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- Public Accounts Committee: Mental Health Services - Financial Statements 2020 (10 Mar 2022)
Brian Stanley: Mr. Reid is very welcome. As detailed in the letter of invitation, he has five minutes for his opening statement and I ask that he tries to keep to that.
- Public Accounts Committee: Mental Health Services - Financial Statements 2020 (10 Mar 2022)
Brian Stanley: I thank Mr Reid. In his opening statement he said the availability of skilled staff is a significant issue in mental health services. He said the demand outstrips the supply in the workforce and pointed to difficulties in trying to recruit. I have a couple of questions on recruitment and budgeting. What were the HSE's recruitment targets for each of the years 2020 and 2021?
- Public Accounts Committee: Mental Health Services - Financial Statements 2020 (10 Mar 2022)
Brian Stanley: Overall, what was the HSE recruitment targets? I understand it is a problem across the board in the HSE.
- Public Accounts Committee: Mental Health Services - Financial Statements 2020 (10 Mar 2022)
Brian Stanley: I wish to return to the figures for a second. Mr Reid mentioned 16,000 and 10,000 if I heard him correctly.
- Public Accounts Committee: Mental Health Services - Financial Statements 2020 (10 Mar 2022)
Brian Stanley: I ask Mr Reid to give me the 2020 and 2021 figures again.
- Public Accounts Committee: Mental Health Services - Financial Statements 2020 (10 Mar 2022)
Brian Stanley: What was the shortfall?
- Public Accounts Committee: Mental Health Services - Financial Statements 2020 (10 Mar 2022)
Brian Stanley: The sound is not great. I ask Mr Reid to repeat that for me please.
- Public Accounts Committee: Mental Health Services - Financial Statements 2020 (10 Mar 2022)
Brian Stanley: What was the shortfall?
- Public Accounts Committee: Mental Health Services - Financial Statements 2020 (10 Mar 2022)
Brian Stanley: What was the shortfall for those two years?
- Public Accounts Committee: Mental Health Services - Financial Statements 2020 (10 Mar 2022)
Brian Stanley: I am asking about the shortfall. What was the shortfall?
- Public Accounts Committee: Mental Health Services - Financial Statements 2020 (10 Mar 2022)
Brian Stanley: It was 4,500 to 5,000. Is it correct that the HSE received the budget for that from the Department?
- Public Accounts Committee: Mental Health Services - Financial Statements 2020 (10 Mar 2022)
Brian Stanley: What happens when there is a surplus? Is that redirected?
- Public Accounts Committee: Mental Health Services - Financial Statements 2020 (10 Mar 2022)
Brian Stanley: It went to Covid-related matters. Was that with the Department's agreement?
- Public Accounts Committee: Mental Health Services - Financial Statements 2020 (10 Mar 2022)
Brian Stanley: The Department fully approved that.
- Public Accounts Committee: Mental Health Services - Financial Statements 2020 (10 Mar 2022)
Brian Stanley: No, I am clear enough on that. I do not want to take too much time on this. I have a question for Ms McGirr from the Department of Health. Is the Department happy with the level of oversight it has when budgets are reallocated or reassigned?
- Public Accounts Committee: Mental Health Services - Financial Statements 2020 (10 Mar 2022)
Brian Stanley: The Parliamentary Budget Office produced a report in 2018. The paper examined the process of disbursal of voted expenditure under Vote 38 in the Health Service Executive's national service plan. It goes on to comment on the integrated financial management system and the delays in that regard. I raise this in the context of the considerable disquiet and frustration within the Houses of the...
- Public Accounts Committee: Mental Health Services - Financial Statements 2020 (10 Mar 2022)
Brian Stanley: I thank Ms McGirr for elaborating on that. Our guests might respond very briefly to my final question. The need for an integrated financial management system was highlighted in 2014 and there have been several deadlines for its completion. The last one I heard about was for 2024. Is it still the case that our health system does not have an integrated financial management system and will...
- Public Accounts Committee: Mental Health Services - Financial Statements 2020 (10 Mar 2022)
Brian Stanley: What is the completion date for the project? When will we have an all-encompassing integrated financial management system?
- Public Accounts Committee: Mental Health Services - Financial Statements 2020 (10 Mar 2022)
Brian Stanley: The date for the completion of the project has been pushed out to 2026.
- Public Accounts Committee: Mental Health Services - Financial Statements 2020 (10 Mar 2022)
Brian Stanley: The delay in getting that integrated financial management system in place is too long. It will take a decade and two years from the time when it was recognised it was needed to get it in place. I am sure our guests will appreciate that.