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Other Questions: Public Private Partnerships Cost (20 Jun 2013)

Seán Fleming: -----my third time to stand up without getting an exact answer. I understand this is potentially commercially sensitive but to the extent that it is possible, will the NDFA supply a briefing note as to how its advice came about? I know of companies that lost much money on previous PPP arrangements having gone as far as being the preferred bidder. They had gone through the final planning...

Other Questions: Public Private Partnerships Cost (20 Jun 2013)

Seán Fleming: I appreciate it and I am happy to take up that generous offer. The Minister might comment on why some of the PPPs collapsed, as my understanding is that this happened because of a lack of financing arising from credit market conditions. The projects were good, well priced and ready to go but all of a sudden when the companies tried to borrow money over 20 or 25 years, the international...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (20 Jun 2013)

Seán Fleming: On 4.9, the Comptroller and Auditor General made a reference to it. That is an issue we must take up, medical cards-----

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (20 Jun 2013)

Seán Fleming: The HSE has issued its report and the Comptroller and Auditor General's audit certificate is included in it. In the report the Comptroller and Auditor makes specific reference to people's ineligibility for medical cards. The HSE was not able to quantify the cost and the Comptroller and Auditor General was not able to quantify the cost in his audit.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (20 Jun 2013)

Seán Fleming: That is in the future, but we have a set of audited accounts before us with an open-ended question, both in the accounts and in the Comptroller and Auditor General's report on them. I have no query about this because he has to finish it. However, I do not think we should let this pass. We should not note the accounts without making a reference to the fact that the Comptroller and Auditor...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (20 Jun 2013)

Seán Fleming: The Comptroller and Auditor General has not finished outlining his examination but I ask him to make a brief comment. There is an issue of concern in the audited accounts for 2012, so I do not think we should just note the accounts as if everything were in order. It is not good procedure that the HSE cannot quantify the cost of this issue to the taxpayer. Perhaps Mr. McCarthy will explain...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (20 Jun 2013)

Seán Fleming: I am just saying that we should not note the account just as we note every other account that passes through without hearing a brief comment from the Comptroller and Auditor General. I do not seek a debate. I want him to elaborate on the issue that he referred to in his audit report for the benefit of members.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (20 Jun 2013)

Seán Fleming: It would be wrong for us to pass the audit report. The HSE is the largest organisation in the State and has a turnover of €13 billion. The Comptroller and Auditor General has highlighted a matter in his annual report on the HSE and that organisation highlighted it too.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (20 Jun 2013)

Seán Fleming: It is a week since I saw the report but I will speak from recollection. The figure of 0.8% means we are talking about 12,000 to 14,000 medical cards that are out there and being paid for. We will move away from percentages and talk about numbers. I do not know what the capitation fee is but a doctor is paid a standard capitation fee even when the card holder never goes near him or her. It...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (20 Jun 2013)

Seán Fleming: There is an issue in the annual report of the HSE that is mentioned in the Comptroller and Auditor General's report. In simple English, there was an overpayment for medical cards amounting to between €3 million and €5 million. With all of the difficulties in the health service, instead of just noting the account, we should write to the HSE now requesting that it quantify the...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (20 Jun 2013)

Seán Fleming: What is the standard capitation fee? I think it is a few hundred euro. How many hundred?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (20 Jun 2013)

Seán Fleming: What is the basic capitation fee?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (20 Jun 2013)

Seán Fleming: We are talking about a few million euro which is paid out each year.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (20 Jun 2013)

Seán Fleming: Each year between €3 million and €5 million is paid out for medical cards that should be ineligible.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Pharmacy Services (25 Jun 2013)

Seán Fleming: 92. To ask the Minister for Health his vision for pharmacy in the health service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30429/13]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: EU Presidency Expenditure (25 Jun 2013)

Seán Fleming: 178. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his final estimate of the cost of Ireland’s Presidency of the EU; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29679/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Applications (25 Jun 2013)

Seán Fleming: 288. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will expedite a student grant payment that is overdue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30605/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (25 Jun 2013)

Seán Fleming: 549. To ask the Minister for Health when an appointment for physiotherapy will be approved for a person (details supplied) in County Laois; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30095/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Orthodontic Services Provision (25 Jun 2013)

Seán Fleming: 605. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Laois will receive orthodontic treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30657/13]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East Peace Process (26 Jun 2013)

Seán Fleming: 11. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the engagement he has had with his counterparts in Israel and Palestine in order to advance peace in the region; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30814/13]