Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 18 April 2024
Public Accounts Committee
2022 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 40 - Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
9:30 am
Mr. Colm ? Conaill:
The direct answer is that several people are involved. The Minister of State, Deputy Rabbitte, in particular, is directly engaged on capital projects. It is a real priority for her. Capital is now on the agenda of the quarterly meeting between our Ministers and the HSE board. It has been added to the agenda at ministerial request. The projects come up through CHOs but there is a clear sense of a change of direction in terms of what we are doing on disability capital projects. That is why we will have an interim strategic approach this year and then there will be a fuller multiyear approach. Capital takes multiple years. The Deputy may say it is slow but there are reasons things do not happen.
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