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- Public Accounts Committee: Health Information and Quality Authority: Financial Statement 2016 (28 Sep 2017)
Marc MacSharry: I mean when the process has finished as opposed to when it starts.
- Public Accounts Committee: Health Information and Quality Authority: Financial Statement 2016 (28 Sep 2017)
Marc MacSharry: So, most of them are genuine and HIQA pursues them.
- Public Accounts Committee: Health Information and Quality Authority: Financial Statement 2016 (28 Sep 2017)
Marc MacSharry: Have there been any issues with procurement in HIQA? Have there been any breaches that we can identify?
- Public Accounts Committee: Health Information and Quality Authority: Financial Statement 2016 (28 Sep 2017)
Marc MacSharry: I see that €432,668 was spent on professional fees in 2014. It is note 8 in the accounts. The expenditure in 2015 was €665,366. Statutory investigations expenditure was approximately €28,000, and "other consultancy" was €425,343. What is "other consultancy"?
- Public Accounts Committee: Health Information and Quality Authority: Financial Statement 2016 (28 Sep 2017)
Marc MacSharry: I apologise if I missed it.
- Public Accounts Committee: Health Information and Quality Authority: Financial Statement 2016 (28 Sep 2017)
Marc MacSharry: Were all of those services procured in the appropriate procurement fashion?
- Public Accounts Committee: Health Information and Quality Authority: Financial Statement 2016 (28 Sep 2017)
Marc MacSharry: Who are the auditors?
- Public Accounts Committee: Health Information and Quality Authority: Financial Statement 2016 (28 Sep 2017)
Marc MacSharry: Was there any-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Health Information and Quality Authority: Financial Statement 2016 (28 Sep 2017)
Marc MacSharry: -----outside accountancy firm procured to do any work?
- Public Accounts Committee: Health Information and Quality Authority: Financial Statement 2016 (28 Sep 2017)
Marc MacSharry: A total of €12,560 was spent on media monitoring. Is that a PR firm or is it internal?
- Public Accounts Committee: Health Information and Quality Authority: Financial Statement 2016 (28 Sep 2017)
Marc MacSharry: It is a private sector PR firm which gives HIQA a booklet, or whatever it is, every week?
- Public Accounts Committee: Health Information and Quality Authority: Financial Statement 2016 (28 Sep 2017)
Marc MacSharry: It is a clippings type of service. That is external.
- Public Accounts Committee: Health Information and Quality Authority: Financial Statement 2016 (28 Sep 2017)
Marc MacSharry: What PR company is it?
- Public Accounts Committee: Health Information and Quality Authority: Financial Statement 2016 (28 Sep 2017)
Marc MacSharry: I turn to meeting room hire. Does HIQA have access to HSE facilities for meetings? Can it say, "We are in Sligo tomorrow" and ask the HSE for a boardroom?
- Public Accounts Committee: Health Information and Quality Authority: Financial Statement 2016 (28 Sep 2017)
Marc MacSharry: I understand the position in HIQA but in terms of the best use of State resources, does it have access to HSE property if need be?
- Public Accounts Committee: Health Information and Quality Authority: Financial Statement 2016 (28 Sep 2017)
Marc MacSharry: What bodies are those? Is the HSE one of them?
- Public Accounts Committee: Health Information and Quality Authority: Financial Statement 2016 (28 Sep 2017)
Marc MacSharry: While I know it is not very much money, I am sure that between the HSE, Coillte and umpteen other State organisations, there are plenty of available rooms without having to dish out €15,000 to €20,000. That is just a comment. There is a credit note from the OPW for €112,000. What did it overcharge for?
- Public Accounts Committee: Health Information and Quality Authority: Financial Statement 2016 (28 Sep 2017)
Marc MacSharry: For the offices HIQA has.
- Public Accounts Committee: Health Information and Quality Authority: Financial Statement 2016 (28 Sep 2017)
Marc MacSharry: It has given HIQA a credit note, a kind of IOU, which is as good as cash.
- Public Accounts Committee: Health Information and Quality Authority: Financial Statement 2016 (28 Sep 2017)
Marc MacSharry: What is HIQA doing with the €830,000 that it carried over in cash?