Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 27 November 2013

Public Accounts Committee

2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 39 - Health Service Executive

4:05 pm

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

Let me outline the last topic I want to raise. Has Mr. O'Brien any concerns regarding public procurement guidelines? I will pick an example that has been mentioned in the newspapers a lot. I am reading from a document stating the National Maternity Hospital has outsourced some of its obstetric scans to a private clinic next door that is run by a partnership including the master and other consultants. Would there be a conflict of interest in terms of public procurement? Would any of the individuals be on the board of directors of the foundation?

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