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Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 6 - Expenditure under a Maintenance Contract
2019 Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (11 Nov 2020)

Neasa Hourigan: I appreciate whatever Mr. Sydenham would like to comment on. This was a particular question on the consultancy costs, both for the consultants directly involved in the project but also for the quantity surveyors providing an independent oversight.

Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 6 - Expenditure under a Maintenance Contract
2019 Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (11 Nov 2020)

Neasa Hourigan: I am sorry but I am about to be cut off because of my time. Have any of the current consultants or specialists involved in tendering services exceeded the 150% tender sum at any stage of the project?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: HSE Winter Plan: HSE (11 Nov 2020)

Neasa Hourigan: We touched on this aspect slightly, but I want to spend more time on the treatment of chronic disease and how it interacts with the winter plan as set out. I refer to chronic disease as encompassing things such as diabetes, asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and cardiovascular conditions. A chronic disease management programme that was in the process of being rolled out before...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: HSE Winter Plan: HSE (11 Nov 2020)

Neasa Hourigan: I completely agree around the move towards community care and that first side of the spectrum. I am trying to understand the process of that and where the community hubs or where community care sits in terms of the complexity of chronic disease. How do we identify complex places? How would that process work in the context of a health system that is constrained with Covid at the moment? It...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: HSE Winter Plan: HSE (11 Nov 2020)

Neasa Hourigan: Before Dr. Henry's colleague comes in, is he happy that during Covid that full complement of services is available to somebody with diabetes?

Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union (Consequential Provisions) Bill 2020: Second Stage (Resumed) (12 Nov 2020)

Neasa Hourigan: I welcome the Bill. I wish to highlight some issues relating to the changing landscape of financial services and taxation that we are likely to see arise in a post-Brexit Europe. Although the Bill is sorely needed, it is something of a missed opportunity to implement more robust measures in the sector of financial services and taxation. In all the current uncertainty surrounding Brexit and...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Public Works (12 Nov 2020)

Neasa Hourigan: 179. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when he expects to receive the report from the steering group on transport and mobility challenges in the Phoenix Park; when a public consultation is expected on the plans; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36034/20]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Home Loan Scheme (12 Nov 2020)

Neasa Hourigan: 218. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on the ERSI report on the review of the Rebuilding Ireland home loan scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36083/20]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Home Loan Scheme (12 Nov 2020)

Neasa Hourigan: 219. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to review the level of the Rebuilding Ireland home loan limit on single-income households in urban areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36085/20]

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 37 – Employment Affairs and Social Protection
Chapter 4 – Control over Welfare Payments (12 Nov 2020)

Neasa Hourigan: I thank the witnesses for attending. I refer to the housing category and the exceptional and urgent needs payment. That would have provided support through the payment of rent deposits, rent in advance and assistance towards furniture and household appliances. The Comptroller and Auditor General's report states there was a lower number of claims than predicted, that it included some...

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 37 – Employment Affairs and Social Protection
Chapter 4 – Control over Welfare Payments (12 Nov 2020)

Neasa Hourigan: Okay. Is Mr. McKeon satisfied that in the transfer of those responsibilities to Cork, it received suitable funding to meet the shortfall?

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 37 – Employment Affairs and Social Protection
Chapter 4 – Control over Welfare Payments (12 Nov 2020)

Neasa Hourigan: It met the funding. I wish to turn to control reviews. There is much detailed information and I thank the Department for that. Regarding the control reviews and results in the control process, can Mr. McKeon update the committee on the work undertaken since the report, in terms of making sure the reports that are emerging are timely?

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 37 – Employment Affairs and Social Protection
Chapter 4 – Control over Welfare Payments (12 Nov 2020)

Neasa Hourigan: What will be the timeline for that?

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 37 – Employment Affairs and Social Protection
Chapter 4 – Control over Welfare Payments (12 Nov 2020)

Neasa Hourigan: I am trying to understand the process. Is it a desktop exercise?

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 37 – Employment Affairs and Social Protection
Chapter 4 – Control over Welfare Payments (12 Nov 2020)

Neasa Hourigan: How is that happening at present in lockdown?

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 37 – Employment Affairs and Social Protection
Chapter 4 – Control over Welfare Payments (12 Nov 2020)

Neasa Hourigan: It is a desktop exercise at present. There are no inspections.

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 37 – Employment Affairs and Social Protection
Chapter 4 – Control over Welfare Payments (12 Nov 2020)

Neasa Hourigan: The Department is not asking anybody to come in for extra medical appointments or reviews.

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 37 – Employment Affairs and Social Protection
Chapter 4 – Control over Welfare Payments (12 Nov 2020)

Neasa Hourigan: Okay. Mr. McKeon listed out all the different areas, quite helpfully. Many of our schemes are means tested or relate to specific things, but child benefit is a universal benefit. When the Department carries out reviews, to what do they relate? Is it about the residency of the child or how does it operate?

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Railway Stations (17 Nov 2020)

Neasa Hourigan: 205. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the big lift upgrade initiative of Iarnród Éireann; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36329/20]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Railway Stations (17 Nov 2020)

Neasa Hourigan: 206. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of works at Clontarf road station and Raheny station as part the big lift upgrade initiative of Iarnród Éireann. [36330/20]