John McGuinness (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

No. 3A.1 is correspondence received on 12 February 2014 from Mr. Ray Mitchell, HSE. It is a follow-up to issues raised at the committee meeting of 16 January 2014. It is to be noted and published.

No. 3A.2 is correspondence received on 13 February 2014 from Mr. Brian Conlan, former CEO of the CRC, with regard to a correction to the record of the Committee of Public Accounts meeting of 16 January 2014. It is to be noted and published. This matter will be dealt with when we have our next meeting on the CRC, which is likely to take place in April.

Nos. 3A.3 is correspondence received on 14 February 2014 from Mr. Ray Mitchell, HSE, about an update on section 38 agencies. This is to be noted and published. We will hear from the HSE at next week’s meeting about what action is being taken to bring section 38 bodies into line and we will have to review our position in respect of those that are not compliant. It is likely that all non-compliant bodies will be asked to appear before the committee after Easter, or before Easter if we can manage the work programme that way. I refer also to No. 3A.7, which is an exchange of correspondence between Professor Noel Whelan and Mr. Tony O’Brien of the HSE regarding the compliance issue. In these letters there is a new commitment that St. Vincent's hospital will be fully compliant at 31 March 2014.