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Public Accounts Committee: Health Service Executive Financial Statements 2018
2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Department of Health
Chapter 16 - Control of Private Patient Activity in Acute Public Hospitals (27 Jun 2019)

Peter Burke: I understand that.

Public Accounts Committee: Health Service Executive Financial Statements 2018
2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Department of Health
Chapter 16 - Control of Private Patient Activity in Acute Public Hospitals (27 Jun 2019)

Peter Burke: However, it also has to be monitored adequately and controls must be designed to ensure it is monitored accurately.

Public Accounts Committee: Health Service Executive Financial Statements 2018
2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Department of Health
Chapter 16 - Control of Private Patient Activity in Acute Public Hospitals (27 Jun 2019)

Peter Burke: I do not dispute the commitment of consultants in general to their role. However, we need safeguards for the public. We need safeguards for the HSE and the Department to ensure items like this cannot grow to excess. When one looks at some of the reports from the Revenue Commissioners, it raises concerns. I am concerned, looking in from the outside, at what is generating some of this. On...

Public Accounts Committee: Health Service Executive Financial Statements 2018
2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Department of Health
Chapter 16 - Control of Private Patient Activity in Acute Public Hospitals (27 Jun 2019)

Peter Burke: That is still a significant sum.

Public Accounts Committee: Health Service Executive Financial Statements 2018
2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Department of Health
Chapter 16 - Control of Private Patient Activity in Acute Public Hospitals (27 Jun 2019)

Peter Burke: We hear about relatively minor capital projects, for example, the publicly funded purchase of an MRI scanner in Mullingar, where alterations have been made to a contract and the HSE insists a tender must take place for those alterations. It is not a massive amount of money. One then sees it jumping off the page that there is a huge level of expenditure within the envelope of the HSE that...

Public Accounts Committee: Health Service Executive Financial Statements 2018
2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Department of Health
Chapter 16 - Control of Private Patient Activity in Acute Public Hospitals (27 Jun 2019)

Peter Burke: In a project such as the one in Mullingar, the public have raised money to purchase a piece of equipment that is vital for the area. The HSE seems to be delaying on delivering the conditions to house that project. I would be grateful if Mr. Reid could follow that up for me.

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Remuneration (2 Jul 2019)

Peter Burke: 139. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the estimated cost of restoring military allowances to pre-FEMPI levels. [27842/19]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Pensions (2 Jul 2019)

Peter Burke: 140. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the estimated cost of restoring the supplementary pension for post-2013 entrants to the Defence Forces. [27843/19]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Recruitment (2 Jul 2019)

Peter Burke: 141. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the estimated cost of bringing Defence Forces personnel numbers up to 10,500 across all ranks and formations services. [27844/19]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Fiscal Policy (2 Jul 2019)

Peter Burke: 195. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated cost of reducing a tax by percentage points (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27697/19]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Fiscal Policy (2 Jul 2019)

Peter Burke: 196. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated cost of reducing a tax by percentage points (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27698/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (2 Jul 2019)

Peter Burke: 266. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will request an up-to-date evaluation on progress made in recent weeks regarding the building of a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27795/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Service Staff (2 Jul 2019)

Peter Burke: 326. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when a person (details supplied) will receive notice of an appointment. [27790/19]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Departmental Reports (2 Jul 2019)

Peter Burke: 362. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the documents published by her Department since 1 January 2016 (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27899/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Donations (2 Jul 2019)

Peter Burke: 370. To ask the Minister for Health the reason an offer to paint a facility (details supplied) was refused by the HSE. [27461/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Prescriptions Charges (2 Jul 2019)

Peter Burke: 419. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of reducing a charge (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27699/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Prescriptions Charges (2 Jul 2019)

Peter Burke: 420. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of reducing a charge (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27700/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Drugs Payment Scheme (2 Jul 2019)

Peter Burke: 421. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of reducing a family charge (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27701/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff Recruitment (2 Jul 2019)

Peter Burke: 426. To ask the Minister for Health the position of a person (details supplied) on the panel for healthcare assistant; if there are upcoming vacancies in this regard; and if the panel will be extended over two years. [27729/19]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Reports (2 Jul 2019)

Peter Burke: 532. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the documents published by his Department since 1 January 2016 (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27898/19]