Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 15 June 2017
Public Accounts Committee
HSE Financial Statements 2015 and 2016
Clarification of Matters Relating to Meeting of 2 February 2016
9:00 am
Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Social Democrats) | Oireachtas source
There is a St. John of God facility in Celbridge which provides services to people with intellectual disabilities, and there have been cutbacks in service provision there, such as to transport and respite services and the fact only cold food is now provided to children in the day services. These services rely very heavily on fund-raising by parents and other supporters. When public attention is drawn to the additional payments, there is a detrimental impact on people's trust, and this affects the charitable side of the organisation, resulting in an additional loss of funds which can be raised. When something like this happens, does the HSE calculate it in its service model?
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