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Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon Financial Statement 2017 (19 Sep 2019)

Kate O'Connell: In terms of the Department's remit, is that not very serious from the point of view of disease control? We had a serious issue at the weekend when the knackeries were closed. I know that it has now been resolved, but there could have been a serious disease hazard coming down the tracks. Has it occurred to the Department to think about taking an approach to dogs similar to that taken to...

Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon Financial Statement 2017 (19 Sep 2019)

Kate O'Connell: It is not really a hope but a necessity. We track cattle with microchips.

Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon Financial Statement 2017 (19 Sep 2019)

Kate O'Connell: There is no reason we cannot do so with dogs.

Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon Financial Statement 2017 (19 Sep 2019)

Kate O'Connell: Can it not just be copied?

Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon Financial Statement 2017 (19 Sep 2019)

Kate O'Connell: I return to turnover and running costs, with specific reference to the catering operation which was making money by the looks of things. We can forget the transfer. It was making money. Why was it decided to home in on that particular element of the business? It was profitable. Clearly, people were employed in it and providing good quality food. Why was that part of the business...

Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon Financial Statement 2017 (19 Sep 2019)

Kate O'Connell: I am sorry-----

Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon Financial Statement 2017 (19 Sep 2019)

Kate O'Connell: Okay.

Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon Financial Statement 2017 (19 Sep 2019)

Kate O'Connell: It has been set up as a separate company within the Irish Greyhound Board.

Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon Financial Statement 2017 (19 Sep 2019)

Kate O'Connell: The board has had to employ permanent staff under normal regulations. How is it looking in terms of costs?

Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon Financial Statement 2017 (19 Sep 2019)

Kate O'Connell: Mr. Dollard has said there was an unsound evidence base for the deferred outcomes report. Surely that would have been evident from the terms of reference drawn up in advance of the compilation of the report, at a cost of €130,000. The evidence base would have been there regardless. How did the board let it go ahead after it had looked at the terms of reference, given that it had...

Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon Financial Statement 2017 (19 Sep 2019)

Kate O'Connell: It must have thought it was necessary. No company would take-----

Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon Financial Statement 2017 (19 Sep 2019)

Kate O'Connell: Was €130,000 the price before the additional work was added or was it is the all-in price?

Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon Financial Statement 2017 (19 Sep 2019)

Kate O'Connell: It is interesting that a company would decide to go beyond its remit for the same price tag. The decision probably cost it more money and time. One would have to consider that the company must have needed to take such a decision. Its reasons must have been valid.

Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon Financial Statement 2017 (19 Sep 2019)

Kate O'Connell: Does anyone have that information?

Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon Financial Statement 2017 (19 Sep 2019)

Kate O'Connell: How do we get it?

Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon Financial Statement 2017 (19 Sep 2019)

Kate O'Connell: Okay. I think that is it now. I thank the witnesses for their time.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Reimbursement (24 Sep 2019)

Kate O'Connell: 335. To ask the Minister for Health the weighting percentages to be used as part of the upcoming HSE FreeStyle Libre review decision making process that will be given to criteria (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38592/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Reimbursement (24 Sep 2019)

Kate O'Connell: 336. To ask the Minister for Health if the reimbursement dataset will specifically cover only current HSE-funded users of the FreeStyle Libre device; and if the health technology assessment group review will compare just total blood glucose strip usage spend year on year. [38593/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Maternity Benefit (24 Sep 2019)

Kate O'Connell: 370. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a maternity payment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38793/19]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Brexit Preparations Update: Discussion (25 Sep 2019)

Kate O'Connell: Mr. O'Connor has said we are much better prepared now than we were in March. It is good that we had an extension or we would be goosed. I am assuming from the opening statements that everything will stay the same and that we will have ten to 12 weeks’ headroom in the case of medical supplies. For perishable, short-life products, insulin is not one of them. It can be used after...