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Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2023 - Children's Health Ireland
Financial Statements - National Treatment Purchase Fund (3 Jul 2025)

Catherine Ardagh: I thank Ms Nugent and Ms Hardiman for attending the committee. Ms Hardiman is a previous CEO and has done a lot of work, especially in terms of getting the children's hospital to where it is. The opening of the hospital will be a very proud day for her. That work has to be acknowledged. I do not know whether someone is here from the Department of Health who can answer this but in...

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2023 - Children's Health Ireland
Financial Statements - National Treatment Purchase Fund (3 Jul 2025)

Catherine Ardagh: Yes, I know that. Did CHI not contribute to the payment for that report?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2023 - Children's Health Ireland
Financial Statements - National Treatment Purchase Fund (3 Jul 2025)

Catherine Ardagh: On the last occasion, we had Department of Health officials and they were able to answer that. I do not believe Ms Nugent can answer that question for me. In relation to surgeon A referenced in that report, is that the same surgeon we have discussed previously who is on administrative leave?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2023 - Children's Health Ireland
Financial Statements - National Treatment Purchase Fund (3 Jul 2025)

Catherine Ardagh: That surgeon is on paid administrative leave.

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2023 - Children's Health Ireland
Financial Statements - National Treatment Purchase Fund (3 Jul 2025)

Catherine Ardagh: When did the paid administrative leave start?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2023 - Children's Health Ireland
Financial Statements - National Treatment Purchase Fund (3 Jul 2025)

Catherine Ardagh: We heard evidence from Bernard Gloster on Naas General Hospital yesterday. He was unable to give us specifics but Ms Brady was. Two other hospitals have been mentioned. Is Ms Brady able to give us any more specifics on National Treatment Purchase Fund irregularities at those hospitals?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2023 - Children's Health Ireland
Financial Statements - National Treatment Purchase Fund (3 Jul 2025)

Catherine Ardagh: Could Ms Brady furnish the committee with an answer to my question the day after tomorrow, so we may have it at our next meeting?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2023 - Children's Health Ireland
Financial Statements - National Treatment Purchase Fund (3 Jul 2025)

Catherine Ardagh: It is alleged that some of the medical care was conducted within normal working hours. Is that one of the themes Ms Brady is seeing across the board or was that an irregularity when it came to Beaumont Hospital?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2023 - Children's Health Ireland
Financial Statements - National Treatment Purchase Fund (3 Jul 2025)

Catherine Ardagh: It is an isolated incident and Ms Brady has not come across it since.

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2023 - Children's Health Ireland
Financial Statements - National Treatment Purchase Fund (3 Jul 2025)

Catherine Ardagh: I think Ms Brady said Kingsbridge Hospital in Belfast was one of the NTPF's major benefactors.

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2023 - Children's Health Ireland
Financial Statements - National Treatment Purchase Fund (3 Jul 2025)

Catherine Ardagh: How much would that hospital group receive annually?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2023 - Children's Health Ireland
Financial Statements - National Treatment Purchase Fund (3 Jul 2025)

Catherine Ardagh: I want to move on to the NTPF's funding and support of the fair deal scheme. I know from the Comptroller and Auditor General's report that the NTPF has responsibility for negotiating pricing with nursing homes when it comes to the fair deal. What checks does the NTPF undertake when setting the price paid to an individual nursing home under the fair deal scheme?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2023 - Children's Health Ireland
Financial Statements - National Treatment Purchase Fund (3 Jul 2025)

Catherine Ardagh: Does the NTPF carry out checks after the agreement is reached to ensure the prices are adhered to?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2023 - Children's Health Ireland
Financial Statements - National Treatment Purchase Fund (3 Jul 2025)

Catherine Ardagh: If there is overcharging, does it come back onto Mr. Flood's desk?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2023 - Children's Health Ireland
Financial Statements - National Treatment Purchase Fund (3 Jul 2025)

Catherine Ardagh: If the nursing home increases the fees subsequent to the negotiation does Mr. Flood revisit that?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2023 - Children's Health Ireland
Financial Statements - National Treatment Purchase Fund (3 Jul 2025)

Catherine Ardagh: What if a nursing home charges over the maximum allowable price and has it happened?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2023 - Children's Health Ireland
Financial Statements - National Treatment Purchase Fund (3 Jul 2025)

Catherine Ardagh: Does the NTPF have a role in assessing whether the appropriate level of care is being given in a nursing home?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2023 - Children's Health Ireland
Financial Statements - National Treatment Purchase Fund (3 Jul 2025)

Catherine Ardagh: A lot of us watched the recent "Prime Time Investigates" programme on nursing homes. If the NTPF hears that a nursing home is not providing adequate levels of care and it receives substantial funding from the NTPF, the NTPF has no role in withholding funding.

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2023 - Children's Health Ireland
Financial Statements - National Treatment Purchase Fund (3 Jul 2025)

Catherine Ardagh: Does the NTPF have any monitoring or oversight role at all?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2023 - Children's Health Ireland
Financial Statements - National Treatment Purchase Fund (3 Jul 2025)

Catherine Ardagh: We know about all of governance irregularities and clinical discrepancies at CHI and as my colleague pointed out earlier it is the child and their family who are at the centre of it. We are here today trying to disclose facts. We are not trying to prosecute. However, it is important the families remain our sole motivator to ensure that children get the best care possible and that the...