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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Supplementary Report of Scoping Inquiry into CervicalCheck Programme: Discussion (4 Jul 2019)

Bernard Durkan: Does Dr. Scally believe that a debate or dialogue between the clinicians and, perhaps, legal advisers and patient advocates needs to take place now to bring about an ongoing improvement in the system?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Supplementary Report of Scoping Inquiry into CervicalCheck Programme: Discussion (4 Jul 2019)

Bernard Durkan: Is Dr. Scally saying it needs to be done as a matter of urgency?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Supplementary Report of Scoping Inquiry into CervicalCheck Programme: Discussion (4 Jul 2019)

Bernard Durkan: Dr. Scally will, I am sure, hope to make recommendations to that effect?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Supplementary Report of Scoping Inquiry into CervicalCheck Programme: Discussion (4 Jul 2019)

Bernard Durkan: It has come to my attention that one of the gaps in the system is the consistency of the evaluation process and dealing with errors. Unforeseen gaps in the system can occur from time to time even in the best run organisations, which can lead to errors. In various businesses, there are errors that cannot be avoided and there are enforced errors, which should not be happening. Would Dr....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Supplementary Report of Scoping Inquiry into CervicalCheck Programme: Discussion (4 Jul 2019)

Bernard Durkan: Is Dr. Scally satisfied, within reason, that those issues can be addressed to improve the quality and reliability of the service?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Supplementary Report of Scoping Inquiry into CervicalCheck Programme: Discussion (4 Jul 2019)

Bernard Durkan: Yes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Supplementary Report of Scoping Inquiry into CervicalCheck Programme: Discussion (4 Jul 2019)

Bernard Durkan: The Chairman will be glad to know I will come to a conclusion shortly. Dr. Scally mentioned that non-disclosure should not have happened.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Supplementary Report of Scoping Inquiry into CervicalCheck Programme: Discussion (4 Jul 2019)

Bernard Durkan: However, the fact of it did not necessarily have an impact on the welfare and well-being of the patients.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Supplementary Report of Scoping Inquiry into CervicalCheck Programme: Discussion (4 Jul 2019)

Bernard Durkan: Does Dr. Scally mean that in terms of confidence?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Supplementary Report of Scoping Inquiry into CervicalCheck Programme: Discussion (4 Jul 2019)

Bernard Durkan: Does Dr. Scally think that the non-disclosure and the lack of confidence arising from it can be and is likely to be addressed? Does he also think the clinicians and all those involved, laboratories and others, have had the need impressed on them to be sufficiently frank with their patients and disclose the information to the patients as and when it is available?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Supplementary Report of Scoping Inquiry into CervicalCheck Programme: Discussion (4 Jul 2019)

Bernard Durkan: As opposed to concealing information from patients.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Supplementary Report of Scoping Inquiry into CervicalCheck Programme: Discussion (4 Jul 2019)

Bernard Durkan: Would a code of conduct be of any assistance? One would have expected one to be in place.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Supplementary Report of Scoping Inquiry into CervicalCheck Programme: Discussion (4 Jul 2019)

Bernard Durkan: Adherence to a code of conduct would actually protect the clinicians, the institutions and confidence in the system.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agrifood Sector (3 Jul 2019)

Bernard Durkan: 54. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which he continues to press for new markets for the agrifood sector with emphasis on replacements for those to be lost through Brexit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28234/19]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Industry (3 Jul 2019)

Bernard Durkan: 63. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which he can expect to achieve carbon reduction targets while maintaining agricultural output having particular regard to the fact that the agricultural sector nationally is much more carbon efficient than in most other countries; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28235/19]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Applications (3 Jul 2019)

Bernard Durkan: 102. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the progress to date in the determination of passport applications in the cases of persons (details supplied); when the application process has concluded and if successful, if the passports applied for through the Irish Embassy in Ottawa can be returned in one package to a person; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28330/19]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (3 Jul 2019)

Bernard Durkan: 265. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the degree to which the relatively low levels of carbon emissions of Ireland have been compared with the higher level in other jurisdictions when calculating reduction targets; the extent to which such comparisons have resulted in lower targets for the agri-food industry here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28585/19]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (3 Jul 2019)

Bernard Durkan: 266. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which increased forestry is likely to play a role in meeting the carbon reduction targets of Ireland. [28586/19]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (3 Jul 2019)

Bernard Durkan: 267. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the proportion of non-arable wetlands and the extent to which such lands are reckonable in terms of carbon reduction; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28587/19]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agrifood Sector (3 Jul 2019)

Bernard Durkan: 268. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which he remains satisfied that the carbon reduction targets set for the agrifood sector remain attainable without damaging the industry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28588/19]