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Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2023 - Children's Health Ireland
Financial Statements - National Treatment Purchase Fund (3 Jul 2025)

John Brady: You said all of the cases would be reviewed as to whether there was a clinical need for the surgery to be carried out. Are you also looking at whether it was necessary to carry out the surgeries?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2023 - Children's Health Ireland
Financial Statements - National Treatment Purchase Fund (3 Jul 2025)

John Brady: Is it just to assess the decision for surgery, not to assess whether the surgery was necessary?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2023 - Children's Health Ireland
Financial Statements - National Treatment Purchase Fund (3 Jul 2025)

John Brady: Families need to know whether the surgeries were necessary.

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2023 - Children's Health Ireland
Financial Statements - National Treatment Purchase Fund (3 Jul 2025)

John Brady: Families are very unclear about what the process looks like, what is being looked at and what the outcome will be. Clarity is needed on that front.

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2023 - Children's Health Ireland
Financial Statements - National Treatment Purchase Fund (3 Jul 2025)

John Brady: I am conscious that members may have supplementary questions. The witnesses are probably under time constraints. With their agreement, I will limit members to three minutes. If any of our witnesses needs a comfort break at any stage there is no issue in that regard. They can just indicate and let us know and we will suspend proceedings at any point. I will go back to our first speaker,...

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2023 - Children's Health Ireland
Financial Statements - National Treatment Purchase Fund (3 Jul 2025)

John Brady: I have a few concluding questions. On the consultant who was the focus of that review, a figure of €35,000 or thereabouts has been established. Were there attempts to recoup that as part of the process?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2023 - Children's Health Ireland
Financial Statements - National Treatment Purchase Fund (3 Jul 2025)

John Brady: Can we get a specific breakdown of that €35,000 in costs? How much was that per clinic or per child seen? I turn to the children. It has been stated that the children are our focus and priority, and they absolutely have to be. However, there have been reports on the impact that process had and the delays in children accessing treatment. Has a review been carried out relating to...

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2023 - Children's Health Ireland
Financial Statements - National Treatment Purchase Fund (3 Jul 2025)

John Brady: Reference was made that that process delayed treatment for some children by up to three years. Would that be accurate?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2023 - Children's Health Ireland
Financial Statements - National Treatment Purchase Fund (3 Jul 2025)

John Brady: Ms Kelly cannot see that but has a review been carried out to establish that?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2023 - Children's Health Ireland
Financial Statements - National Treatment Purchase Fund (3 Jul 2025)

John Brady: Okay, so there was no impact there. Those are all the questions I have. I thank all the witnesses for coming in today. That concludes our engagement with Children's Health Ireland and the National Treatment Purchase Fund. I thank Ms Nugent and her officials from CHI for attending. I also thank Mr. Gallagher and his staff from the National Treatment Purchase Fund for attending and...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (2 Jul 2025)

John Brady: 117. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills why the NCSE has decided not to go ahead with creating an ASD class in a school (details supplied); to provide a timeline for when the school will be allowed to open the ASD class; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36592/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Public Private Partnerships (1 Jul 2025)

John Brady: 82. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the measures that will be put in place to ensure the social housing which was due to be completed in PPP bundle 3, including 106 homes in Blessington in Wicklow, will be completed without additional delay. [35838/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: National Parks (1 Jul 2025)

John Brady: 97. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the State will consider buying lands at Aghavannagh which border the Wicklow Mountains National Park to expand the size of the national park to promote biodiversity, wildlife and tourism in the area. [35839/25]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (1 Jul 2025)

John Brady: 129. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to provide an update on a passport application (details supplied) as the applicants’ travel date is imminent; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35719/25]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Industrial Development (1 Jul 2025)

John Brady: 314. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the measures the IDA is taking to ensure that the tenant of the Greystones Media Campus fulfils its contractual obligation to develop on the IDA land; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35586/25]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Industrial Development (1 Jul 2025)

John Brady: 315. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to provide a timeline as per the IDA contract with the tenant of the Greystones Media Campus in which it must begin development on the lands; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35587/25]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Industrial Development (1 Jul 2025)

John Brady: 316. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the measures he will take to recoup the €24 million money spent through the ISIF in the Greystones Media Campus if development is not completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35588/25]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Industrial Development (1 Jul 2025)

John Brady: 317. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to provide an update on the Greystones Media Campus; if the project is still planned to continue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35589/25]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Industrial Development (1 Jul 2025)

John Brady: 318. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if the tenant of the IDA lands at the Greystones Media Campus does not fulfil its contractual obligation of development as per the contractual clause, whether the lands will be transferred back to the IDA; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35590/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (1 Jul 2025)

John Brady: 337. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school which will be losing a teacher due to being one pupil short (details supplied) will be allowed keep their current staff numbers, as losing a teacher will result in a multi-grade class of 39 students; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35300/25]