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. John Swords:
Yes. I had a good contingency. It is very important to support InterTradeIreland. We do it, North and South, each year and attend other events. On the issue of prompt payment, we regularly meet, as Mr. O'Brien said, ISME, the Small Firms Association and other trade organisations. We interact with the Small Firms Association, in particular, regarding SMEs and various companies across the country at least twice a year with InterTradeIreland. We have a large contingency of category specialists to assist companies in how to do business with the health service and point them in the right direction, working hand in hand with the Office of Government Procurement.
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