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- Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 22 - Eligibility for Medical Cards (14 Nov 2013) Shane Ross: Politicians are involved in many of these representations to the Department. Do the witnesses know anything about how successful these representations from politicians are?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 22 - Eligibility for Medical Cards (14 Nov 2013) Shane Ross: So improper pressure is never put on the HSE?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 22 - Eligibility for Medical Cards (14 Nov 2013) Shane Ross: So a politician is just a filter, filling in the forms.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 22 - Eligibility for Medical Cards (14 Nov 2013) Shane Ross: Do the witnesses find that satisfactory.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 22 - Eligibility for Medical Cards (14 Nov 2013) Shane Ross: So the witnesses think politicians representing people on medical card eligibility is okay?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 22 - Eligibility for Medical Cards (14 Nov 2013) Shane Ross: I think I heard a witness say the HSE would review 1 million cards. Is that not bureaucracy gone crackers? How many people will be involved in that?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 22 - Eligibility for Medical Cards (14 Nov 2013) Shane Ross: There will be 200 personnel involved in reviewing medical cards 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: How many people will be involved full time? Will it be 1 million reviews in a year?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 22 - Eligibility for Medical Cards (14 Nov 2013) Shane Ross: I understand all that. Could I return to the question? The HSE is a very large organisation which, apparently, dedicates a large number of staff to reviews of medical cards. Would that be fair?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 22 - Eligibility for Medical Cards (14 Nov 2013) Shane Ross: I know what the Department is doing. How many person hours are involved per year? What does this massive exercise cost the HSE?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 22 - Eligibility for Medical Cards (14 Nov 2013) Shane Ross: I know, but what is the cost of it all?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 22 - Eligibility for Medical Cards (14 Nov 2013) Shane Ross: How much is that?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 22 - Eligibility for Medical Cards (14 Nov 2013) Shane Ross: How much?
- 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 had all that. What is the cost?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 22 - Eligibility for Medical Cards (14 Nov 2013) Shane Ross: It costs €20 million to review these?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 22 - Eligibility for Medical Cards (14 Nov 2013) Shane Ross: With your permission, Chairman, I will give way to comrade Deputy Dowds because he is in a hurry to go to the Chamber.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 22 - Eligibility for Medical Cards (14 Nov 2013) Shane Ross: I was absent for much of the meeting. I apologise if my questions have already been asked by other members. I was struck with the extraordinary increase of 74% since 2005. The HSE marched everyone up to the top of the hill and gave them these cards and now it is telling them that the number of medical cards must be reduced. Is that a difficult decision for the HSE?
- 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 not the case that this will reduce the number?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 22 - Eligibility for Medical Cards (14 Nov 2013) Shane Ross: I understand that point. The figure of 74% is staggering. I apologise if Mr. O'Brien has answered this question earlier. What percentage of applications are refused?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 22 - Eligibility for Medical Cards (14 Nov 2013) Shane Ross: That information is extremely important. Can the witnesses provide any idea?