Results 12,361-12,380 of 24,326 for speaker:Jerry Buttimer
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Procurement Practices for the Purchase of Hospital Supplies and Equipment: Beacon Hospital and Health Service Executive (23 Jul 2015)
Jerry Buttimer: Did this apply to the cases mentioned in the "Prime Time" programme?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Procurement Practices for the Purchase of Hospital Supplies and Equipment: Beacon Hospital and Health Service Executive (23 Jul 2015)
Jerry Buttimer: Was the hospital asked to compile the terms of reference itself or were they given to it by the HSE?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Procurement Practices for the Purchase of Hospital Supplies and Equipment: Beacon Hospital and Health Service Executive (23 Jul 2015)
Jerry Buttimer: Does Mr. Cullen believe there is a culture of inducement or incentivisation in terms of companies or service providers engaging with people to try to get their products or services into a particular hospital? Has there been any engagement from the HSE about any company over which there may be a question mark? Has anyone ever raised an issue with Mr. Cullen about a particular company that...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Procurement Practices for the Purchase of Hospital Supplies and Equipment: Beacon Hospital and Health Service Executive (23 Jul 2015)
Jerry Buttimer: Is the investigation just about purchasing, or the whole service level agreement regarding the servicing of expensive equipment and the issues around that?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Procurement Practices for the Purchase of Hospital Supplies and Equipment: Beacon Hospital and Health Service Executive (23 Jul 2015)
Jerry Buttimer: I thank Mr. Cullen for his presence and his very forthright answers. On behalf of the committee, I pay tribute to the work that Mr. Cullen and his staff in the hospital are doing. They are welcome to stay with us as part of the meeting or to excuse themselves.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Procurement Practices for the Purchase of Hospital Supplies and Equipment: Beacon Hospital and Health Service Executive (23 Jul 2015)
Jerry Buttimer: The second part of our meeting is our engagement with the Health Service Executive, HSE. I welcome the officials and thank Mr. Ray Mitchell and Mr. Paul Connors of the HSE for facilitating the meeting. We are discussing procurement of health equipment and products and service level agreements. I welcome Mr. Liam Woods, HSE national director, acute hospital division, Mr. Michael Flynn,...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Procurement Practices for the Purchase of Hospital Supplies and Equipment: Beacon Hospital and Health Service Executive (23 Jul 2015)
Jerry Buttimer: The Deputy is making allegations.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Procurement Practices for the Purchase of Hospital Supplies and Equipment: Beacon Hospital and Health Service Executive (23 Jul 2015)
Jerry Buttimer: I ask the Deputy to be careful.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Procurement Practices for the Purchase of Hospital Supplies and Equipment: Beacon Hospital and Health Service Executive (23 Jul 2015)
Jerry Buttimer: Part of it.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Procurement Practices for the Purchase of Hospital Supplies and Equipment: Beacon Hospital and Health Service Executive (23 Jul 2015)
Jerry Buttimer: I ask Deputy Troy to conclude, please.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Procurement Practices for the Purchase of Hospital Supplies and Equipment: Beacon Hospital and Health Service Executive (23 Jul 2015)
Jerry Buttimer: To be fair, the people before us are from various sectors. Mr. Woods does not necessarily have all of the answers, and they are here to assist us in our read into this. We should welcome the fact that so many people who are key to the operation of what we are discussing today are here.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Procurement Practices for the Purchase of Hospital Supplies and Equipment: Beacon Hospital and Health Service Executive (23 Jul 2015)
Jerry Buttimer: What does that mean? It sounds great on paper, but if that was the case and if we applied everything from A to Z, there would not have been the "Prime Time" programme last Thursday night and we would not be debating it here. How does that apply to the operational matter here? We have the set of principles written down, and Mr. Cullen included his procurement policies in Appendix A, but how...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Procurement Practices for the Purchase of Hospital Supplies and Equipment: Beacon Hospital and Health Service Executive (23 Jul 2015)
Jerry Buttimer: Mr. Flynn is employed by the HSE.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Procurement Practices for the Purchase of Hospital Supplies and Equipment: Beacon Hospital and Health Service Executive (23 Jul 2015)
Jerry Buttimer: In the opinion of Mr. Woods, did what Deputy Troy mentioned take place? Were section 38 or section 39 organisations pitted against a hospital or part of the hospital group?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Procurement Practices for the Purchase of Hospital Supplies and Equipment: Beacon Hospital and Health Service Executive (23 Jul 2015)
Jerry Buttimer: Yes.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Procurement Practices for the Purchase of Hospital Supplies and Equipment: Beacon Hospital and Health Service Executive (23 Jul 2015)
Jerry Buttimer: Very briefly.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Procurement Practices for the Purchase of Hospital Supplies and Equipment: Beacon Hospital and Health Service Executive (23 Jul 2015)
Jerry Buttimer: In regard to the investigation by the "Prime Time" programme, in correspondence received by us on 21 July, the director of strategy states:As of now we have yet to receive any information behind the allegations from the Department of Health, the HSE or an Garda Síochána, that will help us to carry out our investigation in a thorough and complete manner. We have written to the HSE...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Procurement Practices for the Purchase of Hospital Supplies and Equipment: Beacon Hospital and Health Service Executive (23 Jul 2015)
Jerry Buttimer: Yes. In 2013, the Comptroller and Auditor General said that 36% of contracts did not comply with procurement processes. What is the compliance figure today?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Procurement Practices for the Purchase of Hospital Supplies and Equipment: Beacon Hospital and Health Service Executive (23 Jul 2015)
Jerry Buttimer: What kind of support?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Procurement Practices for the Purchase of Hospital Supplies and Equipment: Beacon Hospital and Health Service Executive (23 Jul 2015)
Jerry Buttimer: We must move on.