Seán Fleming (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I welcome Mr. O'Brien and his colleagues to the meeting and thank them for having submitted - in the last few moments - this schedule summarising the level of compliance to members. Essentially, the HSE's documentation states that out of the 43 agencies that have replied, only seven are fully compliant. As far as the HSE is concerned, 36 of the 43 are not yet compliant . Given the internal audit report was completed on 15 March and several months have passed, could more progress had been made with the aforementioned 36 agencies? Is the HSE satisfied at the rate of progress in recent months? Mr. O'Brien provided members with an update on the implementation of the 22 audit recommendations. In light of the recent information the HSE has received, does that schedule require revision regarding the level of progress? Some agencies were indicating compliance would be achieved by certain dates but in light of the more recent information received, this appears to have been moved somewhat. I accept the report the HSE gave to the committee on 14 November probably was valid up to that time. However, has the HSE subsequently received any information that might oblige it to revise that report? Essentially, is Mr. O'Brien happy with the HSE's progress in respect of the aforementioned 36 agencies?