Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 23 April 2015
Public Accounts Committee
2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 39 - Health Service Executive
Chapter 14 - Procurement by the Health Service Executive
Health Service Executive Financial Statements 2013
10:00 am
Mr. Tony O'Brien:
It is clear to me from the information I have available which does not yet amount to full disclosure that 56% of the consultants admitting to the private hospital have contracts which in the ordinary course do not allow them to do so. There were substantial commitments made at the committee by the then chairman of the hospital, a distinguished former Secretary General to the Government. He was very clear and pursued those commitments while he remained in office. He was removed from the position by the shareholders of the group. Since that time, while we have been given various assurances, we have not had full disclosure.