Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 14 November 2013
Public Accounts Committee
2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 22 - Eligibility for Medical Cards
11:00 am
Kieran O'Donnell (Limerick City, Fine Gael)
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Let me speak about what has been published and the measures involved. A total net saving of €666 million was published as part of the budget, with a medical card probity saving of €113 million. I ask Mr. O'Brien to indicate his view of the figure, the average cost per medical card and the number of medical card holders that will be affected by the measure. Please give us a flavour of the areas where the service plan will involve reference pricing and various other measures. What does "probity" mean?