Results 20,701-20,720 of 34,956 for speaker:Seán Fleming
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (26 Apr 2018)
Seán Fleming: I have not seen this. Did Deputy Cullinane circulate it?
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (26 Apr 2018)
Seán Fleming: And to the HSE.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (26 Apr 2018)
Seán Fleming: We will.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (26 Apr 2018)
Seán Fleming: We are going to write to the HSE, the company directly involved and the Department of Health about this case, the lessons, and the particular issue to which Deputy Cullinane referred about clinicians having discretion and not being required to inform patients directly of the outcome. We will ask why it is not mandatory for patients to get information on the basis that they are entitled to...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (26 Apr 2018)
Seán Fleming: We want sight of the full circular.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (26 Apr 2018)
Seán Fleming: We want sight of the circular and to find out whether it has been reviewed and how not giving information ties in with the publicly stated policy of open disclosure.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (26 Apr 2018)
Seán Fleming: We will follow up the matter. When we get the information, we will decide how to proceed. This ties into claims paid out by the State Claims Agency, which is currently €2 billion. It is a matter for this committee how these claims can be avoided or minimised by better practices into the future. The next item on the agenda is reports and statements received since the last meeting,...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (26 Apr 2018)
Seán Fleming: We invited representatives of Nursing Homes Ireland to a meeting some time ago but they could not make it on the day.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (26 Apr 2018)
Seán Fleming: Yes. As they were unable to attend on the last occasion, we agreed to issue a further invitation at a later date. At the meeting on 17 May, the National Treatment Purchase Fund will be addressing its 2016 accounts but I am sure members will want to discuss the fair deal scheme with them. If we invite Nursing Homes Ireland to meet us on the same day, I think that should be in a separate...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (26 Apr 2018)
Seán Fleming: We will conclude this item first. Is it agreed that we invite in Nursing Homes Ireland?
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (26 Apr 2018)
Seán Fleming: I do not know much about Nursing Homes Ireland but I think we could benefit from a briefing from it prior to meeting the National Treatment Purchase Fund. I think the organisation could give us some information that would help us in our discussions with the National Treatment Purchase Fund, which negotiates with all the nursing homes. Otherwise, we will only hear from the State side....
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (26 Apr 2018)
Seán Fleming: Members of the committee followed an article in a Sunday newspaper and that should be our commencement point. In any event, the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission has investigated the matter in respect of that meeting and it gave the organisation a clear bill of health. We need a copy of that ruling. A Deputy referred correspondence that some of us received to the Competition...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (26 Apr 2018)
Seán Fleming: The secretariat will write to Nursing Homes Ireland notifying it of a possible invitation to appear before the committee. We can discuss the parameters of any likely discussion at our next meeting. We will move on. I call Deputy Alan Kelly.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (26 Apr 2018)
Seán Fleming: Is the agency funded by the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform?
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (26 Apr 2018)
Seán Fleming: On the invitation to Benefacts, are there particular issues which the Deputy wants to raise with the agency?
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (26 Apr 2018)
Seán Fleming: I will ask the secretariat to liaise with the Deputy on the details.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (26 Apr 2018)
Seán Fleming: We will include the matter on that date. Mr. Niall Kelly and any other appropriate person should be invited to attend. Is that agreed? Agreed.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (26 Apr 2018)
Seán Fleming: It covers the symphony orchestra and the concert orchestra.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (26 Apr 2018)
Seán Fleming: We will talk to RTÉ about it.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (26 Apr 2018)
Seán Fleming: We will ask for the report to be circulated to us straightaway. I am sure it is available. I would also like RTÉ to update us on its current views on the report. That is agreed.