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:

That is a difficult question to answer. If only those consultants whose contracts in the ordinary course allow them to provide services in a private hospital were to do so, it would radically change the landscape in terms of the level of activity at St. Vincent's Private Hospital. The particularities of its bed complement versus its theatre complement suggest it could be very challenging for it.