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
Marc MacSharry (Sligo-Leitrim, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source
Funnily enough, I said level 7. It does not necessarily have to be a level 8. The Garda Commissioner, Mr. Drew Harris, was before another committee last night and it is a bit like him saying that we have all the laws in place, and there is no need for a police force. Obviously, in practice, that does not work so I think we need something a little bit more robust than there being a policy and therefore nobody is breaking it. I suggest that as part of what is a difficult journey with such a large organisation. It is coming up all the time that it might be embraced.
I will focus on local issues for a moment, as something came up locally which highlighted something that could be potentially worrying. Is there a section 38 organisation called Inspire Wellbeing, or is it a section 39 organisation?
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