Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 27 June 2019

Public Accounts Committee

Health Service Executive Financial Statements 2018
2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Department of Health
Chapter 16 - Control of Private Patient Activity in Acute Public Hospitals

9:00 am

Photo of Marc MacSharryMarc MacSharry (Sligo-Leitrim, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I know we can never say never. However, if it is a journey we are on in regard to the section 38s, the HSE too seems to be on a journey in terms of righting the wrongs. It needs to have a mechanism to ensure that, where a service, product or otherwise is being provided at the best possible value for money, there is no internal ownership that would leave a grubby complexion. As part of the journey we are on, we need to come up with a mechanism to ensure people declare that and to ensure it is known, so the process is above reproach.

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