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Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Help Service (16 Apr 2024)

Brian Stanley: 614. To ask the Minister for Health the current waiting times for elderly home support services in counties Laois and Offaly, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15958/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages (16 Apr 2024)

Brian Stanley: 615. To ask the Minister for Health the number of people that were on the waiting list for home care packages in counties Laois and Offaly, at the end of each year from 2018 to 2023, in tabular form. [15959/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (16 Apr 2024)

Brian Stanley: 616. To ask the Minister for Health the number of GPs currently practising in counties Laois and Offaly, respectively; the number of new GPs who have taken up work in each of those counties in each of the years 2021, 2022 and 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15960/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (16 Apr 2024)

Brian Stanley: 617. To ask the Minister for Health the number of people in counties Laois and Offaly, respectively who are without a GP and are currently on a waiting list for one; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15961/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (16 Apr 2024)

Brian Stanley: 618. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a breakdown of waiting lists for dental surgery and orthodontics for CHO8, by county and by year from January 2019 to January 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15963/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (16 Apr 2024)

Brian Stanley: 619. To ask the Minister for Health the waiting list for the HSE school dental screening service for CHO8, by county and by school year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15964/24]

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 Apr 2024)

Brian Stanley: We have received apologies from Deputies Cormac Devlin and Marc Ó Cathasaigh. We are joined today by the Comptroller and Auditor General, Mr. Seamus McCarthy, who is a permanent witness to the committee. Members are reminded of the provision in Standing Order 218 to the effect that the committee shall refrain from inquiring into the merits of a policy or policies of the Government or a...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 Apr 2024)

Brian Stanley: We will send them good wishes in the context of their work in the future. This morning, we were due to engage with the University of Limerick, UL, regarding its financial statements for 2022. We flagged the purchase of a number of houses for student accommodation at the Rhebogue site as a matter of particular interest to the committee. It has been widely reported that UL paid far in...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 Apr 2024)

Brian Stanley: We will be dealing with that correspondence, Deputy, when we move to the next part of the meeting. Tthere is that correspondence and there is a related letter there from UL as well. I ask that we keep that-----

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 Apr 2024)

Brian Stanley: That is certainly my feeling about it.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 Apr 2024)

Brian Stanley: It is a publicly funded body here with turnover of hundreds of millions of euro per year. As I said, it has a direct line of accountability to the Committee of Public Accounts and there is a clear means for us to ensure there is transparency here. I think we are on the one page in this regard.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 Apr 2024)

Brian Stanley: I do not know.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 Apr 2024)

Brian Stanley: We can do that. Is the date of 9 May agreed? Agreed. We will deal with the work programme later on. The public business before the committee this afternoon is minutes, accounts, financial statements, correspondence, work programme and any other business. As for the minutes, there are minutes from 21 March. They have been circulated to members. Do any members wish to raise anything...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 Apr 2024)

Brian Stanley: I will ask a question about No. 5, Horse Racing Ireland, HRI. This issue has come up before with regard to the investment of public funds in the redevelopment of the Curragh racetrack. There is an expectation that the Curragh would be a premier racecourse. There has been huge development there in recent years. As I understand it, Horse Racing Ireland has a 35% share in that. Is that correct?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 Apr 2024)

Brian Stanley: Here we are again with another €1.4 million loss and a cumulative loss of more than €9 million.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 Apr 2024)

Brian Stanley: There is a short note on the investment in an associate. I am trying to understand what exactly is happening that this money has been lost. Is HRI taking corrective action to try to address that?