Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 12 June 2014
Public Accounts Committee
2012 Annual Report and Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Vote 38 - Health
Vote 39 - Health Service Executive
Chapter 21 - Budget Management in Health Service Executive
Chapter 22 - Eligibility for Medical Cards
11:40 am
Mr. Tony O'Brien:
We are asking them to prove the legal obligation and nobody has yet provided that proof. Therefore, I would not reach the same conclusion as the Deputy at this stage. If someone has a legally enforceable contractual entitlement, it is not a matter for the HSE or anybody else to seek to reach a legal ruling on it. There is an appropriate place for it to be played out and it is not here.
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