Results 15,221-15,240 of 19,173 for speaker:Shane Ross
- Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 22 - Eligibility for Medical Cards (14 Nov 2013) Shane Ross: Mr. Hennessy will see my point. There is no deterrent whatsoever. There is no incentive whatsoever for people to hand in their medical cards. There is no reason they should do so. There is none whatsoever. They are never prosecuted; nothing ever happens. If the officers catch them, they will hand it back. It is a one-way bet for them, is it not?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 22 - Eligibility for Medical Cards (14 Nov 2013) Shane Ross: It is never imposed.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 22 - Eligibility for Medical Cards (14 Nov 2013) Shane Ross: I have one more question or perhaps one and a half. I want to ask about St. Michael's House but perhaps I could communicate with the witnesses about that after the meeting or at some other time. Would someone take a call from me about it?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 22 - Eligibility for Medical Cards (14 Nov 2013) Shane Ross: I thank the witnesses. That would be very useful.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 22 - Eligibility for Medical Cards (14 Nov 2013) Shane Ross: That was the half question and the next one is the quarter one. Looking across, a number of men are seated behind the witnesses. Could the witnesses tell us who they are?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 22 - Eligibility for Medical Cards (14 Nov 2013) Shane Ross: Yes.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 22 - Eligibility for Medical Cards (14 Nov 2013) Shane Ross: Of all the organisation.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 22 - Eligibility for Medical Cards (14 Nov 2013) Shane Ross: I thought it would be useful to know who they are. Do the witnesses see something strange about the fact they are all men? Is health a no-go area for women?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 22 - Eligibility for Medical Cards (14 Nov 2013) Shane Ross: It is just a coincidence there are ten men present today.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 22 - Eligibility for Medical Cards (14 Nov 2013) Shane Ross: It is just a coincidence that this time-----
- Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 22 - Eligibility for Medical Cards (14 Nov 2013) Shane Ross: That is fine. I am not a raving feminist but I see something uniform about all the witnesses.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 22 - Eligibility for Medical Cards (14 Nov 2013) Shane Ross: Is that per annum?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 22 - Eligibility for Medical Cards (14 Nov 2013) Shane Ross: Has the amount varied during the past five or six years? Has it increased?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 22 - Eligibility for Medical Cards (14 Nov 2013) Shane Ross: And a couple of hundred staff are employed to work on it full time.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 22 - Eligibility for Medical Cards (14 Nov 2013) Shane Ross: So those 328 people work on medical cards on a full-time basis.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 22 - Eligibility for Medical Cards (14 Nov 2013) Shane Ross: Okay, and a couple of hundred staff are employed to operate it. I did not realise there was an obligation on people to surrender their medical cards if their circumstances change.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 22 - Eligibility for Medical Cards (14 Nov 2013) Shane Ross: Is it an offence not to surrender one's card if one's circumstances change?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 22 - Eligibility for Medical Cards (14 Nov 2013) Shane Ross: How many people voluntarily surrender their medical cards under the provisions of the 1970 Act?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 22 - Eligibility for Medical Cards (14 Nov 2013) Shane Ross: What action does the PCRS take in respect of people who have gone over the limit and who have not surrendered their medical cards?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 22 - Eligibility for Medical Cards (14 Nov 2013) Shane Ross: What is the position if a person has not voluntarily surrendered his or her card despite the fact that he or she exceeded the income threshold? Is the person committing an offence?