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Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (5 Oct 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: At the weekend, Jim Gavin, the chairman of the Dublin Citizens' Assembly, indicated that he might have his report ready earlier than expected. It appears he is as good in the chair as he is on the field, although I am not sure anybody would be up for five citizens' assemblies in a row. Does the early delivery of that report give us the opportunity to establish a citizens' assembly on the...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: After-School Support Services (5 Oct 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: 266. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his plans to provide additional after-school child places in the Dublin 11 area, particularly in Finglas and Glasnevin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49094/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Issues Surrounding Water Quality and Supply: Discussion (4 Oct 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: We are dealing with issues surrounding water quality and supply. From the Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, we are joined by Dr. Tom Ryan, Mr. Noel Byrne, Ms Mary Gurrie and Dr. Michelle Minihan. From the HSE, we are joined by Ms Ann Marie Part, Dr. Deirdre Mulholland and Ms Deirdre Lavin. The opening statements have been circulated to members. I will begin with a note on...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Issues Surrounding Water Quality and Supply: Discussion (4 Oct 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: I thank Ms Part and Dr. Ryan. We move on to members' questions. Members are expected to confine their questions to the witnesses to seven minutes in total. The member may make a statement or ask a question and allow the remaining time for responses by the witnesses. The member can decide who to direct questions to. The first speaker is Deputy Flaherty from Fianna Fáil.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Issues Surrounding Water Quality and Supply: Discussion (4 Oct 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: Deputy Gould will ably represent you. I call Senator Cummins.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Issues Surrounding Water Quality and Supply: Discussion (4 Oct 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: There are just two minutes left in the Deputy's slot.

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health
Health Service Executive - Financial Statements 2021 (Resumed) (6 Oct 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: To continue that line of questioning, will that also include Dublin Fire Brigade paramedics?

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health
Health Service Executive - Financial Statements 2021 (Resumed) (6 Oct 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: There is no doubt that somebody who sat in an ambulance for those first few weeks of the pandemic, with Covid-positive patients, were at the front line and were immediately impacted by the virus. They are paid by a public body, Dublin City Council, and to my mind there should be no question but that there should be an immediate payment. When Mr. Mulvany said "Minister", was he referring...

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health
Health Service Executive - Financial Statements 2021 (Resumed) (6 Oct 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: I now know which of my colleagues to collar so I appreciate that. On the broader issue of section 38 and section 39 organisations, the Comptroller and Auditor General carried out a review of governance in 2016 and the financial implications around their structure. Does the HSE believe it has the correct value for money from section 38s and section 39s?

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health
Health Service Executive - Financial Statements 2021 (Resumed) (6 Oct 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: My concern is that more than €5 billion is going into the sector, admittedly across a whole range of spectrums. For intellectual disabilities in particular, and in the Cork area specifically, it essentially came to a situation where those people in receipt of HSE funding were not able to accommodate children with special needs. The education and training board, ETB, stepped in and...

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health
Health Service Executive - Financial Statements 2021 (Resumed) (6 Oct 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: There is an increasing demand for the public provision of services. That is very clear when there is a private operator but sometimes, when there is a voluntary operator, that same call is not made. It is a policy issue maybe rather than a matter for Mr. Mulvany. I sometimes feel we do not subject section 39s to the same level of scrutiny regarding value for money. I ask for a note from...

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health
Health Service Executive - Financial Statements 2021 (Resumed) (6 Oct 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: Those are very fair comments.

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health
Health Service Executive - Financial Statements 2021 (Resumed) (6 Oct 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: I accept interagency is easier said and done. I understand that. I will turn to the matter of the National Ambulance Service. Can the HSE confirm how many posts are vacant at present?

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health
Health Service Executive - Financial Statements 2021 (Resumed) (6 Oct 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: Some of the anecdotal evidence I am hearing from people is that the potential for staff to be allocated anywhere in the country is one of the major challenges. Parts of the country have persistent vacancies, while in other places demand might be oversubscribed. Has the NAS considered direct recruitment?

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health
Health Service Executive - Financial Statements 2021 (Resumed) (6 Oct 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: The NAS was probably based on a model similar to An Garda Síochána, where members are centrally trained and then distributed around the country, but we are in a very different employment market. On the role of the NAS, there are other private operators it is competing with as a potential employer. That degree of flexibility is very important. I am jumping around here; I often...

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health
Health Service Executive - Financial Statements 2021 (Resumed) (6 Oct 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: What is the total expenditure in respect of non-compliant procurement?

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health
Health Service Executive - Financial Statements 2021 (Resumed) (6 Oct 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: There is 44% below that figure.

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health
Health Service Executive - Financial Statements 2021 (Resumed) (6 Oct 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: Some 44% of the HSE procurement was not within the scope of the assessment, in that it would have been below that €20,000 threshold.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (6 Oct 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: I think Deputy Murphy is right on the NTA. As it has grown it is having a greater impact. Its representatives were in before with regard to the capital projects that were taking place. These are incredibly significant. This week both the BusConnects and metro projects for my area are being published in tandem. It would be useful to have the NTA in again. The area I would like us to...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (6 Oct 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: I think the Secretary General is being helpful in trying to ensure he has one appearance at the committee but the Committee of Public Accounts has determined that he may have more than one and we should go with our own view.