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- Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
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Health Service Executive Financial Statements 2011 (25 Apr 2013) Kieran O'Donnell: Is Mr. O'Brien saying they are operating manual systems?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
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Health Service Executive Financial Statements 2011 (25 Apr 2013) Kieran O'Donnell: In this day and age?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
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Health Service Executive Financial Statements 2011 (25 Apr 2013) Kieran O'Donnell: Will the HSE reduce the time it takes to 20 days?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
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Health Service Executive Financial Statements 2011 (25 Apr 2013) Kieran O'Donnell: So it will be 21 days within the hospital for the consultants' forms and the HSE will bring it down to 20 days by the end of the year for the consultants' sign-off. There will be a reduction from 88 days to 40 days in getting the form to the insurance company. Is that achievable? How will it be achieved?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
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Health Service Executive Financial Statements 2011 (25 Apr 2013) Kieran O'Donnell: What is the increase in time with regard to payment by the insurance companies?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
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Health Service Executive Financial Statements 2011 (25 Apr 2013) Kieran O'Donnell: Is there no legal basis on which the HSE can ensure the moneys are paid on time?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
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Health Service Executive Financial Statements 2011 (25 Apr 2013) Kieran O'Donnell: Why not?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
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Health Service Executive Financial Statements 2011 (25 Apr 2013) Kieran O'Donnell: Finally, can Mr. O'Brien provide the documentation we requested? He will appreciate that this is something the Committee of Public Accounts will follow up on because it is important that the taxpayer gets value for money.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
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Health Service Executive Financial Statements 2011 (25 Apr 2013) Kieran O'Donnell: There must be a basis for the figure of €61 million.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
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Health Service Executive Financial Statements 2011 (25 Apr 2013) Kieran O'Donnell: Therefore, there must be details on it.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
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Health Service Executive Financial Statements 2011 (25 Apr 2013) Kieran O'Donnell: It appears that it has not been billed. The figure has decreased from €74 million to €70 million to €61 million. Why is it there and why is it taking so long to collect taxpayers' money? Figures for individual hospitals range from as short as ten days to as long as 74 days. What is the longest period for an individual hospital? It is difficult to read these figures.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
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Health Service Executive Financial Statements 2011 (25 Apr 2013) Kieran O'Donnell: What is the shortest?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
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Health Service Executive Financial Statements 2011 (25 Apr 2013) Kieran O'Donnell: That would be a turnaround period of three days. Is there an incentive for hospitals to improve turnaround times? Why is there such disparity among them? Is it down to individual consultants or procedures in the hospitals?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
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Health Service Executive Financial Statements 2011 (25 Apr 2013) Kieran O'Donnell: Can individual hospitals continue to run these long turnaround times? What is the penalty? It is all very well having rules but, in terms of getting money for the taxpayer, am I not correct to say that every extra euro in arrears has an impact on the cash budget?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
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Health Service Executive Financial Statements 2011 (25 Apr 2013) Kieran O'Donnell: It has a major impact on front-line services and on how the health service operates. How can all these new rules be enforced? Are penalties being imposed on those who do not improve turnaround times?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
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Health Service Executive Financial Statements 2011 (25 Apr 2013) Kieran O'Donnell: Mr. O'Brien believes there will be an additional €20 million in cash.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
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Health Service Executive Financial Statements 2011 (25 Apr 2013) Kieran O'Donnell: Of the €61 million outstanding at the end of December, if a project was managed around it so that the money was retrieved in quick fashion would the impact not be well above €20 million?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
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Health Service Executive Financial Statements 2011 (25 Apr 2013) Kieran O'Donnell: Am I correct in saying that the hospitals provide for a period of 21 days to prepare the documentation for consultants?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
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Health Service Executive Financial Statements 2011 (25 Apr 2013) Kieran O'Donnell: What is the current position?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
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Health Service Executive Financial Statements 2011 (25 Apr 2013) Kieran O'Donnell: The aim is to reduce the period by half. What is the current average for consultants?