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
John Deasy (Waterford, Fine Gael)
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I am parking that issue too. I wish to get to the root of the issue. Is it wise for the head of the Health Service Executive or any other HSE employee to accept a fee, even if it goes to charity, and expenses for attending a conference? We must bear a very important thing in mind, namely, that the HSE deals with these companies which supply services to it. This is, therefore, a pretty obvious question. If I asked the Comptroller and Auditor General if he would accept a trip to Madrid from a private company, the immediate answer would be "No". My guess is that if there was a-----