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

Photo of Mary Lou McDonaldMary Lou McDonald (Dublin Central, Sinn Fein)
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I know that there are those who are fully in compliance and I expect that. Those who are in compliance are not an issue for us. It is the ones who are not complying that are causing us the difficulty. One would expect a professional to comply. While the HSE speaks of a reduction from 44 days to perhaps 30 days, and then a reduction to perhaps 20 days, it should note the agreed period is 14 working days.