Áine Collins (Cork North West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

While I accept that they all have their own audit because they are separate legal entities and that the audited accounts will be done in a particular way which is within auditing standards, surely it would be simple to provide a chart of accounts that HSE needed information on. It would get bank balances and all the other information that the HSE would need. Such a chart would be simple to design, would give the HSE the information it requires and would be part of their service level agreement and compliance statement at the end of every year. Bodies would also have to design policies and governance that the HSE requires - for example, that the term of a board can only be three years, five years or whatever. When that was done, they would have to sign off on all of it.