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Public Accounts Committee: Health Service Executive Financial Statements 2018
2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Department of Health
Chapter 16 - Control of Private Patient Activity in Acute Public Hospitals (27 Jun 2019)

Seán Fleming: We understand that very important distinction. Is Mr. Mulvany saying there are some 130,000 people working in the delivery of the health services when the staff in section 39 organisations are included?

Public Accounts Committee: Health Service Executive Financial Statements 2018
2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Department of Health
Chapter 16 - Control of Private Patient Activity in Acute Public Hospitals (27 Jun 2019)

Seán Fleming: The HSE is funding these organisations because of the benefits in the delivery of health services. Other Departments might fund the same organisation differently-----

Public Accounts Committee: Health Service Executive Financial Statements 2018
2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Department of Health
Chapter 16 - Control of Private Patient Activity in Acute Public Hospitals (27 Jun 2019)

Seán Fleming: Yes, they might be dealing with homelessness or something else as well. In terms of what the executive funds, do the HSE witnesses have an idea of what staff complement it is supporting for the delivery of services?

Public Accounts Committee: Health Service Executive Financial Statements 2018
2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Department of Health
Chapter 16 - Control of Private Patient Activity in Acute Public Hospitals (27 Jun 2019)

Seán Fleming: Mr. Mulvany may pick the threshold he considers appropriate. I am thinking of organisations receiving €100,000 or more. We do not want to be overburdened with details of every small organisation.

Public Accounts Committee: Health Service Executive Financial Statements 2018
2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Department of Health
Chapter 16 - Control of Private Patient Activity in Acute Public Hospitals (27 Jun 2019)

Seán Fleming: We just want an overall picture, not all the details. In the appropriation account for the Department of Health, the primary care reimbursement service comes to €2.7 billion. Is that the drug refund scheme?

Public Accounts Committee: Health Service Executive Financial Statements 2018
2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Department of Health
Chapter 16 - Control of Private Patient Activity in Acute Public Hospitals (27 Jun 2019)

Seán Fleming: How much of that is for drugs and how much for the pharmacists?

Public Accounts Committee: Health Service Executive Financial Statements 2018
2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Department of Health
Chapter 16 - Control of Private Patient Activity in Acute Public Hospitals (27 Jun 2019)

Seán Fleming: Will Mr. Mulvany explain this with the proper figures so that the public watching these proceedings will understand what is being said?

Public Accounts Committee: Health Service Executive Financial Statements 2018
2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Department of Health
Chapter 16 - Control of Private Patient Activity in Acute Public Hospitals (27 Jun 2019)

Seán Fleming: Will the witnesses explain the costs in respect of doctors?

Public Accounts Committee: Health Service Executive Financial Statements 2018
2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Department of Health
Chapter 16 - Control of Private Patient Activity in Acute Public Hospitals (27 Jun 2019)

Seán Fleming: Is Mr. Breslin telling me that the €2.8 billion figure includes the capitation fee for medical cards to the GP?

Public Accounts Committee: Health Service Executive Financial Statements 2018
2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Department of Health
Chapter 16 - Control of Private Patient Activity in Acute Public Hospitals (27 Jun 2019)

Seán Fleming: We need a breakdown of that between the drugs, the pharmacists, the GP capitation, dentists and so forth. That is a significant figure and there is something in there about a rebate for pharmaceuticals. Will the Department send us a note on that?

Public Accounts Committee: Health Service Executive Financial Statements 2018
2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Department of Health
Chapter 16 - Control of Private Patient Activity in Acute Public Hospitals (27 Jun 2019)

Seán Fleming: The Department can send a breakdown on the figures. Is the Harold’s Cross hospice a section 38 or a section 39 establishment?

Public Accounts Committee: Health Service Executive Financial Statements 2018
2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Department of Health
Chapter 16 - Control of Private Patient Activity in Acute Public Hospitals (27 Jun 2019)

Seán Fleming: We know there is a Garda investigation into it. The committee has been inundated with correspondence on the matter every week. Will the Department send us a note on where the investigation is at? I have told those who write to the committee that if the matter is being investigated by the Garda Síochána, the committee will not examine the matter in the meantime. The witnesses...

Public Accounts Committee: Health Service Executive Financial Statements 2018
2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Department of Health
Chapter 16 - Control of Private Patient Activity in Acute Public Hospitals (27 Jun 2019)

Seán Fleming: They are published now. However, that was not the case when we had Console here a couple of years ago.

Public Accounts Committee: Health Service Executive Financial Statements 2018
2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Department of Health
Chapter 16 - Control of Private Patient Activity in Acute Public Hospitals (27 Jun 2019)

Seán Fleming: The audit committee had eight meetings during the course of the year. How could it consider 150 reports in that time? I note Ms Anne O’Connor is on the committee. How does it work? How does it absorb 150 reports in eight meetings?

Public Accounts Committee: Health Service Executive Financial Statements 2018
2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Department of Health
Chapter 16 - Control of Private Patient Activity in Acute Public Hospitals (27 Jun 2019)

Seán Fleming: Mr. Reid’s predecessor invested much time in stepping up the internal audit function. Out of the 150 internal reports, how many would have gone to the committee?

Public Accounts Committee: Health Service Executive Financial Statements 2018
2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Department of Health
Chapter 16 - Control of Private Patient Activity in Acute Public Hospitals (27 Jun 2019)

Seán Fleming: Was it ten? What was the average number discussed per meeting?

Public Accounts Committee: Health Service Executive Financial Statements 2018
2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Department of Health
Chapter 16 - Control of Private Patient Activity in Acute Public Hospitals (27 Jun 2019)

Seán Fleming: I have looked through the list of reports and some of them are minor and specific. There is a reason for this. I know some have been done on section 38 and section 39 organisations. Is this a big step up in terms of internal audit or was it always the case?

Public Accounts Committee: Health Service Executive Financial Statements 2018
2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Department of Health
Chapter 16 - Control of Private Patient Activity in Acute Public Hospitals (27 Jun 2019)

Seán Fleming: Does the Comptroller and Auditor General have access to all of these 150 reports?

Public Accounts Committee: Health Service Executive Financial Statements 2018
2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Department of Health
Chapter 16 - Control of Private Patient Activity in Acute Public Hospitals (27 Jun 2019)

Seán Fleming: This is an improvement. We sought the quarterly risk register from the HSE on previous occasions. When the CervicalCheck issue hit the street, so to speak, after the court case 14 months ago, the issue did not appear to be on the risk register. The former CEO said he was not aware of the issue until he saw a report of the court case on television either on the day of the meeting or the...

Public Accounts Committee: Health Service Executive Financial Statements 2018
2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Department of Health
Chapter 16 - Control of Private Patient Activity in Acute Public Hospitals (27 Jun 2019)

Seán Fleming: I agree with that. Has there been any change in developing the risk register?