Written answers
Tuesday, 28 May 2019
Department of Health
Departmental Communications
Alan Kelly (Tipperary, Labour)
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287. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 426 of 21 May 2019, if he will provide a list of all meetings, consultations, correspondence and the purposes of each, between Ministers or officials and a person (details supplied) or members of their team since they undertook work in relation to CervicalCheck; if similar information will be provided regarding meetings between HSE officials and the person for the same time period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22741/19]
Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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As outlined in my response to the Deputy's previous question, I and officials from my Department have met with Dr Scally on a number of occasions since the Scoping Inquiry was established. The dates of these meetings, insofar as they have been ascertained following a comprehensive search of records, are outlined in the following table:
| Date | Details |
|---|---|
| 7 May | Preliminary meeting with Department officials on work of the Inquiry |
| 24 May | Dr Scally met with Department officials to facilitate the work of the Inquiry |
| 11 June | Dr Scally met with Minister and Department officials to submit his First and Progress Reports |
| 12 July | Dr Scally participated in a teleconference with Department officials and RCOG representatives |
| 8 August | Dr Scally met with Department official to facilitate the work of the inquiry |
| 28 August | Dr Scally met with Department official to facilitate the work of the inquiry |
| 28 August | Dr Scally met with Department official to facilitate the work of the inquiry |
| 10 September | Dr Scally met with Minister and Department officials to discuss his Final Report |
| 10 October | Dr Scally met with Minister and Department officials to discuss the implementation of his recommendations and the progress of his supplementary report |
| 20 November | Dr Scally met with Department officials to discuss implementation of his recommendations |
| 17 December | Dr Scally met with Department officials to discuss implementation of his recommendations |
| 31 January | Dr Scally attended Minister’s meeting with 221+ Patient Support Group, following which he met with Minister and Department officials to discuss progress of supplementary report |
| 14 February | Dr Scally met with Department officials to discuss progress of supplementary report |
In addition to the above meetings, Dr Scally has corresponded with me or with Department officials on a number of occasions. The details, insofar as have been ascertained following a comprehensive search, are as follows:
| From | To | Date | Subject |
|---|---|---|---|
| Minister | Dr Scally | 8/5/18 | Commencement of Scoping Inquiry |
| Dr Scally | Minister | 16/5/18 | Progress of Scoping Inquiry |
| Dr Scally | Department official | 16/5/18 | Administration of Scoping Inquiry |
| Department official | Dr Scally | 17/5/18 | Indemnification of Scoping Inquiry team members |
| Minister | Dr Scally | 21/5/18 | Administration of Scoping Inquiry |
| Department official | Dr Scally | 21/5/18 | Facilitation of Scoping Inquiry |
| Dr Scally | Minister | 22/5/18 | Declaration of Interests |
| Minister | Dr Scally | 22/5/18 | Administration of Scoping Inquiry |
| Dr Scally | Department official | 30/5/18 | Request for documents |
| Department official | Dr Scally | 1/6/18 | Indemnification of Scoping Inquiry team members |
| Department official | Dr Scally | 7/6/18 | Provision of documents |
| Dr Scally | Department official | 12/6/18 | Request for documents |
| Department official | Dr Scally | 18/6/18 | Provision of Documents |
| Department official | Dr Scally | 19/6/18 | Provision of Documents |
| Department official | Dr Scally | 22/6/18 | Provision of documents |
| Department official | Dr Scally | 6/7/18 | Provision of Documents |
| Department official | Dr Scally | 9/7/18 | Indemnification of Scoping Inquiry team members |
| Minister | Dr Scally | 16/7/19 | Progress of Scoping Inquiry |
| Department official | Crowe representative (on behalf of Dr Scally) | 18/7/18 | Facilitation of Scoping Inquiry |
| Dr Scally | Department official | 8/8/18 | Administration of Scoping Inquiry |
| Dr Scally | Minister | 23/8/18 | Supplementary Report |
| Minister | Dr Scally | 30/8/18 | Supplementary Report |
| Dr Scally | Minister | 31/8/18 | Update on progress of Scoping Inquiry |
| Minister | Dr Scally | 25/10/18 | Administration of Scoping Inquiry |
| Dr Scally | Department official | 1/11/18 | Supplementary Report and Implementation Plan |
| Dr Scally | Minister | 26/11/18 | Implementation Plan |
| Department official | Dr Scally | 27/11/18 | Implementation Plan |
| Dr Scally | Minister Harris | 30/11/18 | Implementation Plan |
| Dr Scally | Minister Harris | 15/2/19 | Update on timeline for supplementary report |
| Crowe representative (on behalf of Dr Scally) | Department official | 26/2/19 | Submission of Progress Report on Implementation |
| Dr Scally | Department official | 2/5/19 | Administration of Scoping Inquiry |
In relation to the Deputy's query regarding meetings between HSE officials and Dr Scally, I have asked the HSE to respond to him directly.
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