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Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health
Health Service Executive - Financial Statements 2021 (Resumed) (6 Oct 2022)

Matt Carthy: I am sorry to interrupt but is that a gross figure that Mr. Morton quoted?

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health
Health Service Executive - Financial Statements 2021 (Resumed) (6 Oct 2022)

Matt Carthy: What were the corresponding figures in 2019 and 2020?

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health
Health Service Executive - Financial Statements 2021 (Resumed) (6 Oct 2022)

Matt Carthy: Okay. Does Mr. Morton have an expected figure for 2023?

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health
Health Service Executive - Financial Statements 2021 (Resumed) (6 Oct 2022)

Matt Carthy: The overall figure is around 3,000 then. Is that correct?

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health
Health Service Executive - Financial Statements 2021 (Resumed) (6 Oct 2022)

Matt Carthy: Last year, for example, the figures I have indicate that 70 staff were added-----

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health
Health Service Executive - Financial Statements 2021 (Resumed) (6 Oct 2022)

Matt Carthy: There is a requirement for much greater improvement-----

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health
Health Service Executive - Financial Statements 2021 (Resumed) (6 Oct 2022)

Matt Carthy: I ask Mr. Mulvany to give me an update on the big debate we have all been having on ICU beds. We all became experts in the preferred number of ICU beds for a population of our size and it was broadly accepted that we were nowhere near the level that would be required when the coronavirus pandemic struck. If we were to face another similar pandemic, would we have enough ICU beds in place?

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health
Health Service Executive - Financial Statements 2021 (Resumed) (6 Oct 2022)

Matt Carthy: Did Mr. Mulvany say €1.7 billion?

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health
Health Service Executive - Financial Statements 2021 (Resumed) (6 Oct 2022)

Matt Carthy: That is a lot of money.

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health
Health Service Executive - Financial Statements 2021 (Resumed) (6 Oct 2022)

Matt Carthy: In September 2019, before any of us had ever heard of Covid or corona viruses, the ICU bed numbers were 255. It is hard to believe that we have come through the past two and a half years, an additional €1.7 billion has been provided and we still have fewer than 300 ICU beds.

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health
Health Service Executive - Financial Statements 2021 (Resumed) (6 Oct 2022)

Matt Carthy: I understand that.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (6 Oct 2022)

Matt Carthy: Would it be fair to say that a proportion of that work would previously have been carried out in-house by the OPW?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (6 Oct 2022)

Matt Carthy: I suggest we write to the OPW. Representatives of the organisation are scheduled to appear before the committee later this year. In advance of that, I suggest that we ask for a note on this contract, specifically whether it has carried out an examination to determine if restoring at least some of these types of work to in-house staff would have a cost benefit.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (6 Oct 2022)

Matt Carthy: That is what I would have thought.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (6 Oct 2022)

Matt Carthy: We asked questions about this in previous deliberations with the OPW, but it would be useful to receive a note on this matter in advance of our next engagement with it.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (6 Oct 2022)

Matt Carthy: I support Deputy Murphy on that point. In respect of the correspondence itself and the laying of the accounts, I note the Chair's positive remarks but think it would be more positive if the accounts were actually produced on time. There is a number of items of correspondence from different bodies - I cannot clarify how many - but they indicate that the delay to the laying of the accounts...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (6 Oct 2022)

Matt Carthy: It was.

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (6 Oct 2022)

Matt Carthy: 42. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the current number of outstanding passport applications that were submitted more than one, two, three, four, five and six months ago; the total number of applications on hand; and the current number of staff in the Passport Service. [48266/22]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East (6 Oct 2022)

Matt Carthy: 47. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the proposed timeframe to honour the Government commitment to recognise the state of Palestine. [48265/22]

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (5 Oct 2022)

Matt Carthy: The Taoiseach will be aware that the A5-N2 road artery has been raised on numerous occasions in all-Ireland discussions and has been included in several national development plans and other projects. This year, however, all funding for the section of the N2 from Clontibret to the Border was removed and works stalled. I ask the Taoiseach to assure the House that he will use his position to...