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- Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report and Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General
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Chapter 21 - Budget Management in Health Service Executive
Chapter 22 - Eligibility for Medical Cards (12 Jun 2014) Robert Dowds: Inevitably, I must ask Mr. O'Brien about top-up payments. I appreciate the comments that Mr. O'Brien made in his opening statement to the effect that he regards this as an important issue to be tackled and I am absolutely at one with him in that regard. To be clear, how many people are involved in these top-up payments? Are all the institutions involved section 38 institutions?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report and Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Vote 38 - Health
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Chapter 21 - Budget Management in Health Service Executive
Chapter 22 - Eligibility for Medical Cards (12 Jun 2014) Robert Dowds: I presume they are all on high salaries, without the top-ups.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report and Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Vote 38 - Health
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Chapter 21 - Budget Management in Health Service Executive
Chapter 22 - Eligibility for Medical Cards (12 Jun 2014) Robert Dowds: What of sort salary does grade 8 correspond to?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report and Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Vote 38 - Health
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Chapter 21 - Budget Management in Health Service Executive
Chapter 22 - Eligibility for Medical Cards (12 Jun 2014) Robert Dowds: They are all rather well-paid or seriously well-paid staff. How will the HSE's work on this pan out? Clearly, the situation must be resented by the staff in those institutions who are subject to the full rigours of Haddington Road and so on. It must be having a detrimental impact on the workings of those institutions because of bad feeling so on.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report and Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Vote 38 - Health
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Chapter 21 - Budget Management in Health Service Executive
Chapter 22 - Eligibility for Medical Cards (12 Jun 2014) Robert Dowds: Is Mr. O'Brien referring to those 143 people?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report and Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Vote 38 - Health
Vote 39 - Health Service Executive
Chapter 21 - Budget Management in Health Service Executive
Chapter 22 - Eligibility for Medical Cards (12 Jun 2014) Robert Dowds: Are the top-up moneys actually coming from State coffers?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report and Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Vote 38 - Health
Vote 39 - Health Service Executive
Chapter 21 - Budget Management in Health Service Executive
Chapter 22 - Eligibility for Medical Cards (12 Jun 2014) Robert Dowds: I am keen for Mr. O'Brien to name some of the main institutions involved. I can probably guess many of them. Is there any way they could plead inability to pay on the grounds that the State is living beyond its means still, despite all the adjustments we have made?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report and Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Vote 38 - Health
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Chapter 21 - Budget Management in Health Service Executive
Chapter 22 - Eligibility for Medical Cards (12 Jun 2014) Robert Dowds: I presume we are talking about some of the institutions that have been before the committee already, such as St. Vincent's University Hospital and the Central Remedial Clinic, although the CRC has probably changed at this stage.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report and Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Vote 38 - Health
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Chapter 21 - Budget Management in Health Service Executive
Chapter 22 - Eligibility for Medical Cards (12 Jun 2014) Robert Dowds: I appreciate that.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report and Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Vote 38 - Health
Vote 39 - Health Service Executive
Chapter 21 - Budget Management in Health Service Executive
Chapter 22 - Eligibility for Medical Cards (12 Jun 2014) Robert Dowds: I welcome Dr. Ambrose McLoughlin and Mr. Tony O'Brien and their colleagues who are appearing before the committee. I acknowledge the work of health workers throughout the country and the importance of what they do for us and the efforts made to save money in these difficult times. I will commence with the deficit. There was a deficit of €80.4 million at the end of March, of which...
- Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report and Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Vote 38 - Health
Vote 39 - Health Service Executive
Chapter 21 - Budget Management in Health Service Executive
Chapter 22 - Eligibility for Medical Cards (12 Jun 2014) Robert Dowds: Like what, for example?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report and Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Vote 38 - Health
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Chapter 21 - Budget Management in Health Service Executive
Chapter 22 - Eligibility for Medical Cards (12 Jun 2014) Robert Dowds: Tied in with that is the €690 million target for savings this year. Is that realistic and to what extent has that been achieved so far?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report and Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Vote 38 - Health
Vote 39 - Health Service Executive
Chapter 21 - Budget Management in Health Service Executive
Chapter 22 - Eligibility for Medical Cards (12 Jun 2014) Robert Dowds: When that is juxtaposed against the overspend at the end of March, it is hard to tie those two together. Some of the hospitals had a greater overspend than others - for example, University Hospital Limerick had a significant amount, at 16%, whereas for St. Vincent's University Hospital it was only 6%. Can that be explained? Has the HSE conducted a specific examination of an individual...
- Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report and Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Vote 38 - Health
Vote 39 - Health Service Executive
Chapter 21 - Budget Management in Health Service Executive
Chapter 22 - Eligibility for Medical Cards (12 Jun 2014) Robert Dowds: If we take the Tallaght hospital example, what did it show in terms of where savings could be made and where extra funding was required?
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (12 Jun 2014)
Robert Dowds: It is most essential that we have compellability in terms of anything that relates to the spending of public moneys. I would support any move to achieve that goal. I wish to be reminded of what Standing Order 163 says in this regard.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (12 Jun 2014)
Robert Dowds: Perhaps we can consult between now and-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (12 Jun 2014)
Robert Dowds: I thank the Chairman.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Disease Management (12 Jun 2014)
Robert Dowds: 224. To ask the Minister for Health if he will respond to the representations made regarding sickle cell disease before the Joint Committee on Health and Children on 10 April last. [25070/14]
- Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Toll Operators (12 Jun 2014)
Robert Dowds: 244. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of customer complaints received by the eFlow body and the process for resolving these complaints. [25013/14]
- Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Toll Operators (12 Jun 2014)
Robert Dowds: 245. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if there has ever been a review of the accessibility and consumer friendliness of the eFlow system; and if so, the results of this review; and if he will consider launching a review. [25014/14]