear the opening statement.

Public Accounts Committee: Implications of CervicalCheck Revelations (Resumed) (14 Jun 2018)

Seán Fleming: A large part of the issue is how Mr. Connaghan is dealing with Dr. Scally in the meantime. Will we deal with the clarification?

Public Accounts Committee: Implications of CervicalCheck Revelations (Resumed) (14 Jun 2018)

Seán Fleming: It is a matter of serious public interest. Mr. Connaghan should read it into the record.

Public Accounts Committee: Implications of CervicalCheck Revelations (Resumed) (14 Jun 2018)

Seán Fleming: Before Mr. Gleeson makes his contribution, is the HSE in a position to give the names, addresses and telephone numbers of the 209 women affected to Dr. Scally?

Public Accounts Committee: Implications of CervicalCheck Revelations (Resumed) (14 Jun 2018)

Seán Fleming: Is Dr. Scally happy with that?

Public Accounts Committee: Implications of CervicalCheck Revelations (Resumed) (14 Jun 2018)

Seán Fleming: I invite Mr. Gleeson to make a brief statement.

Public Accounts Committee: Implications of CervicalCheck Revelations (Resumed) (14 Jun 2018)

Seán Fleming: I call Deputy Jonathan O'Brien who has ten minutes on this specific item.

Public Accounts Committee: Implications of CervicalCheck Revelations (Resumed) (14 Jun 2018)

Seán Fleming: The Deputy has five minutes.

Public Accounts Committee: Implications of CervicalCheck Revelations (Resumed) (14 Jun 2018)

Seán Fleming: Before I call the next speaker, I wish to clarify this assumption bit. I read from the letter of the State Claims Agency. In fact, did all the treating clinicians inform the women at that point?

Public Accounts Committee: Implications of CervicalCheck Revelations (Resumed) (14 Jun 2018)

Seán Fleming: How did Mr. Gleeson come to the assumption that they had done so? Just answer that question. Mr. Gleeson's entire answer here today is based on his assumption that they had. Everybody now knows that they were not so informed. How did he arrive at that assumption, which we now know was not matched by reality? The assumption made by Mr. Gleeson is the issue here. He has used the word...