Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 24 February 2022
410. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the details of plans by the HSE to make a prior-year adjustment to any of its accounts of the past five years; the value of such adjustments; the reason for the adjustment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10730/22]
View answerThe issue of whether the HSE will need to make an adjustment in its 2021 accounts is a matter in the first instance for the HSE and the Comptroller and Auditor General who has responsibility for auditing the HSE’s accounts in the first instance. The HSE have advised than any adjustment will be technical in nature and will be less than €100 million in impact.
This position in relation to the reasons for and quantum of any adjustment as set out by the HSE is accepted and it is noted that the Comptroller and Auditor General has recently stated that he will undertake a full review of the requirement for any prior year adjustment as part of his audit of the 2021 accounts of the HSE together with considering controls to ensure that errors of this nature do not recur, as necessary.
This review will be undertaken within the statutory time frame i.e. by 21 May. Pending this, it would be premature to speculate further on this matter.
