Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 12 June 2014

Public Accounts Committee

2012 Annual Report and Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Vote 38 - Health
Vote 39 - Health Service Executive
Chapter 21 - Budget Management in Health Service Executive
Chapter 22 - Eligibility for Medical Cards

11:00 am

Mr. Stephen Mulvany:

At different points in time, exercises such as that have been carried out for specific hospitals, either at the hospital's own volition or as part of an exercise. In recent years a significant exercise took place at Tallaght hospital to look at what had led to its deficit position and how that could be reversed. Over time, that deficit has largely been reversed. What the Deputy is referring to-----