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Public Accounts Committee: Implications of CervicalCheck Revelations (Resumed)
2016 Financial Statements of the State Claims Agency (Resumed)
2016 Financial Statements of the HSE (Resumed) (17 May 2018)

David Cullinane: It does not cut it for those women. Was the decision by one of the labs essentially to send legal letters instructing the HSE and CervicalCheck not to send out letters one of the reasons for women not being informed?

Public Accounts Committee: Implications of CervicalCheck Revelations (Resumed)
2016 Financial Statements of the State Claims Agency (Resumed)
2016 Financial Statements of the HSE (Resumed) (17 May 2018)

David Cullinane: Was the legal representation made by one of the labs a contributing factor to the decision not to inform all of the women? The memo states: "Pause all letters."

Public Accounts Committee: Implications of CervicalCheck Revelations (Resumed)
2016 Financial Statements of the State Claims Agency (Resumed)
2016 Financial Statements of the HSE (Resumed) (17 May 2018)

David Cullinane: Why did the March memo state "Pause all letters"? What was the rationale?

Public Accounts Committee: Implications of CervicalCheck Revelations (Resumed)
2016 Financial Statements of the State Claims Agency (Resumed)
2016 Financial Statements of the HSE (Resumed) (17 May 2018)

David Cullinane: Who had sought a meeting?

Public Accounts Committee: Implications of CervicalCheck Revelations (Resumed)
2016 Financial Statements of the State Claims Agency (Resumed)
2016 Financial Statements of the HSE (Resumed) (17 May 2018)

David Cullinane: This is my final point. The laboratory was part of the problem in terms of not wanting the women to get the information. According to a briefing note that Arthur Cox gave to the HSE, there were no contractual issues and CervicalCheck was free to send the letters.

Public Accounts Committee: Implications of CervicalCheck Revelations (Resumed)
2016 Financial Statements of the State Claims Agency (Resumed)
2016 Financial Statements of the HSE (Resumed) (17 May 2018)

David Cullinane: That was not done until June. It was done on the basis of agreement with the lab, even though the HSE's own legal advice was that-----

Public Accounts Committee: Implications of CervicalCheck Revelations (Resumed)
2016 Financial Statements of the State Claims Agency (Resumed)
2016 Financial Statements of the HSE (Resumed) (17 May 2018)

David Cullinane: It is. I have all of the documentation and information we have been given. A briefing note from Arthur Cox told the HSE that there was no breach in contract and CervicalCheck was free to send the letters. It was not until June that a decision was taken to do so, and CervicalCheck reached an agreement with the lab. It strikes me that pressure from one of the labs contributed, at least in...

Public Accounts Committee: Implications of CervicalCheck Revelations (Resumed)
2016 Financial Statements of the State Claims Agency (Resumed)
2016 Financial Statements of the HSE (Resumed) (17 May 2018)

David Cullinane: When Dr. O'Keeffe says "they", who is she talking about?

Public Accounts Committee: Management of Legal Costs and Policy on Open Disclosure (Resumed)
Implications of CervicalCheck Revelations (Resumed)
2016 Financial Statements of the State Claims Agency (Resumed)
2016 Financial Statements of the HSE (Resumed) (16 May 2018)

David Cullinane: I do not know what to say to Vicky, Stephen and others. Thank you for coming here and sharing your stories with us. As you know, we had representatives of the HSE and Department before us last week. We will have more representatives before us tomorrow. Some of those people that Stephen spoke about that knew about the strategy, the memo and the cover-up which has been referred to, will be...

Public Accounts Committee: Management of Legal Costs and Policy on Open Disclosure (Resumed)
Implications of CervicalCheck Revelations (Resumed)
2016 Financial Statements of the State Claims Agency (Resumed)
2016 Financial Statements of the HSE (Resumed) (16 May 2018)

David Cullinane: I have one small point. In those same exchanges there is a note that says that the legal firm Arthur Cox had given the advice that there was no contractual issues and it still took months.

Mandatory Open Disclosure: Motion (15 May 2018)

David Cullinane: We are discussing this motion because of the recent CervicalCheck scandal, which will not be solved behind closed doors. It can only be resolved in public and there needs to be public accountability. The Committee of Public Accounts has a duty to examine these issues, as does the Joint Committee on Health. They should be able to do their work and be supported in that regard. Last week, the...

Palestine: Statements (15 May 2018)

David Cullinane: The Minister knows what is the right thing to do. For decades people in this State and on the island of Ireland have shown solidarity with the Palestinian people. Time and again, when we have massacres such as the recent one, we come into this Chamber and hear empathy and empty platitudes from Ministers but we do not see any real action. What we saw on our television screens yesterday, and...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Brexit Issues (15 May 2018)

David Cullinane: The answer is that the North does not have to be outside the European Union. It should be part of it because that is how the people voted. It is interesting that there are, rightly, proposals on the table to effectively keep the North in the customs union, the Single Market and the legal architecture of the European Union for trade purposes. Why can the same approach not be taken to...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Brexit Issues (15 May 2018)

David Cullinane: 25. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the details of the protections of human rights in Northern Ireland post Brexit as outlined in the Good Friday Agreement; the measures proposed for the protection of the voting rights of EU citizens in Northern Ireland post Brexit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21482/18]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Brexit Issues (15 May 2018)

David Cullinane: My question is on the rights of EU citizens who live in the North and how, in a post-Brexit situation, their political, social and economic rights can be protected.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Brexit Issues (15 May 2018)

David Cullinane: We need to translate that goodwill into tangible proposals so that Irish citizens in the North who are also European citizens will know exactly where they stand in a post-Brexit situation. The Good Friday Agreement recognises that someone in Northern Ireland can be Irish and British and hold both passports and citizenships as a birthright. As with many other Brexit issues, however, the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Delays (15 May 2018)

David Cullinane: 445. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons due to receive IV treatment within 15 days in University Hospital Waterford that had their treatment delayed by more than 15 days by values (details supplied) in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21409/18]

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (10 May 2018)

David Cullinane: I wish to raise a matter that arises from last week's meeting with the representatives from RTÉ and the issue of bogus self-employment. It was confirmed to the committee that one in four workers is on a bogus self-employment contract. An issue that was not raised, and it was raised with me later by a number of staff who contacted me to tell me they are in that position, is that there...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (10 May 2018)

David Cullinane: -----between a person who is employed directly and one who is employed indirectly? Then we can do the mathematics ourselves and see what the loss is.

Public Accounts Committee: State Claims, Management of Legal Costs and Policy on Open Disclosure
Implications of CervicalCheck Revelations
2016 Financial Statements of the State Claims Agency
2016 Financial Statements of the HSE (10 May 2018)

David Cullinane: Mr. O'Brien needs to step back.