Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 16 January 2014
Public Accounts Committee
2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 39 - Health Service Executive
Annual Report and Financial Statements 2012
Section 38 - Agencies Remuneration
1:10 pm
John Deasy (Waterford, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source
We are dealing with a twisted web. We are just clipping the tip of this iceberg. I have been introduced to much of this only today. Things have been constructed by members of the board. I will use my words carefully. It seems to me that what was constructed was disingenuous at the very least. I go so far as to say that the details and reasons given for this were completely false in some cases and there is an element of deception here. The donation and how it was regarded within the accounts is a serious matter. I am unsure how we should proceed. Do we bring in members of the board again and ask them what they knew and did not know? My guess is that people will deny they knew anything. There must be some accountability here. I have asked the HSE how it intends to proceed. If Mr. O'Brien accepts what I am saying, and he seems to, the HSE administers and polices this area. I ask again, what does he propose to do regarding this entire situation?
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