Results 1-20 of 32 for cervical speaker:Seán Fleming

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Irish Aid (24 Oct 2023)

Seán Fleming: ...with the Governments of Mozambique, Zimbabwe and Ethiopia. This funding was used to improve the treatment of pre-eclampsia in pregnant women, reduce mother-to-child transmission of HIV, improve diagnosis of cervical and paediatric cancers, and pilot community health insurance. Our funding was not used for the provision of abortion-related services. In this period, €1,109,232...

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 21 - Accounts of the National Treasury Management Agency
National Treasury Management Agency Financial Statements 2018 (4 Jul 2019)

Seán Fleming: Clearly, people in the HSE were familiar with the cervical cancer issue because it was going before the High Court. Yet, there did not seem to be any communication within the HSE for that to be known at senior level.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (17 Jan 2019)

Seán Fleming: ...correspondence. No. 1809B is correspondence received from the Department of Health, providing information notes requested by the committee on the costs associated with the decision to offer free cervical screening; the records retention policy in place, in particular, for procurement-related documents and changes to be made to the policy; and the terms of reference and assessment...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (17 Jan 2019)

Seán Fleming: The Minister was asked whether a note on the costs associated with the decision to offer free cervical screening and advice received could be provided. He is talking about free cervical screening, but women are only have the test they were due to have in the future. I am concerned because a large number of women will be screened less in the future. They will be screened three or five years...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (22 Nov 2018)

Seán Fleming: We will note that request straightaway. No. 1513 is correspondence received from the State Claims Agency on non-cervical cancer screening. It is an old letter that was received in August. As we have discussed it, we will note and publish it. According to the schedule, it was held over. No. 1526 is correspondence received from Mr. Ray Mitchell of the HSE providing follow-up...

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 15: Hepatitis C Treatment in Ireland
Management of Medical Negligence (22 Nov 2018)

Seán Fleming: ...matter, one of the specific reasons we are here today is the case of the late Brigid McCole. It was just a few weeks ago that we spoke about the case of Emma Mhic Mhathúna in the context of the cervical cancer issue. The public sees a connection when these cases of medical negligence arise. The State had a responsibility 15 years ago and following a tribunal, €1.5 billion in...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (18 Oct 2018)

Seán Fleming: ...programme. Today's programme is in front of us. Next week, we will be dealing with matters relating to housing. On 8 November, we will be dealing with the State Claims Agency in the context of cervical cancer and thalidomide. I want to raise with the State Claims Agency the issue of medical negligence, which is significant. We will write to the agency in advance seeking a breakdown....

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 Oct 2018)

Seán Fleming: ...should have known about this one. We will have representatives from the Revenue Commissioners before us on 1 November. The following week - on 8 November - we will consider matters related to cervical cancer and thalidomide litigation. We will examine how the State Claims Agency is handling all of these cases. The thalidomide issue is long-standing. On 15 November we will ask the...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (Resumed) (4 Oct 2018)

Seán Fleming: ...held over was No.1513B, correspondence receivedfrom Mr. Ciarán Breen, director of the State Claims Agency, providing further details as requested by the committee of the status of non-screening cervical cancer misdiagnosis claims. We agreed to note and publish the correspondence and hold it over for further discussion at a later meeting. We will discuss the State Claims Agency and...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (27 Sep 2018)

Seán Fleming: ...issues. The next item of correspondence is No. 1513 Bfrom Mr. Ciarán Breen, director of the State Claims Agency, providing further details requested by the committee on the status of the non-screening cervical cancer misdiagnosis claims. We will be coming to that matter separately. We might go into private session at the end of this part of the meeting to discuss the best way for...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (27 Sep 2018)

Seán Fleming: .... No. 1565 is from Deputy David Cullinane regarding a proposed invitation to Dr. Gabriel Scally regarding his report. We will deal with that separately in the context of how we deal with the cervical cancer as part of our role compared to the role of the Joint Committee on Health. No. 1580 is from me, proposing that the committee examine Vote 1. There will be no further discussion....

Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 23: Accounts of the National Treasury Management Agency
National Treasury Management Agency: Financial Statements 2017 (12 Jul 2018)

Seán Fleming: Does Mr. Breen have a figure of other claims about cervical cancer which are not part of the 221?

Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts (Resumed)
Chapter 23: Accounts of the National Treasury Management Agency (Resumed)
National Treasury Management Agency: Financial Statements 2017 (Resumed) (12 Jul 2018)

Seán Fleming: They seem to be doing work on alternative mechanisms, mediation and the cervical cancer issue because of the time issues involved in some of the cases, but why have they not moved to deal with more of that on the other cases?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (5 Jul 2018)

Seán Fleming: ...accounts, Vote 38 for 2016 and the HSE financial statements 2017. However, the committee decided to provide up to one hour at the beginning of the meeting to deal specifically with the cervical cancer crisis issue. We will proceed with our examination of the financial statements after that. We will take the routine business of the committee in the afternoon. There are a number of items...

Public Accounts Committee: Implications of CervicalCheck Revelations (Resumed) (5 Jul 2018)

Seán Fleming: That is exactly my point. For those who cannot see the chart, it details that women participating in cervical screening go to the general practitioner, GP, clinics and the laboratory has a collection system involving a pre-addressed envelope being sent to the laboratory for processing. The laboratory reports are then sent to the GPs or clinics. Are the witnesses saying that when the work...

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Financial Statements of the HSE
2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Department of Health (5 Jul 2018)

Seán Fleming: On the CervicalCheck issue, I do not understand why everyone is using the word "audit" all day. I would have thought it was very simple. If somebody is diagnosed with cervical cancer, the obvious thing to do would be to look at whatever information is on file in the system about that person. That should include any screening that was done. An audit is not needed. If somebody is...

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Financial Statements of the HSE
2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Department of Health (5 Jul 2018)

Seán Fleming: In the chart given to the committee which was referred to this morning, the process starts with a national screening programme letter inviting women to participate in free cervical screening. At the bottom, it says a letter advising women of the availability of results and recommendation has also been sent to the GP. Are we saying that in all these cases the GP has something in his or her...

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Financial Statements of the HSE
2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Department of Health (5 Jul 2018)

Seán Fleming: ...in the service plan. The HSE is down €200 million for the first two months of the year, which was reported last week. The figure will be higher figure as the year goes on. The payments for the cervical check issue must not come out of the patient care budget. The HSE will have to provide additional resources for that otherwise it will be taken from the health services, which...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (28 Jun 2018)

Seán Fleming: ...comply with the contract. The parliamentary question to which I received a reply on 14 February can be referred to the HSE in order that it will be aware of the topic. I will come to the CervicalCheck issue in a moment. However, the other issue I want the HSE to deal relates to a particular point. We received a letter from a dental surgeon about the dental treatment service. The...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (28 Jun 2018)

Seán Fleming: Since the cervical cancer issue blew up, the national director of the cervical screening programme, Dr. Gráinne Flannelly, has stepped aside. I have looked at her press release on a few occasions and the phrase used is "step aside". I want to know if Dr. Flannelly is still in the employment of the HSE. If so, she should be here. She cannot say that she is taking her salary and is...