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Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (14 Feb 2023)

Alan Dillon: 429. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth how he intends to address the shortage of childcare places currently available to parents in rural and urban areas; the specific supports and incentives he will put in place to ensure that experienced childminders do not leave the sector; and how new childminders will be encouraged to join the sector. [6789/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (14 Feb 2023)

Alan Dillon: 430. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he accepts that the number of childminders in the State is far in excess of the 15,000 quoted by his Department based on CSO data; and the methods his Department is taking to identify additional childminders who, for a particular reason, did not identify themselves on the CSO census. [6790/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (14 Feb 2023)

Alan Dillon: 431. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the steps he is taking to support the national childminding representative body (details supplied); the amount of funding that will be allocated in 2023; and if equal supports will be provided, similar to other childcare representative bodies, in order to support childminders into the future. [6791/23]

Nursing Home Charges and Disability Allowance Payments: Statements (9 Feb 2023)

Alan Dillon: I thank the Minister for Health, Deputy Donnelly, for the opportunity to speak on this issue, which has raised some really complex matters. The debate refers to people who really require access to care. They are some of the most vulnerable people in our society. My main concern is that these issues have been ongoing since first reported by the Office of the Attorney General in 2004. The...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (9 Feb 2023)

Alan Dillon: I wish to raise with the Minister the multi-annual rural water programme, an issue I have raised previously with him. It impacts communities in north Mayo - Porturlin, Carrowteige, Srahataggle and Portacloy - where many rural dwellers are living without a piped water supply, which is severely impacting their quality of life. They have no drinking water and no heating system that can reach...

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health
Chapter 12 - Financial Impact of Cyber Security Attack (9 Feb 2023)

Alan Dillon: I welcome Mr. Watt and thank him for joining us this morning. Has the full cost of the cyberattack and its long-term impact on patient care been determined by the Department?

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health
Chapter 12 - Financial Impact of Cyber Security Attack (9 Feb 2023)

Alan Dillon: Before we move to Mr. Thompson, will Mr. Watt explain what the €1 million cost comprised?

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health
Chapter 12 - Financial Impact of Cyber Security Attack (9 Feb 2023)

Alan Dillon: Will Mr. Thompson give us a breakdown of the €53 million incurred by the HSE?

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health
Chapter 12 - Financial Impact of Cyber Security Attack (9 Feb 2023)

Alan Dillon: I thank Mr. Thompson for that update. We are aware that the personal data of patients, clients and staff were stolen as part of the cyberattack. How many individuals have been affected? How many of these individuals have been informed to date?

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health
Chapter 12 - Financial Impact of Cyber Security Attack (9 Feb 2023)

Alan Dillon: Has any individual taken any legal case against the State regarding his or her personal data being released?

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health
Chapter 12 - Financial Impact of Cyber Security Attack (9 Feb 2023)

Alan Dillon: Was the fragility of the ICT infrastructure in St. James's Hospital and Beaumont Hospital flagged with the Department in advance of the cyberattack?

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health
Chapter 12 - Financial Impact of Cyber Security Attack (9 Feb 2023)

Alan Dillon: Were there weaknesses in the hospital's system that were identified to the Department or the HSE prior to the cyberattack?

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health
Chapter 12 - Financial Impact of Cyber Security Attack (9 Feb 2023)

Alan Dillon: Was it risk assessed regarding the weaknesses in the system in terms of a potential cyberattack?

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health
Chapter 12 - Financial Impact of Cyber Security Attack (9 Feb 2023)

Alan Dillon: What work has been completed to date on both of these systems?

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health
Chapter 12 - Financial Impact of Cyber Security Attack (9 Feb 2023)

Alan Dillon: But to date, no work has been completed or upgraded regarding its systems.

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health
Chapter 12 - Financial Impact of Cyber Security Attack (9 Feb 2023)

Alan Dillon: Is the Department satisfied to date that the systems in place in terms of infrastructure and operations systems will prevent any further exposure to cyberattacks?

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health
Chapter 12 - Financial Impact of Cyber Security Attack (9 Feb 2023)

Alan Dillon: I will focus on emergency care and the capacity review. Will Mr. Watt outline the delivery targets for additional bed capacity in 2021 and 2022 and the associated costs?

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health
Chapter 12 - Financial Impact of Cyber Security Attack (9 Feb 2023)

Alan Dillon: How many beds were delivered in 2021? What was the cost associated with those beds?

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health
Chapter 12 - Financial Impact of Cyber Security Attack (9 Feb 2023)

Alan Dillon: With regard to the provision of beds as per the capacity review, given the increase in population throughout our island, what is the future expectation on the number of beds we will need in the next decade?

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health
Chapter 12 - Financial Impact of Cyber Security Attack (9 Feb 2023)

Alan Dillon: If we take it on an annual basis, are there sufficient beds available to support our population? Does Mr. Watt have a ratio of the beds per head of population?