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

4:15 pm

Mr. Tony O'Brien:

That theoretical possibility exists. However, it is clear the type of facilitation the Chairman referred to, such as temporary accommodation, is encompassed by the overall subsistence and travel regime. There are very limited circumstances in which a detention rate can be applied. Such a payment must also have the sanction of the Department of Health with the approval of the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform.