Mary Lou McDonald (Dublin Central, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

One of the issues raised between the Department of Health and the HSE in regard to the section 38s was contained in the audit report where evidence was given that there had been some form of informal understanding vis-à-vis these top-ups. The Chairman will remember I raised it at the last session. I understood that those who carried out the audit would be in communication with the Department of Health to give the names of those organisations where that suggestion was made and that the Department would go back and investigate the matter further. I raise it because I do not see it in any of the correspondence from the HSE and I do not believe we have received anything from the Department of Health to indicate that matter is in hand and is being addressed.