Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

The question that Deputy Adams asked about top-up payments is the subject of a direction from the Minister for Health to the HSE to deal with this matter, whereby unapproved unauthorised top-up payments that breached the public pay service agreement were paid to certain personnel. The section 38 agencies have been called in before the HSE this week. The Central Remedial Clinic is in before the Committee of Public Accounts tomorrow. I expect there will be frank exchanges at all of these meetings. I do not agree that this warrants an independent public inquiry. I believe that the instructions given by the Minister for Health will be seen through by the HSE and, for its part, by the Committee of Public Accounts, in the discussions they have.

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