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Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (12 Oct 2017)

Seán Fleming: Okay.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (12 Oct 2017)

Seán Fleming: From a practical point of view, HIQA made it clear it has no role in setting the fees and costs of nursing homes. Those are set by the National Treatment Purchase Fund. The body which deals with the nursing homes is the NTPF. When it comes to the fair deal issue and the cost of the fair deal issue, and what the State pays the nursing homes, we will have to have the NTPF here because its...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (12 Oct 2017)

Seán Fleming: In fairness to the Deputy, I was trying to assist. The Deputy has on several occasions asked for fair deal.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (12 Oct 2017)

Seán Fleming: This correspondence impinges on that. I thought the Deputy wanted to discuss the fair deal issue and I stated these are all similar issues. If the Deputy wants to leave the fair deal issue for another day-----

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (12 Oct 2017)

Seán Fleming: We will move on it as quick as we can.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (12 Oct 2017)

Seán Fleming: How are we proceeding? Is it only the HIQA aspect of it and Tadhg Daly?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (12 Oct 2017)

Seán Fleming: Yes.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (12 Oct 2017)

Seán Fleming: Does the Deputy want to have someone else?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (12 Oct 2017)

Seán Fleming: Does the Deputy mean the National Treatment Purchase Fund?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (12 Oct 2017)

Seán Fleming: I broadened it because it is relevant. I think there is a day's work in that. We cannot set a date but we have mentioned several organisations. I will ask the secretariat to try to set a time and date for that meeting as quickly as can be done.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (12 Oct 2017)

Seán Fleming: I am happy with that.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (12 Oct 2017)

Seán Fleming: If it can be done on Thursday afternoon, so be it.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (12 Oct 2017)

Seán Fleming: We will try to make Thursday afternoon.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (12 Oct 2017)

Seán Fleming: We will do it as soon as possible.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (12 Oct 2017)

Seán Fleming: It is simply that I cannot confirm it today. That is all I am saying. The next item of correspondence is No. 787B. That is noted and has been discussed. The next item of correspondence is No. 791, correspondence from Seán Ó Foghlú, Secretary General, Department of Education and Skills, advising that the Minister for Education and Skills has appointed an investigator to...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (12 Oct 2017)

Seán Fleming: We will come back to it.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (12 Oct 2017)

Seán Fleming: How many ETBs do we bring in?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (12 Oct 2017)

Seán Fleming: Yes. We will pencil in a date.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (12 Oct 2017)

Seán Fleming: I think it may be for all of those who have not submitted their 2015 audit, if possible. There is one criterion.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (12 Oct 2017)

Seán Fleming: We will contact ETBI to try to set a date as quickly as possible. Then we will discuss which particular ETBs we are going to bring in on that date.