Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 23 April 2015

Public Accounts Committee

2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 39 - Health Service Executive
Chapter 14 - Procurement by the Health Service Executive
Health Service Executive Financial Statements 2013

10:00 am

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

I know that. I have it all here. I have the names and how they were selected. I support Deputy Deasy in his remarks that this is an effort by the HSE to cover up what went on. Referring it to the Garda is just a method of prolonging it. In the correspondence I have here, the HSE refers to "the final report". The HSE has never published that final report. It has never even gone to the whistleblowers and discussed the final report. As I understand it, one of those whistleblowers had to raise the issue publicly at a meeting on Áras Attracta and ask what stage it was at. That does not show an organisation which is concerned about this and which will deal with it. Meanwhile, as we discuss facts and figures, there are 30 or 40 individuals who may very well need assistance and support because of what happened. Finally, in terms of-----

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