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. Stephen Mulvany:
It has certainly increased. Just to be clear, the HSE is not in any way satisfied with the overall performance in regard to the collection of the private charges. That figure has increased significantly. The €290 million figure was at December 2013. My sense is that it was probably somewhat less at the end of the previous year because there were advance payments then. To be clear, it is a significant issue for us and has been for some time. That is not in doubt. There are a number of components to it which I can go through.
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