Seán Fleming (Laois, Fianna Fail)
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The first item on the next page is a special account for the purpose of the health repayment scheme, 2006. The last item is the Pre-Hospital Emergency Care Council. That is a different organisation we did not know about. We note those accounts and we will move on again.

The next item is Aontacht Phobal Teorannta, and the last item is the HSE 2015 accounts. It goes without saying the HSE representatives will be in specifically to discuss their 2015 accounts in the autumn.

There is a qualification in the HSE’s account. There is a significant level of non-competitive procurement and a lack of evidence of competitive procurement in regard to 30%, by value, of a sample of payments valued at €29.6 million. Note 9 to the accounts discloses the reversal of a provisional €9 million in regard to compensation payable to suppliers from March 2013, when revised regulations on late payments commenced. The provision was reversed on foot of legal advice received in March of that year. It stated suppliers were not automatically entitled to such compensation. Note 29 discloses a contingent liability in relation to compensation for late payment which may be claimed by suppliers. Will Mr. McCarthy state whether that was a provision for late payment that does not have to be made?