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Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (20 Jun 2019)

Catherine Connolly: 190. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of vacancies on the collaborative forum of former residents of mother and baby homes and related institutions; when the vacancies will be filled; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25990/19]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (20 Jun 2019)

Catherine Connolly: 191. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when the report of the collaborative forum of former residents of mother and baby homes and related institutions will be published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25991/19]

Supplementary Report of the Scoping Inquiry into the CervicalCheck Screening Programme: Statements (19 Jun 2019)

Catherine Connolly: In regard to the ongoing review by the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, the Minister said it is under way and ongoing. What is the completion date?

Supplementary Report of the Scoping Inquiry into the CervicalCheck Screening Programme: Statements (19 Jun 2019)

Catherine Connolly: Will it be published and available by the month of September?

Supplementary Report of the Scoping Inquiry into the CervicalCheck Screening Programme: Statements (19 Jun 2019)

Catherine Connolly: I ask the Minister to come back with more precise times. I presume there were terms of reference and there was a time for beginning and another time for completion. It is particularly important because this was a scoping exercise by Dr. Scally, with a supplementary scoping exercise and then the review by the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, all with a view to seeing...

Supplementary Report of the Scoping Inquiry into the CervicalCheck Screening Programme: Statements (19 Jun 2019)

Catherine Connolly: In regard to outsourcing, who makes the decision and how is it made? Which results are sent to which laboratories and from what part of the country? Is there any differentiation between public and private patients? Can the Minister clarify this?

Supplementary Report of the Scoping Inquiry into the CervicalCheck Screening Programme: Statements (19 Jun 2019)

Catherine Connolly: I understand that. My question is, who makes the decision as to which laboratory the tests go?

Supplementary Report of the Scoping Inquiry into the CervicalCheck Screening Programme: Statements (19 Jun 2019)

Catherine Connolly: It is an important question. I would appreciate it if the Minister would come back to me to clarify how the decision is made and what differentiation there is. In regard to outsourcing, and while I hope I am not misinterpreting him, I welcome the Minister's comments that he would like to see the service reinstated in Ireland and that he has been in consultation with the HSE in regard to...

Supplementary Report of the Scoping Inquiry into the CervicalCheck Screening Programme: Statements (19 Jun 2019)

Catherine Connolly: That is reassuring. In regard to Dr. Scally accepting what Quest and the different companies told him, in regard to rumours that laboratories in Mexico and India were used and bearing in mind he was reassured by the companies there were only a certain number of laboratories and it turned out that was incorrect, why has he taken their reassurance that no other laboratories were being used? I...

Supplementary Report of the Scoping Inquiry into the CervicalCheck Screening Programme: Statements (19 Jun 2019)

Catherine Connolly: I certainly do not want to be making a comment on Dr. Scally, who has produced a good report. However, I would not be taking reassurance. It seems to me he specifically set out that it was as a result of his persistence and that of his team, and their intense questioning, that more information came out. This begs the question that if he continues his intrusive, intensive questioning, more...

Supplementary Report of the Scoping Inquiry into the CervicalCheck Screening Programme: Statements (19 Jun 2019)

Catherine Connolly: The Deputy referred inadvertently to Mrs. Phelan as not being with us any more. I do not think he meant it but he might like to correct the record.

Supplementary Report of the Scoping Inquiry into the CervicalCheck Screening Programme: Statements (19 Jun 2019)

Catherine Connolly: As there is nobody else to speak we will move on to questions and answers. I call Deputy O'Loughlin.

Supplementary Report of the Scoping Inquiry into the CervicalCheck Screening Programme: Statements (19 Jun 2019)

Catherine Connolly: I would like to start by thanking the brave women who brought this matter to our attention, for the courage they showed, particularly the woman who did not sign the confidentiality agreement. Clearly, the existing provisions would not have brought anything to our attention. All of this is retrospective. Certainly our appreciation is due to Dr. Scally but it is to the women that I give my...

Supplementary Report of the Scoping Inquiry into the CervicalCheck Screening Programme: Statements (19 Jun 2019)

Catherine Connolly: Then let me just highlight some. Two recommendations follow on 50 and we will come back to them during the questions. The reason for the supplemental report was that there were issues about which Dr. Scally was worried in respect of tendering, contracting and the operation of laboratories. There were not six laboratories but 16, as my colleagues have said. The use of the laboratories was...

Supplementary Report of the Scoping Inquiry into the CervicalCheck Screening Programme: Statements (19 Jun 2019)

Catherine Connolly: That arises from the fatal decision in 2008 to outsource to Quest and the other companies and to go forward with outsourcing to America, to a company based in Australia, and all the laboratories from Honolulu to Texas. The Minister might elaborate on how quality assurance can be carried out across laboratories with five hours' time difference and 4,000 miles between them. Do teams of Irish...

Proposed Service by Defence Forces with United Nations in Mali: Motion (18 Jun 2019)

Catherine Connolly: Like my colleague, I thought carefully about this motion and read up on it, given that there is a UN mandate. This debate is extremely important because it is the third part of the trinity, namely, the UN resolution and authorisation by the Government and the Dáil. The Minister of State's speech gave us absolutely no background or context as to why he recommends that we send troops to...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Departmental Reports (18 Jun 2019)

Catherine Connolly: 567. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when the final report of the national review panel on the abuse of children in the care of the health board-HSE (2003-2011), the summary report of which was published in May 2019, will be published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25037/19]

Joint Standing Committee on the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Islands: Polasaí don Oideachas Gaeltachta 2017-2022: Plé (18 Jun 2019)

Catherine Connolly: Cuirim fáilte roimh na baill uilig. Os ár gcomhair inniu tá an Roinn Oideachais agus Scileanna. Faoi chaibidil tá an Polasaí don Oideachas Gaeltachta 2017-2022 agus an dul chun cinn atá déanta ina leith. Bhí mé chun a rá gurb é an t-aon tuar dóchais ó thaobh na Gaeilge de ach b'fhéidir go bhfuil sé seo...

Joint Standing Committee on the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Islands: Polasaí don Oideachas Gaeltachta 2017-2022: Plé (18 Jun 2019)

Catherine Connolly: An bhfuil an figiúr socraithe go fóill?

Joint Standing Committee on the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Islands: Polasaí don Oideachas Gaeltachta 2017-2022: Plé (18 Jun 2019)

Catherine Connolly: Tá próiseas ar siúl.