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Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 15: Hepatitis C Treatment in Ireland
Management of Medical Negligence (22 Nov 2018)

Seán Fleming: There was a debate in the Oireachtas on this recently. In his opening statement, Mr. Breslin said that in the years since these infections were discovered, a wide range of actions were taken, based on the recommendations of the Finlay and Lindsay tribunals, to ensure the safety of the blood supply. That encapsulates the problem. A problem arises and it is examined to make sure it does not...

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 15: Hepatitis C Treatment in Ireland
Management of Medical Negligence (22 Nov 2018)

Seán Fleming: How many reports has HIQA done? The Minister has commissioned a report into a hospital. HIQA does not inspect hospitals on a daily basis.

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 15: Hepatitis C Treatment in Ireland
Management of Medical Negligence (22 Nov 2018)

Seán Fleming: If it did, it would probably close them all.

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 15: Hepatitis C Treatment in Ireland
Management of Medical Negligence (22 Nov 2018)

Seán Fleming: It can inspect on a thematic basis.

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 15: Hepatitis C Treatment in Ireland
Management of Medical Negligence (22 Nov 2018)

Seán Fleming: Okay. We will conclude shortly. Mr. Breslin gets the point I am making. I am not just talking about things that have happened while I have been Chairman of this committee. I was a member of the committee in the previous Dáil as well. The feeling I got from the HSE at that time was that when these matters go to the SCA, they are dealt with by the agency. The demarcation line is a...

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 15: Hepatitis C Treatment in Ireland
Management of Medical Negligence (22 Nov 2018)

Seán Fleming: We do not have a sense of that yet at this committee. That is all I am saying.

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 15: Hepatitis C Treatment in Ireland
Management of Medical Negligence (22 Nov 2018)

Seán Fleming: I read that the figure is 25% in parts of the United States. I would like to make a final comment. Mr. Breslin will understand why I am saying this. As Deputy Connolly said, even though this is substantially an historic matter, one of the specific reasons we are here today is the case of the late Brigid McCole. It was just a few weeks ago that we spoke about the case of Emma Mhic...

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 15: Hepatitis C Treatment in Ireland
Management of Medical Negligence (22 Nov 2018)

Seán Fleming: I thank the witnesses from the Department of Health and the HSE for all the materials they have provided. We look forward to receiving the documentation to which we referred during the meeting. I thank the staff of the Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General. The next public meeting of the committee will take place on Thursday, 29 November, when we will meet officials from the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Vetting Applications (29 Nov 2018)

Seán Fleming: 98. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when Garda clearance will be approved for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49876/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (29 Nov 2018)

Seán Fleming: 146. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a project (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49908/18]

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (29 Nov 2018)

Seán Fleming: We are joined by the Comptroller and Auditor General, Mr. Seamus McCarthy, as the permanent witness to the committee. He is joined by Ms Josephine Mooney, deputy director of audit. Apologies have been received from Deputy Kate O'Connell. The minutes of previous meetings are being held over and will be cleared next week. There are three categories of correspondence, the first of which is...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (29 Nov 2018)

Seán Fleming: No, it accepted-----

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (29 Nov 2018)

Seán Fleming: The last paragraph states that the Department accepts the recommendation and it highlights the particular problem which I just explained. The Department continues by stating that it is expected that by the end of 2018 sufficient progress will have been made to integrate the recording systems and provide an inspection status on all active HAP tenancies on an ongoing basis. We will write to...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (29 Nov 2018)

Seán Fleming: The Department has said it is working on it, so we will follow up on that. I thank the members. We are getting there. Next are the recommendations in respect of the Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht. There were several recommendations in respect of the Galway art house cinema. The Department has accepted all of them, that is, recommendations B23, B24 and B25, and stated...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (29 Nov 2018)

Seán Fleming: It has been accepted that-----

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (29 Nov 2018)

Seán Fleming: I will read the sentence. It states that while the fiscal rules will continue to be based on GDP, the European Commission also acknowledged in its assessment of Ireland's 2018 stability programme that GNI* reflects more accurately the income-----

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (29 Nov 2018)

Seán Fleming: -----standards of Irish residents and the public debt sustainability. It continues by stating that it also needs to be assessed against complementary indicators such as debt to GNI*. It is accepting everything that has been said, but the rules are the rules, and they are European rules. The GNI* measure is taken into account when the stability report for Ireland is being issued but the...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (29 Nov 2018)

Seán Fleming: It is.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (29 Nov 2018)

Seán Fleming: Far more importantly, our contribution to the EU is based on GDP and not GNI*. This is costing Ireland, therefore, several hundred million euro each year that our GNI*-----

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (29 Nov 2018)

Seán Fleming: But not GNI*?