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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)

Catherine Connolly: I have raised this repeatedly.

Public Accounts Committee: HSE Financial Statements 2015 and 2016
Clarification of Matters Relating to Meeting of 2 February 2016 (15 Jun 2017)

Catherine Connolly: Mr. O'Brien-----

Public Accounts Committee: HSE Financial Statements 2015 and 2016
Clarification of Matters Relating to Meeting of 2 February 2016 (15 Jun 2017)

Catherine Connolly: I hear what Mr. O'Brien says. I am making a general point in relation to a Gaeltacht area and a-----

Public Accounts Committee: HSE Financial Statements 2015 and 2016
Clarification of Matters Relating to Meeting of 2 February 2016 (15 Jun 2017)

Catherine Connolly: If Mr. O'Brien could listen, please.

Public Accounts Committee: HSE Financial Statements 2015 and 2016
Clarification of Matters Relating to Meeting of 2 February 2016 (15 Jun 2017)

Catherine Connolly: I am asking a general question about an essential service in a Gaeltacht area. Mr. O'Brien might bear that in mind when he answers it in written form. I have pursued this issue through correspondence and parliamentary questions since last August. That is that. I will return to whether the health service has adequate funding and the collateral damage of having people on trolleys and long...

Public Accounts Committee: HSE Financial Statements 2015 and 2016
Clarification of Matters Relating to Meeting of 2 February 2016 (15 Jun 2017)

Catherine Connolly: Is Mr. O'Brien aware that Galway is in an acute crisis where it is being forced to not admit people?

Public Accounts Committee: HSE Financial Statements 2015 and 2016
Clarification of Matters Relating to Meeting of 2 February 2016 (15 Jun 2017)

Catherine Connolly: At the moment there is collateral damage because people cannot get admission to a psychiatric unit in a centre of excellence. Is that something they just have to put up with?

Public Accounts Committee: HSE Financial Statements 2015 and 2016
Clarification of Matters Relating to Meeting of 2 February 2016 (15 Jun 2017)

Catherine Connolly: That is what it has been called 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)

Catherine Connolly: It has been used repeatedly at the health forum in Galway. In any event, let us not argue over a term, although it has been used repeatedly. That is the position in Galway and Mr. O'Brien is fully aware of it.

Public Accounts Committee: HSE Financial Statements 2015 and 2016
Clarification of Matters Relating to Meeting of 2 February 2016 (15 Jun 2017)

Catherine Connolly: That is right.

Public Accounts Committee: HSE Financial Statements 2015 and 2016
Clarification of Matters Relating to Meeting of 2 February 2016 (15 Jun 2017)

Catherine Connolly: It is certainly daft that in a health service with a budget of almost €15 billion, a psychiatric service is refusing to admit patients as we speak.

Public Accounts Committee: HSE Financial Statements 2015 and 2016
Clarification of Matters Relating to Meeting of 2 February 2016 (15 Jun 2017)

Catherine Connolly: We did not have a conversation.

Public Accounts Committee: HSE Financial Statements 2015 and 2016
Clarification of Matters Relating to Meeting of 2 February 2016 (15 Jun 2017)

Catherine Connolly: I posed some questions, actually.

Public Accounts Committee: HSE Financial Statements 2015 and 2016
Clarification of Matters Relating to Meeting of 2 February 2016 (15 Jun 2017)

Catherine Connolly: Can I get my last question in, please? My last question relates to the nursing homes scheme. I have looked at it and I thought-----

Public Accounts Committee: HSE Financial Statements 2015 and 2016
Clarification of Matters Relating to Meeting of 2 February 2016 (15 Jun 2017)

Catherine Connolly: No, the general scheme that replaced the subvention.

Public Accounts Committee: HSE Financial Statements 2015 and 2016
Clarification of Matters Relating to Meeting of 2 February 2016 (15 Jun 2017)

Catherine Connolly: Or the unfair deal, on occasion. I am confused about it. There is a charge on one's property of up to 7% for a maximum of three years, and one can opt into that as a way of paying for nursing home care. Eventually, when the property is sold, the money is paid. Is that right?

Public Accounts Committee: HSE Financial Statements 2015 and 2016
Clarification of Matters Relating to Meeting of 2 February 2016 (15 Jun 2017)

Catherine Connolly: Yes, it works out at 21%. That is something a person can opt into if he or she has property or assets. Is that right?

Public Accounts Committee: HSE Financial Statements 2015 and 2016
Clarification of Matters Relating to Meeting of 2 February 2016 (15 Jun 2017)

Catherine Connolly: There is also a loan scheme, but is that the same thing? I read here in the-----

Public Accounts Committee: HSE Financial Statements 2015 and 2016
Clarification of Matters Relating to Meeting of 2 February 2016 (15 Jun 2017)

Catherine Connolly: I have read it-----

Public Accounts Committee: HSE Financial Statements 2015 and 2016
Clarification of Matters Relating to Meeting of 2 February 2016 (15 Jun 2017)

Catherine Connolly: Yes, I understand that. My question is whether I am mixing up two things. Is there the option of the charge on one's property of up to 21% and a separate loan scheme or are they one and the same thing?