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- Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health (16 Dec 2021) Imelda Munster: Whose view?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health (16 Dec 2021) Imelda Munster: So it would be down to-----
- Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health (16 Dec 2021) Imelda Munster: We know all that. Just to get to the-----
- Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health (16 Dec 2021) Imelda Munster: Mr. Watt made the decision not to publish the report. He is also saying now that unless he gets the go-ahead, which I presume is from the Minister, to furnish us with the report confidentially, he cannot do so. Who is he looking to get permission from?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health (16 Dec 2021) Imelda Munster: Right. If he is the one who decides, can he furnish the Committee of Public Accounts with the report confidentially - "Yes" or "No"?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health (16 Dec 2021) Imelda Munster: We would argue that this is exactly why he should furnish us with the report.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health (16 Dec 2021) Imelda Munster: Sorry, in fairness, we are time restricted and Mr. Watt is here to answer questions so-----
- Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health (16 Dec 2021) Imelda Munster: He is refusing to give us the report.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health (16 Dec 2021) Imelda Munster: He just said "No" - even in a confidential manner.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health (16 Dec 2021) Imelda Munster: Mr. Watt has refused point-blank today to furnish us with the report confidentially. That is not about it being made public. He said that once he got the report, which he has had since May, he would be able to discuss updated costings once the report was completed. Now we have him stating point-blank on the public record that he will not publish the report because of sensitivities, which...
- Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health (16 Dec 2021) Imelda Munster: HSE officials stated that the solution was a provision to be inserted into contracts with nursing homes. The HSE suggested that. So Mr. Watt is not aware of any progress in that regard.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health (16 Dec 2021) Imelda Munster: The HSE said it was limited so it told the Department-----
- Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health (16 Dec 2021) Imelda Munster: Will Mr. Watt get back to me on that?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health (16 Dec 2021) Imelda Munster: The dental treatment service scheme is on the verge of collapse across the State. Upwards of 80% of medical card holders cannot access dental treatment. Cancer patients, kidney transplant patients and patients with diabetes all have medical cards. That is farcical when 80% of medical card holders have not been able to access dental treatment for almost a year. Have talks with the Irish...
- Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health (16 Dec 2021) Imelda Munster: The Taoiseach has said that in a response to me, but obviously that is no addition whatsoever because they are leaving in their droves. Given that 80% of the population who hold medical cards have not been able to access dental treatment for at least the past six months, what is the Department of Health doing about it? That €10 million is not cutting it at all because they are...
- Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health (16 Dec 2021) Imelda Munster: The Department is only starting negotiations next year. Is that what Mr. Watt said?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health (16 Dec 2021) Imelda Munster: Could I make a quick observation?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health (16 Dec 2021) Imelda Munster: It is not good enough that negotiations have not begun when people throughout the State are waiting for dental treatment. I earlier mentioned cancer patients, kidney transplant patients and all medical card holders. It is incredible that negotiations have not even begun. It is disgraceful.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health (16 Dec 2021) Imelda Munster: My colleague, Deputy Carthy, raised a touchy subject in relation to Mr. Watt's salary. Can I ask the Comptroller and Auditor General-----
- Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health (16 Dec 2021) Imelda Munster: Mr. Watt, I am speaking-----