Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 22 October 2015
Public Accounts Committee
Health Service Executive Financial Statements 2014
2014 Annual Report and Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Vote 39: Health Service Executive
Chapter 19: Compliance with Prompt Payment Legislation in the Health Sector
Chapter 20: Management of Private Patient Income in the Health Sector
Chapter 21: Control over the Supply of High-Tech Drugs and Medicines
10:00 am
Mr. Tony O'Brien:
The allegations that Deputy Fleming opened up with and that were featured in the programme concerned persons going on private holidays for periods of weeks or more to sun destinations. I attended and spoke at a Europe-wide conference at the invitation of its organiser. Rather than have the taxpayer bear the cost, I felt it reasonable for the organisers to bear it. I was not on holiday. I was speaking at a conference.
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