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Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health
Health Service Executive - Financial Statements 2021 (Resumed) (2 Feb 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: Would one of the departmental officials like to comment?

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health
Health Service Executive - Financial Statements 2021 (Resumed) (2 Feb 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: Mr. O'Grady is in a difficult position because the documents have not been published. This is very important for the integrity of this committee and of the process. I go back to the article, which states that this: ... would not be publicly reported by its spending watchdog. To achieve this, agreement had been reached with the Comptroller & Auditor General (C&AG). Any...

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health
Health Service Executive - Financial Statements 2021 (Resumed) (2 Feb 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: My colleagues, Deputy Fleming and the former Chairman of this committee, Deputy McGuinness, made similar comments about the State Claims Agency and contingent liability - revealing more information and detail from that. I raise that matter here in this forum. Like Deputy Verona Murphy, I await the full report next week. On disability services, I am with Deputy Verona Murphy in that I do...

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health
Health Service Executive - Financial Statements 2021 (Resumed) (2 Feb 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: What is it at now?

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health
Health Service Executive - Financial Statements 2021 (Resumed) (2 Feb 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: I would certainly any attempt to try to reduce it. A school on the north side of Dublin where parents do not have the means to seek a private assessment is likely to have fewer SNAs than a school on the south side of Dublin with the same number of children with the same conditions where parents might be able to pay for it. That is completely unacceptable and it is happening purely because...

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health
Health Service Executive - Financial Statements 2021 (Resumed) (2 Feb 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: I am of that opinion as well. It is also about accessing treatment and therapies. The support for school provision is one element. We are making reforms on that. There needs to be much more joined-up thinking on special education between the Department of Education and the HSE. The reports about treatment and therapies are even more dire. People are often being told that the allocation...

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health
Health Service Executive - Financial Statements 2021 (Resumed) (2 Feb 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: The difficulty is that we do not have the enough people in posts.

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health
Health Service Executive - Financial Statements 2021 (Resumed) (2 Feb 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: Do we have a target date for when we will have those posts filled so we can deliver the services Ms O'Neill has talked about?

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health
Health Service Executive - Financial Statements 2021 (Resumed) (2 Feb 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: As Deputy Verona Murphy said, if the HSE does not have a target, it cannot achieve it.

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health
Health Service Executive - Financial Statements 2021 (Resumed) (2 Feb 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: The question is when we will have those posts filled.

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health
Health Service Executive - Financial Statements 2021 (Resumed) (2 Feb 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: Is Ms O'Neill saying the HSE has no target to fill posts?

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health
Health Service Executive - Financial Statements 2021 (Resumed) (2 Feb 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: When will we achieve that?

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (2 Feb 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: 12. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his plans for the Reserve Defence Force in 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5135/23]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (2 Feb 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: 58. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence how it is proposed to enhance Ireland’s defence capability in 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5136/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Educational Disadvantage (2 Feb 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: 110. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to extend the provision of DEIS for those schools with a greater need; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5034/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (2 Feb 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: 116. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress to date in a new ASD class for a school (details supplied). [5033/23]

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (9 Feb 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: I may have missed this issue being raised. It relates to No. 1687. Can I speak on this issue now?

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (9 Feb 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: This week, Dublin Bus announced it is back to pre-pandemic passenger levels. That places Ireland ahead of the international curve with places like the Netherlands and Canada still at 70%. There are, however, pressures on the system and both Dublin Bus and the private operators who appeared at the Joint Committee on Transport and Communications said they are having issues with recruitment...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (8 Feb 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: 181. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the reason that a person who lodged a redress of wrong on 22 July 2021 has not received a reply, despite an obligation to have a reply within three months. [5581/23]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development Bill 2022: Discussion (7 Feb 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: With the proposed changes around development plans, what is the justification for those being on a ten-year basis rather than a five-year basis, and what are the benefits or the implications of that change?