Results 16,901-16,920 of 21,260 for speaker:Mary Lou McDonald
- Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 40 - Health Service Executive
Health Service Executive Financial Statements 2011 (25 Apr 2013) Mary Lou McDonald: I am not asking Mr. Tony O'Brien to comment necessarily on Government policy. I am asking him a management question. He is in charge, not only to account for the numbers - the pounds, shillings and pence - but also for the good governance and management structure of the HSE. That is his job. I am asking him in respect of his duty of care to the staff within the service. He acknowledged...
- Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 40 - Health Service Executive
Health Service Executive Financial Statements 2011 (25 Apr 2013) Mary Lou McDonald: Yes.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 40 - Health Service Executive
Health Service Executive Financial Statements 2011 (25 Apr 2013) Mary Lou McDonald: My strong preference is for Mr. Tony O'Brien to express the view here-----
- Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 40 - Health Service Executive
Health Service Executive Financial Statements 2011 (25 Apr 2013) Mary Lou McDonald: -----but if he is not going to do that, I will go for option No. 2.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 40 - Health Service Executive
Health Service Executive Financial Statements 2011 (25 Apr 2013) Mary Lou McDonald: I would consider it more than appropriate, in fact, necessary, that in Mr. Tony O'Brien's position, he would have an eye on the terms and conditions of staff who work on his watch and on whom he and we rely to deliver services. I have instanced nurses but I could equally refer to his clerical staff. There was a controversy around the issuing of medical cards for a long time and the time-lag...
- Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 40 - Health Service Executive
Health Service Executive Financial Statements 2011 (25 Apr 2013) Mary Lou McDonald: Over the Easter break.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 40 - Health Service Executive
Health Service Executive Financial Statements 2011 (25 Apr 2013) Mary Lou McDonald: I thank Ms McGuinness for that. I made my point. Mr. O'Brien may not have considered it to be sneaky but the reason I make that charge - perhaps it is more correctly said to the Department of Health - is because questions had been asked repeatedly in terms of from where these 40,000 reductions were coming. The over 70s matter was flagged comprehensively and was understood, but in the case...
- Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 40 - Health Service Executive
Health Service Executive Financial Statements 2011 (25 Apr 2013) Mary Lou McDonald: Does the HSE take the same view in respect of the year 2012, in which the Supplementary Estimate was more substantial?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 40 - Health Service Executive
Health Service Executive Financial Statements 2011 (25 Apr 2013) Mary Lou McDonald: For example?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 40 - Health Service Executive
Health Service Executive Financial Statements 2011 (25 Apr 2013) Mary Lou McDonald: Whatever about Mr. O'Brien's judgment call on whether it was insufficiency of funding or underestimation and whichever judgment one makes, there is now an established pattern of a shortfall and the necessity of a Supplementary Estimate. The reason I ask this question of Mr. O'Brien is not so much with an eye on 2011 but more with an eye to the future and the €721 million earmarked for...
- Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 40 - Health Service Executive
Health Service Executive Financial Statements 2011 (25 Apr 2013) Mary Lou McDonald: Okay.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 40 - Health Service Executive
Health Service Executive Financial Statements 2011 (25 Apr 2013) Mary Lou McDonald: Mr. O'Brien should translate what he means.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 40 - Health Service Executive
Health Service Executive Financial Statements 2011 (25 Apr 2013) Mary Lou McDonald: My understanding, if I have this right, is that at the end of February, the HSE was running a €22 million deficit on revenue. Mr. O'Brien has now stated, according to the figures he has provided, that the HSE has a revenue deficit of €7 million. Is that correct?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 40 - Health Service Executive
Health Service Executive Financial Statements 2011 (25 Apr 2013) Mary Lou McDonald: Yes.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 40 - Health Service Executive
Health Service Executive Financial Statements 2011 (25 Apr 2013) Mary Lou McDonald: Okay.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 40 - Health Service Executive
Health Service Executive Financial Statements 2011 (25 Apr 2013) Mary Lou McDonald: All right.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 40 - Health Service Executive
Health Service Executive Financial Statements 2011 (25 Apr 2013) Mary Lou McDonald: Bluntly, is Mr. O'Brien satisfied the €721 million in savings are achievable? Is he satisfied the HSE will not require a Supplementary Estimate again this year?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 40 - Health Service Executive
Health Service Executive Financial Statements 2011 (25 Apr 2013) Mary Lou McDonald: Has the HSE made contingency arrangements or has it begun to consider where it might find this saving of €150 million that, had the Croke Park II deal gone through, had been anticipated? As Mr. O'Brien is aware, it was roundly rejected.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 40 - Health Service Executive
Health Service Executive Financial Statements 2011 (25 Apr 2013) Mary Lou McDonald: Obviously, a gap of €150 million in the HSE's calculations is a highly significant figure. Has Mr. O'Brien spoken to the Minister in this regard in the wake of the Croke Park II agreement being defeated? Has Mr. O'Brien sent an alarm bell up the system and what contact has there been?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 40 - Health Service Executive
Health Service Executive Financial Statements 2011 (25 Apr 2013) Mary Lou McDonald: As the person who is in charge of the HSE, Mr. O'Brien is the boss and has nurses and all grades of professionals, as well as clerical grades and so on working on his watch. In his discussions with the Minister, has Mr. O'Brien ever suggested that seeking to find the aforementioned €150 million in savings through a cut to pay perhaps was not the most advisable course of action?