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- Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 39 - Health Service Executive
Chapter 14 - Procurement by the Health Service Executive
Health Service Executive Financial Statements 2013 (23 Apr 2015) Robert Dowds: The reason I am pursuing the question on whistleblowers is that I am aware of cases - and I am not just talking about the case of Sergeant Maurice McCabe - in which whistleblowers were excluded from further work, which is absolutely not the way they should be treated when they uncover something that should not have been happening.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 39 - Health Service Executive
Chapter 14 - Procurement by the Health Service Executive
Health Service Executive Financial Statements 2013 (23 Apr 2015) Robert Dowds: Did anybody lose his or her job over malpractice? Was it the case that this particular foster family was not used any more?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 39 - Health Service Executive
Chapter 14 - Procurement by the Health Service Executive
Health Service Executive Financial Statements 2013 (23 Apr 2015) Robert Dowds: I support the Chairman's remarks on the need for an investigation of this case to be conducted by a body outside the remit of the HSE.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 39 - Health Service Executive
Chapter 14 - Procurement by the Health Service Executive
Health Service Executive Financial Statements 2013 (23 Apr 2015) Robert Dowds: In regard to delayed discharges from hospitals. I see from the information we have been given that it is expected that delayed discharges will increase by 24% this year on the 2013 figures. Can somebody explain the reason for that increase? Are the new moves in regard to the fair deal scheme having a bearing on the numbers?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 39 - Health Service Executive
Chapter 14 - Procurement by the Health Service Executive
Health Service Executive Financial Statements 2013 (23 Apr 2015) Robert Dowds: Given that initiative, why does Mr. O'Brien expect the number of delayed discharges to increase so much this year?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 39 - Health Service Executive
Chapter 14 - Procurement by the Health Service Executive
Health Service Executive Financial Statements 2013 (23 Apr 2015) Robert Dowds: How does that impact on the finances of hospitals? Would there be a saving if people were discharged from hospitals earlier?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 39 - Health Service Executive
Chapter 14 - Procurement by the Health Service Executive
Health Service Executive Financial Statements 2013 (23 Apr 2015) Robert Dowds: Is Mr. O'Brien satisfied that sufficient step-down facilities are coming on stream in 2015?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 39 - Health Service Executive
Chapter 14 - Procurement by the Health Service Executive
Health Service Executive Financial Statements 2013 (23 Apr 2015) Robert Dowds: Is the HSE largely relying on the private sector to provide those step-downs?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 39 - Health Service Executive
Chapter 14 - Procurement by the Health Service Executive
Health Service Executive Financial Statements 2013 (23 Apr 2015) Robert Dowds: I wish to raise another procurement issue. There was some discussion on it earlier so I shall try not go over that again. There is still a considerable issue in terms of proper procurement processes and 36% was the figure that the Comptroller and Auditor General mentioned in his report. To what extent does the HSE have influence over procurement in terms of sections 38 and 39 organisations?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 39 - Health Service Executive
Chapter 14 - Procurement by the Health Service Executive
Health Service Executive Financial Statements 2013 (23 Apr 2015) Robert Dowds: Has all of that come together?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 39 - Health Service Executive
Chapter 14 - Procurement by the Health Service Executive
Health Service Executive Financial Statements 2013 (23 Apr 2015) Robert Dowds: To what extent does that bring about savings?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 39 - Health Service Executive
Chapter 14 - Procurement by the Health Service Executive
Health Service Executive Financial Statements 2013 (23 Apr 2015) Robert Dowds: Last night, I received an allegation of failure to go through procurement procedures for a significant section 38 organisation. I do not want to name it here because I have not had a chance to check the details. If I give the director general the details would he mind checking it out and reporting back to me on the situation?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 39 - Health Service Executive
Chapter 14 - Procurement by the Health Service Executive
Health Service Executive Financial Statements 2013 (23 Apr 2015) Robert Dowds: I thank the director general.
- Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: National Internship Scheme Data (28 Apr 2015)
Robert Dowds: 60. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the extent to which persons move from JobBridge to full-time employment; and in view of the upturn in employment her plans to gradually phase out the JobBridge programme. [16330/15]
- Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Yield (28 Apr 2015)
Robert Dowds: 115. To ask the Minister for Finance the current rate of deposit interest retention tax; the amount collected in the past three financial years; his plans to alter the operation of the tax; and the exemptions that are available to the tax. [16346/15]
- Spring Economic Statement (Resumed) (30 Apr 2015)
Robert Dowds: I welcome the process the spring statement brings about whereby, as the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources outlined, it is open to all and sundry to make positive contributions as to how the next budget is constructed. It is very useful to know the financial parameters within which we will be operating and the extent to which we will have extra funds to spend. This...
- Spring Economic Statement (Resumed) (30 Apr 2015)
Robert Dowds: Deputy Finian McGrath knows that without the very skilled work that the Minister did, the Haddington Road agreement would not have been delivered. It took enormous courage and perseverance on his part. I can contrast that to a remark he made to me in conversation during the early days of the Government that he was almost in despair as to whether we would get out of the economic mess. To...
- Spring Economic Statement (Resumed) (30 Apr 2015)
Robert Dowds: Even within the Deputy's group.
- Spring Economic Statement (Resumed) (30 Apr 2015)
Robert Dowds: So does the Deputy.
- Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Voluntary Housing Sector (6 May 2015)
Robert Dowds: 532. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if it is the local authority or the voluntary housing organisation which own the homes rented to tenants by organisations such as Cluid or the National Association of Building Co-operatives; his views on the role of voluntary housing organisations in tackling the housing crisis; and if he will make a statement on the...