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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Covid-19 and Review of Budget 2021: Minister for Health (4 Nov 2020)

Colm Burke: We have previously heard about issues with the elective hospitals and timelines were outlined. Is the Minister satisfied that something will happen and that decisions will be taken? We have yet to identify sites and then we will have to go through a planning process. It will be three years down the road before even a sod is turned on any of these hospitals. That is why the issue is now a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Covid-19 and Review of Budget 2021: Minister for Health (4 Nov 2020)

Colm Burke: My final question relates to the NTPF. A simple example concerns cataract operations. The main problem at the moment is people trying to get appointments even to be assessed before they get on the list. If they get on the list, they can avail of the NTPF, but the problem is getting on the list. Can we do anything to expedite the issue in order that people will be assessed on the list for...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Covid-19 and Review of Budget 2021: Minister for Health (4 Nov 2020)

Colm Burke: I would appreciate that because there is a long list of people waiting to be assessed, yet the list of people waiting for work to be done is quite small relative to the number of operations.

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Covid-19 Pandemic (3 Nov 2020)

Colm Burke: 179. To ask the Taoiseach if the plan for living with Covid-19 framework document will be made available in accessible format for blind and visually impaired persons. [33595/20]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Railway Stations (3 Nov 2020)

Colm Burke: 351. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when work will commence on installing a lift at Ennis Railway Station, County Clare, to accommodate persons with mobility issues; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33591/20]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Covid-19 Contact Tracing: HSE (28 Oct 2020)

Colm Burke: I thank all the witnesses for the work they are doing, as well as all the staff involved with tracking and tracing. I will ask a couple of questions on different topics. Will Dr. Kelleher deal again with how people are contacted and the response tracers get? In the past week, all of us, as public representatives, have received fairly nasty emails on various matters. For example, I got one...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Covid-19 Contact Tracing: HSE (28 Oct 2020)

Colm Burke: I can actually send on the texts received by a person who came in from abroad. I got copies of them. There is nothing in the text as to which Department or agency is sending them which is a big mistake.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Covid-19 Contact Tracing: HSE (28 Oct 2020)

Colm Burke: I raised concerns earlier this week about people travelling to Northern Ireland for medical procedures. They are travelling for anything up to six hours by bus, and many of them are elderly. It is relation to cataract operations. Maybe Mr. McCallion might deal with this issue. My understanding is that there is a delay, certainly, in the south-south-west area, in getting appointments to be...

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 11 - Office of Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform
Vote 12 – Superannuation and Retired Allowances
Chapter 3 - Vote Accounting and Budget Management
Chapter 4 - Accounting for Capital Assets
Chapter 5 - Accounting for Allied Services (22 Oct 2020)

Colm Burke: I thank the witnesses for coming in this morning and for the presentation. I thank them and all the civil servants across all Departments, as well as all the people working in the public service for their contribution, particularly in these challenging times. I came across a property owned by the Department of Justice and Equality that was vacant for 20 years and nobody knew it existed....

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 11 - Office of Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform
Vote 12 – Superannuation and Retired Allowances
Chapter 3 - Vote Accounting and Budget Management
Chapter 4 - Accounting for Capital Assets
Chapter 5 - Accounting for Allied Services (22 Oct 2020)

Colm Burke: Are we depending on the OPW to look after this or is each Department going through the process?

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 11 - Office of Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform
Vote 12 – Superannuation and Retired Allowances
Chapter 3 - Vote Accounting and Budget Management
Chapter 4 - Accounting for Capital Assets
Chapter 5 - Accounting for Allied Services (22 Oct 2020)

Colm Burke: This particular case is a dwelling house that was used by the Garda but which was not occupied for 20 years. How many more buildings like this would there be across Departments? For example, the Department of Education may own a building that is not a school but as a result people may assume it is the responsibility of another Department. Have we identified all the properties in the...

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 11 - Office of Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform
Vote 12 – Superannuation and Retired Allowances
Chapter 3 - Vote Accounting and Budget Management
Chapter 4 - Accounting for Capital Assets
Chapter 5 - Accounting for Allied Services (22 Oct 2020)

Colm Burke: With computerisation, should it be possible-----

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 11 - Office of Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform
Vote 12 – Superannuation and Retired Allowances
Chapter 3 - Vote Accounting and Budget Management
Chapter 4 - Accounting for Capital Assets
Chapter 5 - Accounting for Allied Services (22 Oct 2020)

Colm Burke: Is there a timeframe within each Department to resolve this type of issue or is it to be taken as an ongoing matter?

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 11 - Office of Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform
Vote 12 – Superannuation and Retired Allowances
Chapter 3 - Vote Accounting and Budget Management
Chapter 4 - Accounting for Capital Assets
Chapter 5 - Accounting for Allied Services (22 Oct 2020)

Colm Burke: The presentation indicates the Department is finalising a new policy document on capital assets. When will that policy document be finished?

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 11 - Office of Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform
Vote 12 – Superannuation and Retired Allowances
Chapter 3 - Vote Accounting and Budget Management
Chapter 4 - Accounting for Capital Assets
Chapter 5 - Accounting for Allied Services (22 Oct 2020)

Colm Burke: I will move to information technology systems. I know there has been much investment in the area. I agree that the use of IT systems during the pandemic has been very effective. The Covid payment was paid out in a very short timeframe, and it went from nowhere to having a huge number of people getting those benefits. It came about as a result of very hard work within the Department and...

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 11 - Office of Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform
Vote 12 – Superannuation and Retired Allowances
Chapter 3 - Vote Accounting and Budget Management
Chapter 4 - Accounting for Capital Assets
Chapter 5 - Accounting for Allied Services (22 Oct 2020)

Colm Burke: I want to move on to the area of pensions. The figure that stands out to me is that the number of people receiving pensions in 2019 was 26,000 whereas in 2018, it was 25,000. The issue that is arising is that I presume that in the coming years we will have more people retiring because of the processes ongoing in Departments for quite a long period of time but also because people are living...

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 11 - Office of Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform
Vote 12 – Superannuation and Retired Allowances
Chapter 3 - Vote Accounting and Budget Management
Chapter 4 - Accounting for Capital Assets
Chapter 5 - Accounting for Allied Services (22 Oct 2020)

Colm Burke: What percentage increase will we see in the coming years?

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 11 - Office of Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform
Vote 12 – Superannuation and Retired Allowances
Chapter 3 - Vote Accounting and Budget Management
Chapter 4 - Accounting for Capital Assets
Chapter 5 - Accounting for Allied Services (22 Oct 2020)

Colm Burke: What will be the increase to the Exchequer over the next five years?

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 11 - Office of Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform
Vote 12 – Superannuation and Retired Allowances
Chapter 3 - Vote Accounting and Budget Management
Chapter 4 - Accounting for Capital Assets
Chapter 5 - Accounting for Allied Services (22 Oct 2020)

Colm Burke: How much will it be as a percentage per annum?

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 11 - Office of Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform
Vote 12 – Superannuation and Retired Allowances
Chapter 3 - Vote Accounting and Budget Management
Chapter 4 - Accounting for Capital Assets
Chapter 5 - Accounting for Allied Services (22 Oct 2020)

Colm Burke: Is that for the next 25 years?