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Public Accounts Committee: 2014 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 2 - Government Debt
Chapter 24 - Accounts of the National Treasury Management Agency
National Treasury Management Agency Financial Statements 2015 (21 Jul 2016)

Róisín Shortall: Where are we at the moment in terms of introducing those reforms?

Public Accounts Committee: 2014 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 2 - Government Debt
Chapter 24 - Accounts of the National Treasury Management Agency
National Treasury Management Agency Financial Statements 2015 (21 Jul 2016)

Róisín Shortall: Has the consultation period started yet?

Public Accounts Committee: 2014 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 2 - Government Debt
Chapter 24 - Accounts of the National Treasury Management Agency
National Treasury Management Agency Financial Statements 2015 (21 Jul 2016)

Róisín Shortall: I thank Mr. Breen.

Public Accounts Committee: 2014 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 2 - Government Debt
Chapter 24 - Accounts of the National Treasury Management Agency
National Treasury Management Agency Financial Statements 2015 (21 Jul 2016)

Róisín Shortall: What shareholding does that represent?

Public Accounts Committee: 2014 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 2 - Government Debt
Chapter 24 - Accounts of the National Treasury Management Agency
National Treasury Management Agency Financial Statements 2015 (21 Jul 2016)

Róisín Shortall: How long did that process take?

Public Accounts Committee: 2014 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 2 - Government Debt
Chapter 24 - Accounts of the National Treasury Management Agency
National Treasury Management Agency Financial Statements 2015 (21 Jul 2016)

Róisín Shortall: Yes.

Public Accounts Committee: 2014 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 2 - Government Debt
Chapter 24 - Accounts of the National Treasury Management Agency
National Treasury Management Agency Financial Statements 2015 (21 Jul 2016)

Róisín Shortall: I am asking about from the initial identification of the list, in which I had some involvement, to the actual awarding of the contracts. It was a long time, was it not?

Public Accounts Committee: 2014 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 2 - Government Debt
Chapter 24 - Accounts of the National Treasury Management Agency
National Treasury Management Agency Financial Statements 2015 (21 Jul 2016)

Róisín Shortall: Is there any way of short-circuiting that?

Written Answers — Department of Health: Pension Provisions (21 Jul 2016)

Róisín Shortall: 586. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the proposed transfer of Central Remedial Clinic, CRC, pensioners to the single public service pension scheme. [23810/16]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Pension Provisions (21 Jul 2016)

Róisín Shortall: 814. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the way he proposes to support the IASS pensioners in view of the significant loss incurred by such pensioners through recent State dealings and inaction. [23809/16]

Select Committee on the Future of Healthcare: Future of Health Care: Health Reform Alliance (20 Jul 2016)

Róisín Shortall: At the outset may I remind members, witnesses and observers in the public Gallery of the importance of ensuring their mobile phones are switched off because it causes serious problems for broadcasting, editorial and sound recording staff? I ask members to co-operate with that request. I am delighted to welcome everybody to the all-party Committee on the Future of Healthcare which is...

Select Committee on the Future of Healthcare: Future of Health Care: Health Reform Alliance (20 Jul 2016)

Róisín Shortall: I thank Ms Loughnane. I will now open up the meeting to members for comments or questions.

Select Committee on the Future of Healthcare: Future of Health Care: Health Reform Alliance (20 Jul 2016)

Róisín Shortall: If Ms Loughnane can bank those questions, we will take three speakers at a time.

Select Committee on the Future of Healthcare: Future of Health Care: Health Reform Alliance (20 Jul 2016)

Róisín Shortall: Yes, certainly.

Select Committee on the Future of Healthcare: Future of Health Care: Health Reform Alliance (20 Jul 2016)

Róisín Shortall: It could be payment for their GP, their consultant or their drugs costs.

Select Committee on the Future of Healthcare: Future of Health Care: Health Reform Alliance (20 Jul 2016)

Róisín Shortall: What is Dr. O'Brien talking about when she refers to the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government's elements of this system? Is she talking about types of housing?

Select Committee on the Future of Healthcare: Future of Health Care: Health Reform Alliance (20 Jul 2016)

Róisín Shortall: We are all conscious of the problems with housing adaptation grants not being in line with health care.

Select Committee on the Future of Healthcare: Future of Health Care: Health Reform Alliance (20 Jul 2016)

Róisín Shortall: I would like to pick up on the point made about the experience in other countries. Given that 77% of the budget is tax-funded, it is obvious that there is a high level of subsidisation of private patients in this country. Would that be very unusual in other countries? It has been mentioned that approximately 10% of people in the United Kingdom have health insurance. Is it entirely private...

Select Committee on the Future of Healthcare: Future of Health Care: Health Reform Alliance (20 Jul 2016)

Róisín Shortall: It is remarkable that private health insurance is contributing a figure of 9% to the health service. I think that figure is surprising for most people.

Select Committee on the Future of Healthcare: Future of Health Care: Health Reform Alliance (20 Jul 2016)

Róisín Shortall: Deputy Barry thinks of all the easy questions.