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
11:40 am
Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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That makes sense. I am concerned that much of the discussion on probity - this word that has now entered the lexicon - the probity focus has been on medical cards being taken from people who currently hold them. From what I have read and heard from the HSE and the Department of Health, there must be concern about over-payments made to GPs, pharmacists and other. I have heard the Minister for Health publicly refer to claims for payments submitted by GPs and in some cases the HSE reaches a much lower agreed settlement figure with the GP involved. Could Mr. Burke give me a feel for that?