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Public Accounts Committee: Vote Management and Budgetary Situation in 2012: Discussion with Department of Health and HSE (9 Oct 2012)

Paschal Donohoe: Does Mr. Woods have that breakdown for Dublin mid-Leinster and Dublin north-east?

Public Accounts Committee: Vote Management and Budgetary Situation in 2012: Discussion with Department of Health and HSE (9 Oct 2012)

Paschal Donohoe: The figure for the south is €44.7 million.

Public Accounts Committee: Vote Management and Budgetary Situation in 2012: Discussion with Department of Health and HSE (9 Oct 2012)

Paschal Donohoe: What is the figure for the west?

Public Accounts Committee: Vote Management and Budgetary Situation in 2012: Discussion with Department of Health and HSE (9 Oct 2012)

Paschal Donohoe: Out of all the regions for which Mr. Woods has given me the information, the south's deficit has decreased while those of all the other regions have increased.

Public Accounts Committee: Vote Management and Budgetary Situation in 2012: Discussion with Department of Health and HSE (9 Oct 2012)

Paschal Donohoe: The south region has had quite a significant decrease in its deficit from €53 million to €44.7 million.

Public Accounts Committee: Vote Management and Budgetary Situation in 2012: Discussion with Department of Health and HSE (9 Oct 2012)

Paschal Donohoe: This is the other big figure that is here.

Public Accounts Committee: Vote Management and Budgetary Situation in 2012: Discussion with Department of Health and HSE (9 Oct 2012)

Paschal Donohoe: I wanted to get those figures so I could understand the most up-to-date components of it. Digging behind each of those figures, page 20 of the report includes information on primary care reimbursements, which we touched upon. One of the points made in respect of the increased demand for services, and I believe Mr. O'Brien touched on this point as well, is that a big chunk of the increase in...

Public Accounts Committee: Vote Management and Budgetary Situation in 2012: Discussion with Department of Health and HSE (9 Oct 2012)

Paschal Donohoe: It does say that the number of items reimbursed increased by 2.4 million items across the year.

Public Accounts Committee: Vote Management and Budgetary Situation in 2012: Discussion with Department of Health and HSE (9 Oct 2012)

Paschal Donohoe: That comes to the nub of my questioning. When the HSE is getting its figures ready for the year, I suppose it knows that if it issues a certain number of new medical cards, that will generate a certain amount of expenditure. Why has there been such an increase in the number of items on existing medical cards that has consequently driven the cost the HSE is managing at the moment?

Public Accounts Committee: Vote Management and Budgetary Situation in 2012: Discussion with Department of Health and HSE (9 Oct 2012)

Paschal Donohoe: That is not an unexpected variable though. At the start of the year, the HSE knows that people will be getting older and looking for more, that some people will, unfortunately, pass away, and that new people will be coming in. It is a stable enough universe.

Public Accounts Committee: Vote Management and Budgetary Situation in 2012: Discussion with Department of Health and HSE (9 Oct 2012)

Paschal Donohoe: I welcome the witnesses. I want to begin by directing a comment to Mr. McLoughlin regarding the comments made earlier to him by Deputy Fleming. I completely and utterly disassociate myself from them. Mr. McLoughlin is in here to do a job and to respond to questions from members and he should not be subject to that kind of language. I want to put that on record. Despite the start the...

Public Accounts Committee: Vote Management and Budgetary Situation in 2012: Discussion with Department of Health and HSE (9 Oct 2012)

Paschal Donohoe: That €74 million is a-----

Public Accounts Committee: Vote Management and Budgetary Situation in 2012: Discussion with Department of Health and HSE (9 Oct 2012)

Paschal Donohoe: That is a HSE deficit but it is not money that has been paid to the consultants.

Public Accounts Committee: Vote Management and Budgetary Situation in 2012: Discussion with Department of Health and HSE (9 Oct 2012)

Paschal Donohoe: Could the witness explain how that works? Why this is a separate amount of money?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Forthcoming Irish Presidency of European Council: Discussion with Canada-Europe Parliamentary Association (9 Oct 2012)

Paschal Donohoe: Ms Fraser, I welcome you to the committee.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Forthcoming Irish Presidency of European Council: Discussion with Canada-Europe Parliamentary Association (9 Oct 2012)

Paschal Donohoe: Does Ms Papillon wish to comment?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Forthcoming Irish Presidency of European Council: Discussion with Canada-Europe Parliamentary Association (9 Oct 2012)

Paschal Donohoe: I thank the delegates for visiting this committee. I hope they have an enjoyable afternoon and that the rest of their trip goes well. I wish them a safe journey.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Forthcoming Irish Presidency of European Council: Discussion with Canada-Europe Parliamentary Association (9 Oct 2012)

Paschal Donohoe: Like my colleagues, I welcome you here again and thank you for your interest. I will add some concluding comments. You raised some points about the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement, CETA, between Canada and Europe and asked about what the themes of our Presidency would be. Ireland's economy is deeply integrated with the economy of the outside world. The main thing keeping our...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Forthcoming Irish Presidency of European Council: Discussion with Canada-Europe Parliamentary Association (9 Oct 2012)

Paschal Donohoe: I remind everybody to ensure their telephones are switched off. Apologies have been received from the Chairman, Deputy Dominic Hannigan. The first and main item on our agenda is an exchange of views with the Canada-Europe Parliamentary Association. On behalf of the committee, I welcome the delegates to Ireland and the Oireachtas, and I hope their visit is good and informative. The...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Forthcoming Irish Presidency of European Council: Discussion with Canada-Europe Parliamentary Association (9 Oct 2012)

Paschal Donohoe: The delegation is very welcome. I will hand over to any members who may have any comments or questions to put to our colleagues.