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- Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
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Section 38 - Agencies Remuneration (19 Dec 2013) Kieran O'Donnell: When does Ms Day anticipate that that will kick in? There is a surplus of about €8.8 million in that fund at the moment.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health
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Section 38 - Agencies Remuneration (19 Dec 2013) Kieran O'Donnell: That is €9.5 million minus €0.7 million.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health
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Section 38 - Agencies Remuneration (19 Dec 2013) Kieran O'Donnell: So there is a surplus of €7.8 million in the fund.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health
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Section 38 - Agencies Remuneration (19 Dec 2013) Kieran O'Donnell: In the Mater's in-house scheme, is 10% set aside? Is the same percentage of salary set aside into the superannuation fund?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health
Vote 39 - Health Service Executive
Section 38 - Agencies Remuneration (19 Dec 2013) Kieran O'Donnell: With regard to the situation whereby the Mater is in surplus every year on the payment, does the hospital combine the payment received from the CRC? Ms Piggot said the Mater was in surplus every year with the payment of pensions. Is she talking specifically about the CRC or the overall scheme for the Mater, the CRC and the other bodies?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health
Vote 39 - Health Service Executive
Section 38 - Agencies Remuneration (19 Dec 2013) Kieran O'Donnell: I have a question for Mr. O'Brien. From 2001 to date, there is effectively a surplus of €7.8 million on the fund paid from the CRC to the Mater. This is more a funding issue for the Mater itself. Looking at the funding, I take it that the CRC is funded by the HSE for the €660,000 that is paid per annum to the Mater. Is that correct, Mr. O'Brien?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health
Vote 39 - Health Service Executive
Section 38 - Agencies Remuneration (19 Dec 2013) Kieran O'Donnell: Our remit in the Committee of Public Accounts concerns public funds. We are being told there is a surplus of €7.8 million in the amount paid from the CRC to the Mater for the last 13 years. Is that amount, which is paid from the CRC to the Mater, funded by the HSE? In that context, is it taken into account by the HSE in funding the Mater? I have to ask the hard questions. We have...
- Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health
Vote 39 - Health Service Executive
Section 38 - Agencies Remuneration (19 Dec 2013) Kieran O'Donnell: No. The question I am asking is about the Mater being funded by the HSE.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health
Vote 39 - Health Service Executive
Section 38 - Agencies Remuneration (19 Dec 2013) Kieran O'Donnell: About 10% of the salary is paid by way of superannuation from the CRC to the Mater. Is there a line in the Mater’s budget in which the HSE gives the hospital 10% of the salaries for Mater employees to fund their future pensions?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health
Vote 39 - Health Service Executive
Section 38 - Agencies Remuneration (19 Dec 2013) Kieran O'Donnell: With the mechanism put in place for the CRC, if for argument’s sake the CRC was able to come in under the VHSS, it would not be coming to the HSE for the €660,000 per annum. Is the CRC’s contribution taken as an income line by the HSE?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health
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Section 38 - Agencies Remuneration (19 Dec 2013) Kieran O'Donnell: Was Ms Day surprised by Mr. Paul Kiely’s comments at this committee last week? Did the hospital have communication from him regarding the pension set-up?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
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Section 38 - Agencies Remuneration (19 Dec 2013) Kieran O'Donnell: Did he ever communicate with Ms Day or her predecessor on this issue?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health
Vote 39 - Health Service Executive
Section 38 - Agencies Remuneration (19 Dec 2013) Kieran O'Donnell: If the Mater were not receiving the €660,000, would the HSE be obliged to pay it?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health
Vote 39 - Health Service Executive
Section 38 - Agencies Remuneration (19 Dec 2013) Kieran O'Donnell: If the Mater had a surplus in its superannuation scheme, would that feed in as part of the income on an annual basis for funding from the HSE?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health
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Section 38 - Agencies Remuneration (19 Dec 2013) Kieran O'Donnell: Let us assume the Mater had no pension payments to make on an annual basis and it received €660,000 from the CRC on annual basis but had a deficit of €500,000 in its operating costs. Would the hospital receive the €500,000 from the HSE to make up the deficit or would the HSE claim the €660,000 from the CRC could be used to balance the deficit?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health
Vote 39 - Health Service Executive
Section 38 - Agencies Remuneration (19 Dec 2013) Kieran O'Donnell: The point I am making is that the Mater could have had a serious cashflow advantage, which would have been a cost to the Exchequer, in respect of pension costs that would only arise 20 years down the road. Will Mr. O’Brien clarify that?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health
Vote 39 - Health Service Executive
Section 38 - Agencies Remuneration (19 Dec 2013) Kieran O'Donnell: From whom is that letter?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
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Section 38 - Agencies Remuneration (19 Dec 2013) Kieran O'Donnell: I thank the witnesses for attending the committee. On 19 November, Mr. John McPhillips, human resources director of St. Vincent’s University Hospital, wrote to Mr. Barry O’Brien, stating:Having reviewed our files again, I can confirm St. Vincent’s is complying with the above circulars, based on our interpretation of same and subject to the issue highlighted in the next...
- Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health
Vote 39 - Health Service Executive
Section 38 - Agencies Remuneration (19 Dec 2013) Kieran O'Donnell: No. Does Dr. McLoughlin believe the hospital is compliant?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health
Vote 39 - Health Service Executive
Section 38 - Agencies Remuneration (19 Dec 2013) Kieran O'Donnell: Does Mr. O'Brien believe St. Vincent’s hospital is in compliance with these circulars?