Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 25 April 2013
Public Accounts Committee
2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 40 - Health Service Executive
Health Service Executive Financial Statements 2011
10:50 am
Mr. Tony O'Brien:
The vast bulk of that will be in respect of consultants who are within terms. In other words, even where all forms are being signed within the required time, because of the overall cash involved in the course of the year there will always be a significant sum associated with forms that are in process, prior to their being ready for consultant sign-off and during the period for consultant sign-off and the separate period when they are with the insurance company.