Results 4,361-4,380 of 21,440 for speaker:Mary Lou McDonald
- Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 40 - Health Service Executive
Health Service Executive Financial Statements 2011 (25 Apr 2013) Mary Lou McDonald: My strong preference is for Mr. Tony O'Brien to express the view here-----
- Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 40 - Health Service Executive
Health Service Executive Financial Statements 2011 (25 Apr 2013) Mary Lou McDonald: -----but if he is not going to do that, I will go for option No. 2.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 40 - Health Service Executive
Health Service Executive Financial Statements 2011 (25 Apr 2013) Mary Lou McDonald: I would consider it more than appropriate, in fact, necessary, that in Mr. Tony O'Brien's position, he would have an eye on the terms and conditions of staff who work on his watch and on whom he and we rely to deliver services. I have instanced nurses but I could equally refer to his clerical staff. There was a controversy around the issuing of medical cards for a long time and the time-lag...
- Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 40 - Health Service Executive
Health Service Executive Financial Statements 2011 (25 Apr 2013) Mary Lou McDonald: Over the Easter break.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 40 - Health Service Executive
Health Service Executive Financial Statements 2011 (25 Apr 2013) Mary Lou McDonald: I thank Ms McGuinness for that. I made my point. Mr. O'Brien may not have considered it to be sneaky but the reason I make that charge - perhaps it is more correctly said to the Department of Health - is because questions had been asked repeatedly in terms of from where these 40,000 reductions were coming. The over 70s matter was flagged comprehensively and was understood, but in the case...
- Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 40 - Health Service Executive
Health Service Executive Financial Statements 2011 (25 Apr 2013) Mary Lou McDonald: How much is outstanding?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
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Health Service Executive Financial Statements 2011 (25 Apr 2013) Mary Lou McDonald: Does Mr. McDonald have a more up-to-date figure?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 40 - Health Service Executive
Health Service Executive Financial Statements 2011 (25 Apr 2013) Mary Lou McDonald: The delegation says the time taken by consultants to sign off on the forms has reduced from 62 days to 44 days. The target is 20 days. Can the delegates not be more clear on the current position? Is it 40 days?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 40 - Health Service Executive
Health Service Executive Financial Statements 2011 (25 Apr 2013) Mary Lou McDonald: Clearly, it is variable but the HSE must determine an average from the statistics.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 40 - Health Service Executive
Health Service Executive Financial Statements 2011 (25 Apr 2013) Mary Lou McDonald: Let us not go over how this was allowed to happen. This matter has been raised at this committee and elsewhere. It is absolutely scandalous that there is €61 million in revenue outstanding because medical consultants have not signed off on the forms. This is part of their job; it is not a-----
- Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 40 - Health Service Executive
Health Service Executive Financial Statements 2011 (25 Apr 2013) Mary Lou McDonald: That might be the case. If I am not mistaken, I understood from the HSE that it had identified tardiness on the part of medical consultants as a problem.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 40 - Health Service Executive
Health Service Executive Financial Statements 2011 (25 Apr 2013) Mary Lou McDonald: It is a problem.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 40 - Health Service Executive
Health Service Executive Financial Statements 2011 (25 Apr 2013) Mary Lou McDonald: Let us just say that out loud before Mr. O'Brien enters in all the qualifications.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 40 - Health Service Executive
Health Service Executive Financial Statements 2011 (25 Apr 2013) Mary Lou McDonald: So why is it taking so long to decrease from the 62-day margin, which obtained in 2010, to 20 days?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 40 - Health Service Executive
Health Service Executive Financial Statements 2011 (25 Apr 2013) Mary Lou McDonald: I am interested in those who do not.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 40 - Health Service Executive
Health Service Executive Financial Statements 2011 (25 Apr 2013) Mary Lou McDonald: I am not sure that I buy that.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 40 - Health Service Executive
Health Service Executive Financial Statements 2011 (25 Apr 2013) Mary Lou McDonald: I know that there are those who are fully in compliance and I expect that. Those who are in compliance are not an issue for us. It is the ones who are not complying that are causing us the difficulty. One would expect a professional to comply. While the HSE speaks of a reduction from 44 days to perhaps 30 days, and then a reduction to perhaps 20 days, it should note the agreed period is...
- Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 40 - Health Service Executive
Health Service Executive Financial Statements 2011 (25 Apr 2013) Mary Lou McDonald: I know 14 working days amounts to 20 days. However, what is the HSE doing to arrive at the 20-day mark?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
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Health Service Executive Financial Statements 2011 (25 Apr 2013) Mary Lou McDonald: What is the penalty for the outliers or the non-compliant?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 40 - Health Service Executive
Health Service Executive Financial Statements 2011 (25 Apr 2013) Mary Lou McDonald: Have any disciplinary actions been taken?