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Dáil Éireann debate -
Thursday, 24 Jun 1982

Vol. 336 No. 7

Written Answers. - Health Board Accounts.

508.

asked the Minister for Health if the difficulties in regard to interpretation of functions between CEO's and auditors of health boards, referred to in reply to parliamentary question No. 24 of 13 March 1980 as a reason for the delay in submitting the statutorily required audited accounts by health boards, have been resolved; and if so, the remaining reasons for the delay in the submission of such accounts which have not been submitted since 1977 in respect of one board.

The difficulty regarding interpretation of functions between CEO's and Auditors of health boards, referred to in reply to parliamentary question No. 24 of 13 March 1980 was resolved by a decision of the Supreme Court on 16 January 1981. The auditing programme has since been fully resumed and is being progressed as expeditiously as staffing resources permit.

The current position in regard to the submission of certified abstracts of accounts of health boards to the Oireachtas as compared with the position which obtained in March 1980 is set out in the following table.

Health Board

Years for which certified abstracts have been presented to the Oireachtas

Position in March 1980

Position as at 31 May 1982

Eastern

Up to and including 1976

Up to and including 1978

Midland

Up to and including 1975

Up to and including 1975

Mid Western

Up to and including 1975

Up to and including 1978

North Eastern

Up to and including 1974

Up to and including 1976

North Western

Up to and including 1975

Up to and including 1979

South Eastern

Up to and including 1975

Up to and including 1978

Southern

Up to and including 1976

Up to and including 1978

Western

Up to and including 1980

The following certified abstracts of accounts have recently been submitted to my Department and will be presented to the Oireachtas as soon as printed copies are available:—Midland Health Board: Abstracts for years 1976 to 1980 inclusive; Mid Western Health Board: Abstract for 1979; Southern Health Board: Abstract for 1979.

Further abstracts of accounts up to and including 1980 have been completed for all health boards and are available for audit. It will be evident from the above that the current situation in regard to the abstracts of accounts of health boards shows a distinct improvement on the March 1980 position.

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