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Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (4 Nov 2020)

Imelda Munster: I do not know if minutes are taken at meetings of the Committee on Procedure, but I presume that happens. Can this committee request a copy of the minutes of that meeting?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (4 Nov 2020)

Imelda Munster: I suggest that the committee do that.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (4 Nov 2020)

Imelda Munster: That is fine. That should be done.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (4 Nov 2020)

Imelda Munster: The committee should also request a copy of the minutes of the meeting that was held to discuss this matter.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (4 Nov 2020)

Imelda Munster: I will be brief. Can we clarify that the committee requested a report? There is none that I can see in the correspondence. We only received a couple of pages. Will the Department send that report as previously requested, please?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (4 Nov 2020)

Imelda Munster: I have a couple of issues with the response received regarding the breakdown of high-dependency patients in public and private nursing homes. In its response, the HSE said it does not centrally retain details of the dependency levels of residents in either public or private nursing homes. I imagine information of that nature should be available to the HSE. Is there any particular reason...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (4 Nov 2020)

Imelda Munster: Yes, and to ask the HSE if it could record high-dependency levels in patients in both public and private nursing homes without interfering with personal data. The other issue was on the HSE's capital plan. I have a couple of questions on community nursing units. The HSE's 2016 plan refers to 90 centres across the State. I propose that we write to the HSE and ask for more details on its...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (4 Nov 2020)

Imelda Munster: I would prefer to have this in writing. When we try to extract answers from the HSE in the committee it can be evasive, to say the least.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (4 Nov 2020)

Imelda Munster: Yes, I ask in particular for a breakdown of the numbers of public private partnerships and public projects.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (4 Nov 2020)

Imelda Munster: As I have stated previously, the use of PPPs for nursing home provision does not make sense. We will all need one at some stage so it is an investment to have public nursing homes. The tax breaks and allowances under the fair deal scheme, the mandatory social programmes and everything else are a long-term expense. I propose that we ask the HSE to set out its reasoning for choosing PPPs as...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (4 Nov 2020)

Imelda Munster: We should ask the reason the HSE is using PPPs.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (4 Nov 2020)

Imelda Munster: No, because again we ran out of time the last time representatives of the HSE were before us. The answer states that a person's eligibility for further schemes, such as the medical card scheme or the drugs payment scheme, is unaffected by participation in the nursing home support schemes. We know people are being charged. We want to know if the HSE is going to continue to allow this? If...

Joint Committee on Media, Tourism, Arts, Culture, Sport and the Gaeltacht: Key Departmental Priorities and Effects of Covid-19: Minister for Tourism, Arts, Culture, Sport, Gaeltacht and Media (4 Nov 2020)

Imelda Munster: At the first Question Time with the Minister, I asked a question on the Future of Media Commission. I asked whether union representatives would be included and whether unions would be allowed to have their representatives on the commission. The Minister said she would look into the issue. Will she clarify whether she has done so and whether union representatives will be included on the...

Joint Committee on Media, Tourism, Arts, Culture, Sport and the Gaeltacht: Key Departmental Priorities and Effects of Covid-19: Minister for Tourism, Arts, Culture, Sport, Gaeltacht and Media (4 Nov 2020)

Imelda Munster: The Minister is not accepting union representatives. I had thought when I raised the matter with her initially that she was would do so.

Joint Committee on Media, Tourism, Arts, Culture, Sport and the Gaeltacht: Key Departmental Priorities and Effects of Covid-19: Minister for Tourism, Arts, Culture, Sport, Gaeltacht and Media (4 Nov 2020)

Imelda Munster: I am sure the trade unions will be disappointed with that. I have a question on the local radio sector. The Minister's statement notes that the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland has agreed to waive its broadcasting levy for the first half of the year. Is that the first half of 2021?

Joint Committee on Media, Tourism, Arts, Culture, Sport and the Gaeltacht: Key Departmental Priorities and Effects of Covid-19: Minister for Tourism, Arts, Culture, Sport, Gaeltacht and Media (4 Nov 2020)

Imelda Munster: The reason I asked was that the trade unions requested that their representatives be appointed to the new body. That is why I said they will be disappointed.

Joint Committee on Media, Tourism, Arts, Culture, Sport and the Gaeltacht: Key Departmental Priorities and Effects of Covid-19: Minister for Tourism, Arts, Culture, Sport, Gaeltacht and Media (4 Nov 2020)

Imelda Munster: It is the first half of 2020.

Joint Committee on Media, Tourism, Arts, Culture, Sport and the Gaeltacht: Key Departmental Priorities and Effects of Covid-19: Minister for Tourism, Arts, Culture, Sport, Gaeltacht and Media (4 Nov 2020)

Imelda Munster: People in the local radio sector want the levy backdated to July 2020.

Joint Committee on Media, Tourism, Arts, Culture, Sport and the Gaeltacht: Key Departmental Priorities and Effects of Covid-19: Minister for Tourism, Arts, Culture, Sport, Gaeltacht and Media (4 Nov 2020)

Imelda Munster: Has the Minister asked the BAI to backdate the arrangement yet?

Joint Committee on Media, Tourism, Arts, Culture, Sport and the Gaeltacht: Key Departmental Priorities and Effects of Covid-19: Minister for Tourism, Arts, Culture, Sport, Gaeltacht and Media (4 Nov 2020)

Imelda Munster: The Minister's statement notes that additional funding has been provided for the sound and vision scheme. What period does that cover?