Michael McGrath (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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686. To ask the Minister for Health the arrangements used by the HSE for the collection of outstanding bills; if it uses a third party for the collection of outstanding debts; the procedures and policies in place governing the collection by third parties of debts owed to the HSE; the amount owed to the HSE at the end of 2017; the estimated amount owed at the end of 2018 by relevant category; the value of debt outsourced for collection to a third party; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1013/19]

Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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Issues around income collection and the use of a third party for the collection of outstanding debts are operational matters for which the HSE are responsible. Therefore I have asked the HSE to respond directly to the Deputy on this matter.