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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: International Agreements (2 Jun 2022)

Verona Murphy: 11. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he has drawn the attention of the Government of the urgency to ratify the optional protocol of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, UNCRPD, which would allow people with disabilities to take a case to the United Nations over violation of their rights; his views on whether...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: International Agreements (2 Jun 2022)

Verona Murphy: Has the Minister impressed on the Government the urgency of ratifying the optional protocol of the UNCRPD? It would allow people with disabilities to take a case to the UN over violation of their rights. Does the Minister believe that the State needs to progress the adoption of the optional protocol as a matter of urgency?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: International Agreements (2 Jun 2022)

Verona Murphy: Ireland has come in for much criticism by the UN for its failure to ratify the UNCRPD. Mr. Markus Schefer, a member of the UN Committee on the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, said it gives the impression that Ireland is not confident or comfortable enough to open itself up to international scrutiny. He was speaking to the Joint Committee on Disability Matters....

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: International Agreements (2 Jun 2022)

Verona Murphy: Thank you. God bless us. I have so much to say.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: International Agreements (2 Jun 2022)

Verona Murphy: I am not so sure that we do have to wait. That is what we committed to but we are not alone. There are ten other countries which have not signed up for it. But 13% of Ireland's population have a disability. I am a new Deputy. When I was canvassing these groups they told me they only see politicians every five years, meaning at election time. In 2020, when we actually said that we would...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: International Agreements (2 Jun 2022)

Verona Murphy: Is it a priority?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: International Agreements (2 Jun 2022)

Verona Murphy: It is the significance that it is 13% of a smaller population but, nonetheless, it would not be tolerated.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: International Agreements (2 Jun 2022)

Verona Murphy: Black lives matter. Disability matters.

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health (Resumed)
Health Service Executive: Financial Statements 2020 (26 May 2022)

Verona Murphy: I welcome everyone and I notice our guests are here in force, both virtually and physically, which is a sign that Covid-19, in particular, has moved on. What I have to say concerns budgets. To be fair to the Government, we certainly have an input of funding from it that depicts a first-class health service. Some would say that, although we are investing €21 billion in the health...

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health (Resumed)
Health Service Executive: Financial Statements 2020 (26 May 2022)

Verona Murphy: You. How can you?

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health (Resumed)
Health Service Executive: Financial Statements 2020 (26 May 2022)

Verona Murphy: Okay. The question was what actions has Mr. Watt taken to ensure the implementation and that there is an efficient use of the allocation of funding? Let me be clearer and we will move on to the issue of mental health. Some €23 million was allocated. This has been widely reported in the newspapers but I do not want to go there. Where I want to go is that, at €23 million,...

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health (Resumed)
Health Service Executive: Financial Statements 2020 (26 May 2022)

Verona Murphy: Just to be clear, the oversight role as stated by Mr. Watt does not include the fact that, once the money is allocated, it is his job to see that the money is spent efficiently and delivers a service. That is not his role. Am I wrong?

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health (Resumed)
Health Service Executive: Financial Statements 2020 (26 May 2022)

Verona Murphy: We do not have time, Mr. Watt, and I have limited time. That question has a “yes” or “no” answer. Is it his role to ensure that once the money is allocated, it delivers an efficient, First World health service?

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health (Resumed)
Health Service Executive: Financial Statements 2020 (26 May 2022)

Verona Murphy: Mr. Watt’s job as Secretary General is what I am asking. Is that a description of his role?

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health (Resumed)
Health Service Executive: Financial Statements 2020 (26 May 2022)

Verona Murphy: Will Mr. Watt tell me, and again I ask the question, what actions he has taken since he took up the position of Secretary General more than 18 months ago to ensure the implementation of the funding to deliver the health service? Which of these best describes his actions? A, would Mr. Watt say he has identified the problem and he does not know what to do about it? B, would he say he has...

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health (Resumed)
Health Service Executive: Financial Statements 2020 (26 May 2022)

Verona Murphy: A was had he identified the problem and does not know what to do about it. B asked if he had not identified a problem, in which case it is getting worse. C asked if Mr. Watt is paid a large salary, which he receives regardless, and just does not care?

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health (Resumed)
Health Service Executive: Financial Statements 2020 (26 May 2022)

Verona Murphy: But that is-----

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health (Resumed)
Health Service Executive: Financial Statements 2020 (26 May 2022)

Verona Murphy: Sorry. Is Mr. Watt just paid regardless and it does not bother him?

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health (Resumed)
Health Service Executive: Financial Statements 2020 (26 May 2022)

Verona Murphy: Regarding the 1 million hours allocated for home care support, what actions have been put in place to ensure their delivery? In the Dáil, when I question the Minister for Health, or the Taoiseach during Leaders' Questions, and I say we have increased the number of people waiting on home care support by more than 100 since an extra 1 million hours were provided, the Taoiseach responds by...

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health (Resumed)
Health Service Executive: Financial Statements 2020 (26 May 2022)

Verona Murphy: I thank Mr. Watt.