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Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (8 Nov 2022)

Matt Carthy: 1091. To ask the Minister for Health the services that are currently delivered at the minor injuries unit at Monaghan Hospital; if there are proposals to expand these services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54870/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (8 Nov 2022)

Matt Carthy: 1092. To ask the Minister for Health the number of staff and their respective titles currently employed at the minor injuries unit at Monaghan Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54871/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (8 Nov 2022)

Matt Carthy: 1093. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients to date in 2022 that presented at the minor injuries unit at Monaghan Hospital who were instructed to attend another service such as an emergency department, before meeting a medical professional at the MIU; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54872/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (8 Nov 2022)

Matt Carthy: 1094. To ask the Minister for Health the role of administrative staff at the minor injuries unit at Monaghan Hospital; if administrative staff can direct patients to attend another healthcare setting, such as an emergency department, before the patient meets a medical professional at the MIU; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54873/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Help Service (8 Nov 2022)

Matt Carthy: 1240. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 183 of 12 October 2022, the current timeframe for person (details supplied) to receive their full allocation of 15 hours per week home support; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55595/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (8 Nov 2022)

Matt Carthy: 1314. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of participants in agri-environmental schemes (details supplied) for each of the years 2014 to 2021 and to date in 2022; the total allocation by scheme and by year, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55577/22]

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 40 - Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
Chapter 13 - Guardian Ad Litem Follow-up Report (27 Oct 2022)

Matt Carthy: I thank our guests for being here this morning. I have a broad question in respect of direct provision. The Government has publicly committed to ending direct provision by 2024. Is that a target the Department thinks is achievable at this stage?

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 40 - Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
Chapter 13 - Guardian Ad Litem Follow-up Report (27 Oct 2022)

Matt Carthy: On the broad question, what year would Mr. McCarthy think is achievable?

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 40 - Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
Chapter 13 - Guardian Ad Litem Follow-up Report (27 Oct 2022)

Matt Carthy: At this point, is it fair to say that the Department does not have an end date?

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 40 - Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
Chapter 13 - Guardian Ad Litem Follow-up Report (27 Oct 2022)

Matt Carthy: The original end point, as Mr. McCarthy conceded, is not achievable and the Department does not have a new one, so there is no date at this point in time.

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 40 - Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
Chapter 13 - Guardian Ad Litem Follow-up Report (27 Oct 2022)

Matt Carthy: We accept that. On international protection accommodation, we have dealt with this issue with the Department of Justice previously and with the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth. I want to get an understanding of this. When the responsibility for the housing of those seeking international protection moved from the Department of Justice to the Department of...

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 40 - Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
Chapter 13 - Guardian Ad Litem Follow-up Report (27 Oct 2022)

Matt Carthy: Is there an assistant secretary or a principal officer?

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 40 - Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
Chapter 13 - Guardian Ad Litem Follow-up Report (27 Oct 2022)

Matt Carthy: Who is the assistant secretary?

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 40 - Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
Chapter 13 - Guardian Ad Litem Follow-up Report (27 Oct 2022)

Matt Carthy: There is a question I have been asking for a number of years and I have never got a satisfactory response, namely, what is the specific role of intermediaries? In the first instance, is that the term the Department uses? My understanding is that there are private companies which essentially source accommodation, whether that be hotels or private properties, on behalf of the Department for...

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 40 - Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
Chapter 13 - Guardian Ad Litem Follow-up Report (27 Oct 2022)

Matt Carthy: How much have we paid them in, say, 2021 and what is the expected outturn in 2022?

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 40 - Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
Chapter 13 - Guardian Ad Litem Follow-up Report (27 Oct 2022)

Matt Carthy: I am looking specifically for how much we pay for that type of work.

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 40 - Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
Chapter 13 - Guardian Ad Litem Follow-up Report (27 Oct 2022)

Matt Carthy: Generally, if a hotel contacts the Department directly and enters into an agreement, it gets paid a set rate per night, per individual. I presume that depends on the location, or is it the same in Dublin as on the west coast?

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 40 - Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
Chapter 13 - Guardian Ad Litem Follow-up Report (27 Oct 2022)

Matt Carthy: In an instance where an intermediary is used, they agree a price with the Department and they then pay the hotel out of what they get.

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 40 - Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
Chapter 13 - Guardian Ad Litem Follow-up Report (27 Oct 2022)

Matt Carthy: The Department does not have an interaction in terms of what the hotel is actually getting paid.

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 40 - Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
Chapter 13 - Guardian Ad Litem Follow-up Report (27 Oct 2022)

Matt Carthy: I can never get my head around why we need an intermediary in some instances.