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- Public Accounts Committee: HSE Financial Statements 2015 and 2016
Clarification of Matters Relating to Meeting of 2 February 2016 (15 Jun 2017) David Cullinane: Yes.
- Public Accounts Committee: HSE Financial Statements 2015 and 2016
Clarification of Matters Relating to Meeting of 2 February 2016 (15 Jun 2017) David Cullinane: Just before he does, I will ask a follow-up question. What I am hearing from him is that the authors of the report may be engaging with some of those who are subject to the report. People who work within the HSE may be offering their opinions. That is a matter for them. Mr. O'Brien is the Accounting Officer for this corporate body, though. Has his organisation engaged with Deloitte at...
- Public Accounts Committee: HSE Financial Statements 2015 and 2016
Clarification of Matters Relating to Meeting of 2 February 2016 (15 Jun 2017) David Cullinane: I want to be clear on my last point. Is it Mr. O'Brien's contention that, as a corporate body, the HSE has not criticised or found unacceptable elements of the draft report?
- Public Accounts Committee: HSE Financial Statements 2015 and 2016
Clarification of Matters Relating to Meeting of 2 February 2016 (15 Jun 2017) David Cullinane: That is all I needed to know.
- Public Accounts Committee: HSE Financial Statements 2015 and 2016
Clarification of Matters Relating to Meeting of 2 February 2016 (15 Jun 2017) David Cullinane: That is clear in terms of Mr. O'Brien's role.
- Public Accounts Committee: HSE Financial Statements 2015 and 2016
Clarification of Matters Relating to Meeting of 2 February 2016 (15 Jun 2017) David Cullinane: Could I ask just one question?
- Public Accounts Committee: HSE Financial Statements 2015 and 2016
Clarification of Matters Relating to Meeting of 2 February 2016 (15 Jun 2017) David Cullinane: My question was related.
- Public Accounts Committee: HSE Financial Statements 2015 and 2016
Clarification of Matters Relating to Meeting of 2 February 2016 (15 Jun 2017) David Cullinane: I have a quick question which is relevant to this.
- Public Accounts Committee: HSE Financial Statements 2015 and 2016
Clarification of Matters Relating to Meeting of 2 February 2016 (15 Jun 2017) David Cullinane: Of course.
- Public Accounts Committee: HSE Financial Statements 2015 and 2016
Clarification of Matters Relating to Meeting of 2 February 2016 (15 Jun 2017) David Cullinane: I believe this would be helpful as well. I understand what the director general is saying. He is telling this committee that he commissioned this report and that the role of Mr. Mitchell and Mr. Purcell on his behalf in recent times was to try to expedite the publication of the report.
- Public Accounts Committee: HSE Financial Statements 2015 and 2016
Clarification of Matters Relating to Meeting of 2 February 2016 (15 Jun 2017) David Cullinane: We have asked Mr. O'Brien whether the organisation sought to influence the draft report at a corporate level and he has said "No". The question is whether the HSE sought to question whether Deloitte had extended its terms of reference.
- Public Accounts Committee: HSE Financial Statements 2015 and 2016
Clarification of Matters Relating to Meeting of 2 February 2016 (15 Jun 2017) David Cullinane: Yes, exactly.
- Public Accounts Committee: HSE Financial Statements 2015 and 2016
Clarification of Matters Relating to Meeting of 2 February 2016 (15 Jun 2017) David Cullinane: One final question from Deputy Cassells if he has one.
- Public Accounts Committee: HSE Financial Statements 2015 and 2016
Clarification of Matters Relating to Meeting of 2 February 2016 (15 Jun 2017) David Cullinane: With the agreement of members, I will allow this discussion to continue for another ten minutes. I note Deputies Connolly and Murphy wish to speak. Does Deputy Aylward also wish to do so?
- Public Accounts Committee: HSE Financial Statements 2015 and 2016
Clarification of Matters Relating to Meeting of 2 February 2016 (15 Jun 2017) David Cullinane: Before Teachta Connolly begins, I will seek clarity from Mr. O'Brien on certain matters. I thank him for the answers he has given so far. In terms of process, is it correct that there was a disagreement between the Health Service Executive and the service provider on the issue of funding?
- Public Accounts Committee: HSE Financial Statements 2015 and 2016
Clarification of Matters Relating to Meeting of 2 February 2016 (15 Jun 2017) David Cullinane: Mr. O'Brien stated there was a settlement in respect of the funding for Grace and this has been paid. There is still a disagreement about the wider funding for the organisation that is the subject of the Deloitte report commissioned by the HSE.
- Public Accounts Committee: HSE Financial Statements 2015 and 2016
Clarification of Matters Relating to Meeting of 2 February 2016 (15 Jun 2017) David Cullinane: The committee has been in contact with the organisation or it has been in contact with the committee and I can tell Mr. O'Brien that there is a disagreement on its part.
- Public Accounts Committee: HSE Financial Statements 2015 and 2016
Clarification of Matters Relating to Meeting of 2 February 2016 (15 Jun 2017) David Cullinane: I expect the Deloitte report was commissioned because there was disagreement. Is that not the case?
- Public Accounts Committee: HSE Financial Statements 2015 and 2016
Clarification of Matters Relating to Meeting of 2 February 2016 (15 Jun 2017) David Cullinane: On that point and because it follows on from the question from Teachta Aylward regarding whistleblowers, Mr. O'Brien was asked earlier about the importance of giving an apology in respect of Grace.
- Public Accounts Committee: HSE Financial Statements 2015 and 2016
Clarification of Matters Relating to Meeting of 2 February 2016 (15 Jun 2017) David Cullinane: My understanding is that no apology has been given to the whistleblower or whistleblowers in this case. Is that an oversight on the part of the HSE? Does Mr. O'Brien wish to take this opportunity to apologise to the whistleblower? I am sure that will be important on his part. It is my understanding, although I may be wrong, that until now the HSE, as a corporate body, and Mr. O'Brien, as...