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Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 37 - Social Protection - Social Insurance Fund 2021
Chapter 10: Regularity of social welfare payments
Chapter 11: The recovery of benefit and assistance payments following compensation awards
Chapter 14: Classification of workers for PRSI purposes (1 Dec 2022)

Alan Dillon: I welcome the witnesses. I acknowledge their extraordinary work in recent months and years, especially in the response to both Covid and the Ukrainian crisis. Their ongoing efforts and development are much appreciated. I will start by focusing on non-compliant procurement. I refer to the €31 million allocated to 25 local employment services that were deemed non-compliant...

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 37 - Social Protection - Social Insurance Fund 2021
Chapter 10: Regularity of social welfare payments
Chapter 11: The recovery of benefit and assistance payments following compensation awards
Chapter 14: Classification of workers for PRSI purposes (1 Dec 2022)

Alan Dillon: Could Mr. McKeon provide an update on what is entailed in the tendering process?

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 37 - Social Protection - Social Insurance Fund 2021
Chapter 10: Regularity of social welfare payments
Chapter 11: The recovery of benefit and assistance payments following compensation awards
Chapter 14: Classification of workers for PRSI purposes (1 Dec 2022)

Alan Dillon: The community and voluntary groups were not able to fund the service.

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 37 - Social Protection - Social Insurance Fund 2021
Chapter 10: Regularity of social welfare payments
Chapter 11: The recovery of benefit and assistance payments following compensation awards
Chapter 14: Classification of workers for PRSI purposes (1 Dec 2022)

Alan Dillon: Does Mr. McKeon envisage that the Department has rectified the non-compliance with national procurement guidelines?

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 37 - Social Protection - Social Insurance Fund 2021
Chapter 10: Regularity of social welfare payments
Chapter 11: The recovery of benefit and assistance payments following compensation awards
Chapter 14: Classification of workers for PRSI purposes (1 Dec 2022)

Alan Dillon: How advanced is the work to date?

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 37 - Social Protection - Social Insurance Fund 2021
Chapter 10: Regularity of social welfare payments
Chapter 11: The recovery of benefit and assistance payments following compensation awards
Chapter 14: Classification of workers for PRSI purposes (1 Dec 2022)

Alan Dillon: I thank Mr. McKeon for his response. Following on from Deputy Colm Burke's question on the issuing of PPS numbers for 2022, Mr. McKeon referenced a figure of 260,000 to date. Could he give us a breakdown of the figure? Does he have the figure for 2019, pre-Covid? That would be very useful in terms of a comparison.

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 37 - Social Protection - Social Insurance Fund 2021
Chapter 10: Regularity of social welfare payments
Chapter 11: The recovery of benefit and assistance payments following compensation awards
Chapter 14: Classification of workers for PRSI purposes (1 Dec 2022)

Alan Dillon: Is 260,000 a record number for the country?

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 37 - Social Protection - Social Insurance Fund 2021
Chapter 10: Regularity of social welfare payments
Chapter 11: The recovery of benefit and assistance payments following compensation awards
Chapter 14: Classification of workers for PRSI purposes (1 Dec 2022)

Alan Dillon: Absolutely. I am asking about the response of the Department. I read Mr. McKeon's opening statement regarding how resources and deployment planning had to be escalated and the Department's integration with the Department of Children and Youth Affairs and other agencies. Will Mr. McKeon give us an understanding of the number of new staff to be deployed for one-stop shop receptions, such as...

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 37 - Social Protection - Social Insurance Fund 2021
Chapter 10: Regularity of social welfare payments
Chapter 11: The recovery of benefit and assistance payments following compensation awards
Chapter 14: Classification of workers for PRSI purposes (1 Dec 2022)

Alan Dillon: What is the current level of employment in the Department dealing with this response? How many new hires has it made in 2022?

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 37 - Social Protection - Social Insurance Fund 2021
Chapter 10: Regularity of social welfare payments
Chapter 11: The recovery of benefit and assistance payments following compensation awards
Chapter 14: Classification of workers for PRSI purposes (1 Dec 2022)

Alan Dillon: What is the estimated total expenditure on welfare income for the Ukrainian response?

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 37 - Social Protection - Social Insurance Fund 2021
Chapter 10: Regularity of social welfare payments
Chapter 11: The recovery of benefit and assistance payments following compensation awards
Chapter 14: Classification of workers for PRSI purposes (1 Dec 2022)

Alan Dillon: This is related predominantly to the 62,000 PPSNs that have been issued.

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 37 - Social Protection - Social Insurance Fund 2021
Chapter 10: Regularity of social welfare payments
Chapter 11: The recovery of benefit and assistance payments following compensation awards
Chapter 14: Classification of workers for PRSI purposes (1 Dec 2022)

Alan Dillon: Outside of this, there is another 202,000 PPSNs that have been issued. Is there an estimate of the total expenditure related to welfare income?

Patient Safety (Notifiable Patient Safety Incidents) Bill 2019: Report Stage (7 Dec 2022)

Alan Dillon: We will suspend briefly, pending clarification.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (7 Dec 2022)

Alan Dillon: 31. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the guidelines in respect of local authority home loans; the income requirements for County Mayo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61113/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Broadband Infrastructure (6 Dec 2022)

Alan Dillon: 106. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when reliable broadband connectivity will be installed in east Mayo (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60502/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (6 Dec 2022)

Alan Dillon: 600. To ask the Minister for Health if a permanent registrar will be appointed to the renal unit at Mayo University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60450/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (6 Dec 2022)

Alan Dillon: 604. To ask the Minister for Health if he will set up a community neuro-rehabilitation team in CHO-2; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60468/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (6 Dec 2022)

Alan Dillon: 626. To ask the Minister for Health the amount allocated to Mayo University Hospital under the winter plan; the way this compares to other hospitals in the West/North West Hospitals Group (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60643/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (6 Dec 2022)

Alan Dillon: 627. To ask the Minister for Health the amount allocated to a hospital (details supplied) for the CT scanner replacement project; the status of the CT installation process outlining; and when the new CT scanner will be operational. [60644/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Care Services (6 Dec 2022)

Alan Dillon: 628. To ask the Minister for Health the reason HIQA has not inspected a nursing unit (details supplied) following a request to do so by the provider, which requires additional bed capacity to meet growing demands in the area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60645/22]