Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 22 October 2015
Public Accounts Committee
Health Service Executive Financial Statements 2014
2014 Annual Report and Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Vote 39: Health Service Executive
Chapter 19: Compliance with Prompt Payment Legislation in the Health Sector
Chapter 20: Management of Private Patient Income in the Health Sector
Chapter 21: Control over the Supply of High-Tech Drugs and Medicines
10:00 am
Mr. John Swords:
There have been a number of changes in procurement. Since 2010, when we collated the health boards and brought procurement under one roof, we have had two significant changes. One was the introduction of a decision made by the Government in April 2013 to collate public procurement across the public sector and have divisions within it to help one of them to take the lead in health sector procurement across the public sector, not just within its own area.