Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 28 September 2017

Public Accounts Committee

Health Information and Quality Authority: Financial Statement 2016

9:00 am

Mr. Phelim Quinn:

Absolutely. We said that the largest proportion of our staffing group is within the regulation directorate. The geographic location and spread of designated centres for older persons, people with a disability, hospitals and children's social services is such that they are dispersed widely across the entire country. That means, on the basis of staff location, that in some instances very significant travel and subsistence costs are accrued during the inspection and monitoring processes. We would have a very tight monitoring regime for the approval of staff expenses, making sure that they are actually and necessarily accrued.

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