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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Procurement Practices for the Purchase of Hospital Supplies and Equipment: Beacon Hospital and Health Service Executive (23 Jul 2015)

Robert Troy: It is alleged that commercially sensitive information was shared and people were referred to as being "good to know." Funnily enough, the holidays were reimbursed with cash so that there was no traceability. It is amazing and sickening. I acknowledge and thank Mr. Michael Cullen of Beacon Hospital for coming forward. As the chief executive officer of a private hospital, he is not under...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Procurement Practices for the Purchase of Hospital Supplies and Equipment: Beacon Hospital and Health Service Executive (23 Jul 2015)

Robert Troy: The point in question is not the cost of the holiday involved, because we are aware of that. Knowledge of it was originally denied and then receipt of that information was acknowledged. Can Mr. Cullen quantify the potential loss to the Beacon Group, bearing in mind that the possibility of sharing of information could potentially have led to the Beacon Group paying inflated prices for services?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Procurement Practices for the Purchase of Hospital Supplies and Equipment: Beacon Hospital and Health Service Executive (23 Jul 2015)

Robert Troy: I thank the witnesses for attending. I am somewhat amused by the contrast between the number of officials from the HSE and the one person who was sent to represent the Beacon Hospital. It is a matter of fact that, as a result of a procurement process, a publicly funded hospital paid ten times what it would previously have paid for services provided to it. Do the witnesses believe this is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Procurement Practices for the Purchase of Hospital Supplies and Equipment: Beacon Hospital and Health Service Executive (23 Jul 2015)

Robert Troy: No. I am asking questions.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Procurement Practices for the Purchase of Hospital Supplies and Equipment: Beacon Hospital and Health Service Executive (23 Jul 2015)

Robert Troy: I am not saying these concerns are true, but I am raising them, as they have been brought to me by a citizen. That is the purpose of this meeting.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Procurement Practices for the Purchase of Hospital Supplies and Equipment: Beacon Hospital and Health Service Executive (23 Jul 2015)

Robert Troy: Will Mr. Woods confirm whether an employee of the Mater public hospital was referred to in the "Prime Time" programme? Will Mr. Woods explain how the Mater public hospital purchased a patient management system last year for €500,000 without going to tender? Can hospitals use private funds to get around the procurement system, either from donations or their own foundations? If so,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Procurement Practices for the Purchase of Hospital Supplies and Equipment: Beacon Hospital and Health Service Executive (23 Jul 2015)

Robert Troy: These are important points. Given the exposé and allegations of the reimbursement of PAYE workers for holidays through cash, we must ask what is happening.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Procurement Practices for the Purchase of Hospital Supplies and Equipment: Beacon Hospital and Health Service Executive (23 Jul 2015)

Robert Troy: I asked Mr. Woods whether he was confident that the investigation under way in the public hospital was independent. He indicated he remains open to the possibility of an external investigation being carried out on foot of the completion of the internal investigation if he is not confident. Will he clarify this statement and provide a timeframe for the completion of the investigation? ...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Procurement Practices for the Purchase of Hospital Supplies and Equipment: Beacon Hospital and Health Service Executive (23 Jul 2015)

Robert Troy: As I did not respond when the witnesses answered my earlier questions, I would like to obtain some clarification on the points I raised. I appreciate the Chairman's leniency. I asked a question about the policy on employees or members of boards declaring any interests with pharmaceutical or medical supplies companies. Has anyone declared such an interest and, if so, how many have done...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Procurement Practices for the Purchase of Hospital Supplies and Equipment: Beacon Hospital and Health Service Executive (23 Jul 2015)

Robert Troy: How many staff are under Mr. Swords’s remit?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Procurement Practices for the Purchase of Hospital Supplies and Equipment: Beacon Hospital and Health Service Executive (23 Jul 2015)

Robert Troy: In Mr. Swords’s office how many are there?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Procurement Practices for the Purchase of Hospital Supplies and Equipment: Beacon Hospital and Health Service Executive (23 Jul 2015)

Robert Troy: To Mr. Swords’s knowledge, has no-one benefited from off-site hospitality?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Procurement Practices for the Purchase of Hospital Supplies and Equipment: Beacon Hospital and Health Service Executive (23 Jul 2015)

Robert Troy: If larger hospitals end up paying more than they originally paid because of a national contract, if the companies concerned could afford to do it for those hospitals at a price of X euro initially, why would it be increased to match?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Update on Child and Family Services: Tusla - Child and Family Agency (17 Jul 2015)

Robert Troy: I welcome the delegates from Tusla and thank the chief executive officer for his update on developments at this very important State agency. Mr. Jeyes concluded his statement by emphasising the need for additional investment. As I recall, he indicated at the time the budget Estimates were being discussed last year that the agency required an extra €42 million in funding just to stand...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Update on Child and Family Services: Tusla - Child and Family Agency (17 Jul 2015)

Robert Troy: Within six months, Mr. Jeyes might be. One never knows. Mr. Jeyes can always put his name forward.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Update on Child and Family Services: Tusla - Child and Family Agency (17 Jul 2015)

Robert Troy: We are always recruiting. Recently, Mr. Jeyes was on "Morning Ireland" as a consequence of a number of groups that had their funding cut. For a moment, I will be parochial. A group in Mullingar that deals with domestic abuse had its funding cut by 100% with no prior knowledge. Basically, the agency wrote out one week stating that within whatever the period, say six weeks, the funding would...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Update on Child and Family Services: Tusla - Child and Family Agency (17 Jul 2015)

Robert Troy: Mr. Jeyes stated that legal costs would still be in the region of €29 million this year, which is 50%-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Update on Child and Family Services: Tusla - Child and Family Agency (17 Jul 2015)

Robert Troy: Is Mr. Jeyes is happy with the legal fees? I imagine not. Does he feel that a priority in his engagement with the Minister should be the introduction of the necessary legislation for regulations to deal with proper supervision, training, monitoring and accountability in the service? I accept that it should be removed from Tusla. If this were introduced and it included adequate savings,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Update on Child and Family Services: Tusla - Child and Family Agency (17 Jul 2015)

Robert Troy: Obviously, legal fees are still too high.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Update on Child and Family Services: Tusla - Child and Family Agency (17 Jul 2015)

Robert Troy: Did Mr. Jeyes say there was a capacity issue for approximately 5,000 additional cases?