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Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Financial Statements of the HSE
2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Department of Health (5 Jul 2018)

Seán Fleming: What were the 2017 figures?

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Financial Statements of the HSE
2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Department of Health (5 Jul 2018)

Seán Fleming: I ask Mr. Mulvany to send us a breakdown of the 2016 figure.

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Financial Statements of the HSE
2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Department of Health (5 Jul 2018)

Seán Fleming: We will circulate it. At the end of page 176, retained interest earned on patients' private property is mentioned. I know a major programme of work is ongoing on that and a steering group is actively managing a resolution of this issue. When will it complete its work?

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Financial Statements of the HSE
2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Department of Health (5 Jul 2018)

Seán Fleming: If the patient has died and there is no next of kin, to whom is the money sent?

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Financial Statements of the HSE
2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Department of Health (5 Jul 2018)

Seán Fleming: Who does the HSE send it to? Is it the Chief State Solicitor's office?

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Financial Statements of the HSE
2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Department of Health (5 Jul 2018)

Seán Fleming: Does Mr. McCarthy know to which office it is sent?

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Financial Statements of the HSE
2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Department of Health (5 Jul 2018)

Seán Fleming: I ask Mr. Mulvany to send us a note on where the money goes. We want it to be transferred into the dormant accounts fund or useful elsewhere for a beneficial purpose. I do not see any reference to the national children's hospital. Is expenditure on the new hospital provided through the HSE Vote?

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Financial Statements of the HSE
2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Department of Health (5 Jul 2018)

Seán Fleming: Expenditure in 2017 on the national children's hospital, even though the board is not a legislative-----

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Financial Statements of the HSE
2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Department of Health (5 Jul 2018)

Seán Fleming: It is under the Department. From which Vote is capital expenditure provided?

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Financial Statements of the HSE
2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Department of Health (5 Jul 2018)

Seán Fleming: I am asking for figures on spending on the national children's hospital during 2017. Money went into the HSE under revenue and capital.

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Financial Statements of the HSE
2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Department of Health (5 Jul 2018)

Seán Fleming: The national children's hospital is a big issue and the largest capital investment programme, yet it is not specifically mentioned.

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Financial Statements of the HSE
2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Department of Health (5 Jul 2018)

Seán Fleming: I ask the witnesses to send the committee an update on the current position regarding funding for the project. The HSE and the Department may have to do that jointly. At this stage, we have exhausted the witnesses.

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Financial Statements of the HSE
2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Department of Health (5 Jul 2018)

Seán Fleming: I thank the witnesses from the HSE and Department of Health, as well as the Comptroller and Auditor General, for their forbearance. It has been a long day. The witnesses from the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform, whom I also thank, got off lightly today. Given that the HSE is the largest State organisation with turnover of €15 billion, witnesses will understand that a...

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Financial Statements of the HSE
2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Department of Health (5 Jul 2018)

Seán Fleming: We do not dispose of them. We are holding off on that.

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Financial Statements of the HSE
2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Department of Health (5 Jul 2018)

Seán Fleming: At the end of September. Is Mr. Breslin looking forward to an early visit?

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Financial Statements of the HSE
2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Department of Health (5 Jul 2018)

Seán Fleming: We will do it when we make our periodic report rather than doing it every single time. We have changed our practice. We decided as a matter of principle, because we have not been able to get any transparency or accountability in respect of public-private partnerships, that we are not disposing of any accounts where there is a significant PPP element as we have not been able to examine them...

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Financial Statements of the HSE
2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Department of Health (5 Jul 2018)

Seán Fleming: At least Mr. Breslin is watching carefully.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs Abolition (4 Jul 2018)

Seán Fleming: 180. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the restoration of tax relief for union subscriptions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29644/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Drugs Payment Scheme (4 Jul 2018)

Seán Fleming: 304. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the minimum charge for persons with medical cards to pay for medicines which they receive by way of prescription; the minimum charge per item; the maximum charge per prescription; the monthly limit payable in these cases; the arrangements in place to ensure there is no overpayment by a couple in cases in which a husband and wife...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Seniors Alert Scheme (4 Jul 2018)

Seán Fleming: 327. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the position regarding funding for house alarms and grants payable to persons in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29648/18]