Brian Stanley (Laois-Offaly, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

The one the Deputy was referring to was the TWSS.

The response to recommendation No. 3 was to partially accept it, which is some improvement. Revenue concurred in its response. I highlighted this when reading the response. It states: "We intend to conduct standalone and multi-agency site visits as part of our 2022 compliance programme, cognisant of the recommendation of the Committee in relation to the number of site visits, subject to the prevailing pandemic restrictions". It goes on. That is positive in that we recommended a minimum of 4,000 visits per annum across all employment sectors. It is welcome that Revenue has concurred with us on doing that. I propose that we write to Revenue asking if it can do an examination or review if it cannot carry out an independent investigation. Is that agreed? Agreed.

No. 755B from Ms Eilish Hardiman, chief executive of Children’s Health Ireland, CHI, is dated 29 July 2021. It is a delayed response to our letter of 29 April. CHI attributes the delay to the HSE cyberattack. CHI provided information to the committee in February regarding non-compliant procurement and we then wrote to CHI on 29 April requesting answers to four questions. The first was requesting further details and the rationale for expenditure of €121,000 on the chi.jobswebsite and €83,000 on public relations.

The second question was whether consideration was given to obtaining public relations, PR, expertise from within the public service. The third question was what is the proportion of PR expenditure used for preparing CHI staff for appearances before Oireachtas committees. CHI stated that it is a small proportion but did not provide a figure. Lastly, we sought an information note regarding job retention across the three children's hospital sites. Generally, detailed responses have been provided to the questions. It is proposed that we note and publish this item. Is that agreed? Agreed. Deputy Matt Carthy has flagged this item for discussion.