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- Public Accounts Committee: HSE Financial Statement 2015 (15 Jul 2016)
Seán Fleming: It is now 12.25 p.m. Would Mr. O'Brien and his colleagues prefer to take a break now for approximately 20 minutes to have a cup of coffee and resume before 1 p.m., or to hear from one more speaker and take a break in 15 minutes?
- Public Accounts Committee: HSE Financial Statement 2015 (15 Jul 2016)
Seán Fleming: We will break now and come back in approximately 20 minutes. That will give everybody a chance.
- Public Accounts Committee: HSE Financial Statement 2015 (15 Jul 2016)
Seán Fleming: We resume our discussion on the matters on today's agenda. The next speaker is Deputy McDonald, to be followed by Deputies Burke, Aylward and Kelly in that order.
- Public Accounts Committee: HSE Financial Statement 2015 (15 Jul 2016)
Seán Fleming: I am not familiar with the document you are referring to.
- Public Accounts Committee: HSE Financial Statement 2015 (15 Jul 2016)
Seán Fleming: Do other members of the committee have it?
- Public Accounts Committee: HSE Financial Statement 2015 (15 Jul 2016)
Seán Fleming: It is hard for us to follow and deal with correspondence that we have not seen. Certainly, I am at a loss to know what this is about.
- Public Accounts Committee: HSE Financial Statement 2015 (15 Jul 2016)
Seán Fleming: Can the Deputy clarify what letter she is referring to?
- Public Accounts Committee: HSE Financial Statement 2015 (15 Jul 2016)
Seán Fleming: There is no need to take a break. A staff member who is here should be able to check that.
- Public Accounts Committee: HSE Financial Statement 2015 (15 Jul 2016)
Seán Fleming: The Deputy's time is up. If correspondence is being circulated, we will discuss it again before the end of the meeting. Will we be provided with copies of the correspondence?
- Public Accounts Committee: HSE Financial Statement 2015 (15 Jul 2016)
Seán Fleming: Does the HSE have a mechanism to circulate the correspondence today?
- Public Accounts Committee: HSE Financial Statement 2015 (15 Jul 2016)
Seán Fleming: Otherwise, we will have to view it at next week's meeting.
- Public Accounts Committee: HSE Financial Statement 2015 (15 Jul 2016)
Seán Fleming: If it is possible to e-mail it to the committee secretariat, we will see if the secretariat can circulate it to us. The HSE must be careful in this regard.
- Public Accounts Committee: HSE Financial Statement 2015 (15 Jul 2016)
Seán Fleming: We will not take an unnecessary risk in the next hour. I ask the witnesses if they can circulate it in the coming hours. We will meet again next week and, if necessary, we will consider correspondence we receive, alongside other information we have, at that meeting. There is probably a considerable volume of material. I call Deputy Peter Burke who has been waiting patiently for some time.
- Public Accounts Committee: HSE Financial Statement 2015 (15 Jul 2016)
Seán Fleming: We have the full letter. We have received the full letter.
- Public Accounts Committee: HSE Financial Statement 2015 (15 Jul 2016)
Seán Fleming: I refer Deputy Burke to the last paragraph which reads:Notwithstanding the expiry of the term of the service arrangement on 31st December 2013, the HSE has been, and will continue to, provide funding to your organisation for Services provided to service users in receipt of services since that date until the introduction of the new service arrangements and requires your organisation to...
- Public Accounts Committee: HSE Financial Statement 2015 (15 Jul 2016)
Seán Fleming: I had to put the matter in context.
- Public Accounts Committee: HSE Financial Statement 2015 (15 Jul 2016)
Seán Fleming: A mobile phone is causing interference with the recording.
- Public Accounts Committee: HSE Financial Statement 2015 (15 Jul 2016)
Seán Fleming: Will Mr. O'Brien clarify that?
- Public Accounts Committee: HSE Financial Statement 2015 (15 Jul 2016)
Seán Fleming: The Comptroller and Auditor General wants to intervene for a moment.
- Public Accounts Committee: HSE Financial Statement 2015 (15 Jul 2016)
Seán Fleming: Who is going to answer?