Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 27 November 2013

Public Accounts Committee

2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 39 - Health Service Executive

4:05 pm

Dr. Geraldine Smith:

Payments from the HSE cannot be released until tax clearance certificates are in place. Our AP systems are set up such that there has to be a valid tax clearance certificate before payments are processed.