Seán Fleming (Laois, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

The HSE has its annual report, some of which contains financial statements, but there are probably 100 other pages in it where the HSE tells us all the good news and how wonderful it is in respect of the different things it is doing. The committee might consider writing to the HSE about the three, four or five items and telling it that it wants a specific section in the annual report on the fair deal scheme, patients' income, capital expenditure and procurement or whatever, rather than just a paragraph. We want to see the HSE devoting a bit of effort before it produces its next annual report such that when it produces this report, there is something specific on these issues. We do not have to agree that today but I think we can put the onus on the HSE to be forewarned and have the information for us and tell it that before it produces its annual report, we will be focusing on these areas.