Seanad debates

Thursday, 3 July 2014

Health Service Executive (Financial Matters) Bill 2013: Second Stage

 

3:05 pm

Photo of Trevor Ó ClochartaighTrevor Ó Clochartaigh (Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

-----the oversight of HSE budgets, which is relevant when moneys are spent on the West/North West Hospitals Group and questions have been raised about it by the Minister. A number of other companies have received lucrative contracts from that group, leading to questions of how the public procurement process was complied with in those cases.

To put everyone's mind at ease, I call on the Minister to make the report available to us as soon as possible so that we can view what the HSE stated about the procurement process, the issues that arose and oversight of the group's board, and determine whether the CEO, Mr. Bill Maher, and its other board members have questions to answer about the way the trusts are moving forward. I have serious issues with the level of oversight of HSE budgets and the lack of joined-up thinking. Therefore, the Bill is not acceptable to us and we will oppose it.

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