Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 27 June 2019
Public Accounts Committee
Health Service Executive Financial Statements 2018
2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Department of Health
Chapter 16 - Control of Private Patient Activity in Acute Public Hospitals
9:00 am
Alan Kelly (Tipperary, Labour)
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It is a national strategy, endorsed by the Government, and the Minister for Health speaks about it a great deal. As an Opposition spokesperson, I support it 100%. That €5 million cannot be found for the new maternity hospital exemplifies the problem, although I use it only as an example. It exemplifies that re-profiling is taking place. I believe I have proven my point.