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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)

Bobby Aylward: Will the drug rebate increase year on year? Is the increase a one-off?

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)

Bobby Aylward: Were savings made last year?

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)

Bobby Aylward: The figure has increased from €76 million to €110 million but Mr. Mulvany has told me that it is a saving.

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)

Bobby Aylward: Is this a good news story?

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)

Bobby Aylward: Did I read the figures wrong?

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)

Bobby Aylward: That is the bonus for the day. I want discuss primary care. The Sláintecare report is a ten-year programme that has been rolled out. We all hear about primary care. We, as politicians and Ministers, refer to primary care and the Departments keep promoting primary care as the way forward and as a means to keep people out of hospitals and accident and emergency units. How far has the...

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)

Bobby Aylward: This will be rolled out with the help of GPs who will provide the primary care. Some GPs have tried to start up primary care centres but they have had to get out of the business because they could not afford it. Is money the problem in terms of getting GPs to work together? Usually what happens is that three or four GPs come together and they build a primary care centre with the grants...

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)

Bobby Aylward: Does that mean the HSE puts a building in place and rents it out?

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)

Bobby Aylward: That is good news. This is my last question. I accept it is not under the remit of the Department but I wish to ask about the National Treatment Purchase Fund, NTPF. What is the role of the Department? Does the Department play a part in the management of the scheme and getting operations and reducing waiting lists? Does the Department negotiate with the NTPF, assist it and try to...

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)

Bobby Aylward: One can also go to Europe for treatment. Could Mr. Breslin explain the system to me? People have asked me about it and I want to be able to explain it to 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)

Bobby Aylward: Is it still paid for by the taxpayer?

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)

Bobby Aylward: Does the HSE pay for that as well?

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)

Bobby Aylward: Could we get a bit of information on that? I would like a written explanation.

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)

Bobby Aylward: That is better news altogether.

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)

Bobby Aylward: They are always efficient down there.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Closed-Circuit Television Systems Provision (5 Jul 2018)

Bobby Aylward: 9. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding the commitment in the programme for partnership Government that CCTV cameras would be erected at all major junctions on motorways in an effort to combat rural crime; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29671/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (4 Jul 2018)

Bobby Aylward: 101. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps he will take to assist teaching principals in primary schools who are struggling to absorb the stress and reported work overload associated with their positions; if the possibility and feasibility of allocating one administration day per week to teaching principals will be examined; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Leaders' Questions (3 Jul 2018)

Bobby Aylward: What about girls?

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Relief Schemes (3 Jul 2018)

Bobby Aylward: 29. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on the public objection and local opposition to aspects of the proposed flood relief plans for Ballyhale, County Kilkenny; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28832/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Reviews (3 Jul 2018)

Bobby Aylward: 250. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding the review being undertaken by officials of the Irish Prison Service and his Department in consultation with the Attorney General examining the necessary legislative and-or administrative changes arising from the ruling in a case (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29190/18]