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Public Accounts Committee: Health Service Executive: Financial Statements 2023 (5 Oct 2023)

Alan Dillon: I welcome our guests. I want to go back to the issue of the eight highest earning staff members within the HSE. They are receiving remuneration in excess of €500,000, with the highest earning staff member receiving up to €974,000. They are all medical consultants. Are the taxpayers getting value for money with such high consultancy payments?

Public Accounts Committee: Health Service Executive: Financial Statements 2023 (5 Oct 2023)

Alan Dillon: In essence, Mr. Gloster is saying the HSE cannot justify the exorbitant earnings.

Public Accounts Committee: Health Service Executive: Financial Statements 2023 (5 Oct 2023)

Alan Dillon: Members of this committee would say that it is unethical for consultants to earn such vast sums of money, especially in the healthcare crisis that we face. In relation to the measures the HSE is putting in place to prevent the potential abuse in the payment system, according to the briefing note submitted to the committee, there are internal gaps. Can Mr. Gloster provide us with an...

Public Accounts Committee: Health Service Executive: Financial Statements 2023 (5 Oct 2023)

Alan Dillon: What measures are being taken?

Public Accounts Committee: Health Service Executive: Financial Statements 2023 (5 Oct 2023)

Alan Dillon: Are there plans to cap or limit these high payments in the future?

Public Accounts Committee: Health Service Executive: Financial Statements 2023 (5 Oct 2023)

Alan Dillon: Is Mr. Gloster is saying that in 2023, this practice can continue within the HSE?

Public Accounts Committee: Health Service Executive: Financial Statements 2023 (5 Oct 2023)

Alan Dillon: When the Comptroller and Auditor General reviews the 2023 financial accounts-----

Public Accounts Committee: Health Service Executive: Financial Statements 2023 (5 Oct 2023)

Alan Dillon: The preliminary financial outlook for 2023 indicates that there will be a deficit in the region of €1.5 billion. What level of deficit is attributed to the Covid-19 pandemic? What are the other factors leading to this deficit?

Public Accounts Committee: Health Service Executive: Financial Statements 2023 (5 Oct 2023)

Alan Dillon: Does Mr. Gloster have a breakdown of the areas to which costs were attributed?

Public Accounts Committee: Health Service Executive: Financial Statements 2023 (5 Oct 2023)

Alan Dillon: I thank Mr. Gloster. Could Mr. Mulvany give us a breakdown of the costs related to the deficit of €1.5 billion for the previous six months of this year?

Public Accounts Committee: Health Service Executive: Financial Statements 2023 (5 Oct 2023)

Alan Dillon: Will Mr. Gloster deal with the impact of the estimated €100 million year-end deficit with regard to community disability services? How will that impact be seen on the ground as regards this vital and needed service? Will there be a drawback of services as a result?

Public Accounts Committee: Health Service Executive: Financial Statements 2023 (5 Oct 2023)

Alan Dillon: The Comptroller and Auditor General has drawn attention to issues in community disability services and section 39 organisations, which are voluntary and really important. What concrete steps are being taken to improve efficiency and the timelines for funding these critical section 38 and section 39 organisations? Strikes are pending on 17 October. It is really important that these services...

Public Accounts Committee: Health Service Executive: Financial Statements 2023 (5 Oct 2023)

Alan Dillon: Will Ms McGirr of the Department comment on the timeline for resolving the pay parity issue and ensuring fairness for section 39 workers? Where is that now in terms of the current dispute and the unions' rejection of the 5% offer? Where do we go from here? Ultimately, the HSE cannot deliver that service so it goes back to the Department of Health.

Public Accounts Committee: Health Service Executive: Financial Statements 2023 (5 Oct 2023)

Alan Dillon: It is not like for like, however. We understand that.

Public Accounts Committee: Health Service Executive: Financial Statements 2023 (5 Oct 2023)

Alan Dillon: Has the Department done a comprehensive review of pay and conditions for section 39 employees?

Public Accounts Committee: Health Service Executive: Financial Statements 2023 (5 Oct 2023)

Alan Dillon: Their counterparts are in section 38 organisations.

Public Accounts Committee: Health Service Executive: Financial Statements 2023 (5 Oct 2023)

Alan Dillon: Are the businesses plans submitted by these voluntary community disability services and their requests for additional funding necessary because of the inadequate funding provided through grants processed by the Department?

Public Accounts Committee: Health Service Executive: Financial Statements 2023 (5 Oct 2023)

Alan Dillon: How many of them have been processed in the last six months?

Public Accounts Committee: Health Service Executive: Financial Statements 2023 (5 Oct 2023)

Alan Dillon: I mean getting approved.

Public Accounts Committee: Health Service Executive: Financial Statements 2023 (5 Oct 2023)

Alan Dillon: I want to focus on the specific steps and actions the HSE is taking regarding rural GP services. We are having a major issue in my area where a single GP practice has been subsumed into a larger practice without any forward planning or workforce planning. I am trying to gauge and understand what the policy position is or what steps the HSE is taking to avoid this. There is fear, anxiety...