Results 21-32 of 32 for cervical speaker:Seán Fleming

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

Seán Fleming: We want that clarified. The public is looking to the Oireachtas, although I know we have Professor Scally's inquiry and we are going to have a commission of investigation. When the cervical cancer issue blew up, the director general of the HSE resigned, Dr. Gráinne Flannelly stepped aside and Charles O'Hanlon, who was the programme manager, has been unavailable. The three senior...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (31 May 2018)

Seán Fleming: ...June. We move on to the rest of our correspondence. That was correspondence No. 1338 from the HSE. The next item is correspondence Nos. 1339B, 1340B and 1341B. These are all connected with the cervical cancer issue and corporate risk registers. We will deal with the matter in a moment.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (31 May 2018)

Seán Fleming: ...Purchase Fund and Nursing Homes Ireland on 14 June. No further changes have been made. I will return to discussing the various items of correspondence that have been received in terms of the cervical cancer issue. I will work in reverse. I note that Deputy Darragh O'Brien has indicated. Yesterday, we received a letter from Mr. John Connaghan, director general of the HSE....

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (24 May 2018)

Seán Fleming: ...Claims Agency is headed and refers to the work of the committee. The subject was matters related to the State Claims Agency, management of legal costs, open disclosure, and the implications for CervicalCheck revelations. Also covered were the 2016 financial statements of the State Claims Agency and the 2016 financial statements of the HSE. The Deputy will know that, over recent months,...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (24 May 2018)

Seán Fleming: ...that we forward this item to the Department for a further response on the points as this has come up before. Item No. 1318 is correspondence from an individual on the committee's hearing on cervical cancer. The individual feels this would be more appropriate to be dealt with by the Garda. We will just note that remark. Item No. 1327 is correspondence from UCC on a request for...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (17 May 2018)

Seán Fleming: ...na Gaeilge moving into a new building. We will hold that over until next week. The next item, No. 1291, is from Mr. Ray Mitchell from the HSE dated 10 May. This is the HSE memo regarding the cervical cancer clinical audit process, which was presented to the committee at last week's meeting. We are merely formally noting it today because it arrived during the course of the 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)

Seán Fleming: The screening programme includes cervical screening, breast screening and bowel screening. What was the fourth one?

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)

Seán Fleming: Those are the screenings for the public. One goes to one's GP for cervical screening, one has to go somewhere to get breast screening done-----

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)

Seán Fleming: Perhaps Professor Kerri Clough-Gorr could come in with her perspective on the overall national number of cervical cancers. She should speak to the microphone and not mind who is behind it. It is hard not to make eye contact. It is a case of active versus passive registration. The CervicalCheck group does passive registration of cancer. When it is notified, it logs it as a cancer. What it...

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)

Seán Fleming: This evening we are resuming our discussion on matters related to State claims, management of legal costs, policy on open disclosure and the implications of the CervicalCheck revelations. We are joined by Ms Vicky Phelan, one of the women directly affected by the crisis along with her solicitor, Mr. Cian O'Carroll. We are also joined by Mr. Stephen Teap, the husband of Irene Teap who has...

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)

Seán Fleming: I think at this stage there is just one final point. I want Mr. O'Carroll to clarify something, because we are all a little bit taken aback. People thought there were 3,000 cases of cervical cancer. Is he saying that only 500 have been audited?

Written Answers — Cancer Screening Programme: Cancer Screening Programme (2 Nov 2005)

Seán Fleming: Question 196: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when a nationwide cervical cancer screening programme will be in operation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31359/05]