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Public Accounts Committee: Health Service Executive: Financial Statements 2023 (5 Oct 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: As the Accounting Officer, it is Mr. Gloster's job to see it all goes well.

Public Accounts Committee: Health Service Executive: Financial Statements 2023 (5 Oct 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: Mr. Gloster outlined a number of areas which have resulted in the increase. The Comptroller and Auditor General also highlighted the area of section 38 and 39 organisations - the overall oversight. I should not mix up billions, but it is €6 billion-odd.

Public Accounts Committee: Health Service Executive: Financial Statements 2023 (5 Oct 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: Yes, and that represents a huge percentage of the overall €23 billion budget, yet that sector would say to us that, because of the pay disparity issues, there are very significant challenges in terms of service delivery. Is the model of using section 38 and 39 organisations fit for purpose? Along with the challenges those organisations have financially, the disparity between grades...

Public Accounts Committee: Health Service Executive: Financial Statements 2023 (5 Oct 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: Absolutely.

Public Accounts Committee: Health Service Executive: Financial Statements 2023 (5 Oct 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: No, but there is a governance and financial element to that, and-----

Public Accounts Committee: Health Service Executive: Financial Statements 2023 (5 Oct 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: Disability services is an area we need to get right. I could spend the full ten minutes talking to Mr. Gloster about disability services for treatments and therapies, particularly for children on the spectrum. I used my time the last time with him on that. I have not seen a significant improvement in that space but, again, I do not have time to go into that.

Public Accounts Committee: Health Service Executive: Financial Statements 2023 (5 Oct 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: And it puts the parent in a position of having to advocate for a service at the same time as having to educate themselves about a new diagnosis, and then-----

Public Accounts Committee: Health Service Executive: Financial Statements 2023 (5 Oct 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: Absolutely. I will let Mr. Gloster put saying "No" into practice. There are three projects locally that I will raise. I appreciate he will not have the time to discuss them, but he might come back to me one to one. I compliment Mr. Colm Henry on the support he has given to the sepsis awareness programme. Both Deputy Devlin and I support Lil Red's Legacy. They are some of the many...

Public Accounts Committee: Health Service Executive: Financial Statements 2023 (5 Oct 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: It is for people who have had a catastrophic brain injury. Like Mr. Gloster said, it was a small section 39 dealing with one or two patients and it has managed to expand the service. The final point I will raise, which is a persistent frustration around delivery, is the Finglas primary care centre. It is rattling on. When I came into my term here in 2020, we were so close to signing an...

Public Accounts Committee: Health Service Executive: Financial Statements 2023 (5 Oct 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: Yes, but they would say their model needs reform because we give the medical contract to their staff-----

Public Accounts Committee: Health Service Executive: Financial Statements 2023 (5 Oct 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: It is not only that we give it to their staff members; if they have an industrial relations issue with a staff member, the staff member gets up and walks out the door with the greatest asset. There are challenges there.

Public Accounts Committee: Health Service Executive: Financial Statements 2023 (5 Oct 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: I know that Austin O'Carroll is doing great work, and Mr. Gloster is right to mention that. I appreciate the support they have been given.

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Taxi Licences (5 Oct 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: 55. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the National Transport Authority will consider a surrender grant for non-wheelchair taxi licence holders, so as to increase the overall supply of wheelchair taxis. [43181/23]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Collection (5 Oct 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: 122. To ask the Minister for Finance for an update on the operation of the vacant homes tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43130/23]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs (5 Oct 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: 119. To ask the Minister for Finance for a report on the operation of the living city initiative; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43129/23]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Work Permits (5 Oct 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: 234. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment with regard to work permits for the home care sector, the number of work permit applications received since the scheme opened in January 2023; the number of work permits issued; the number of applications returned at initial applications pre-check stage; the number of other applications rejected and the number of applications...

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation and Expenditure of Public Moneys by RTÉ (Resumed): Discussion (12 Oct 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: I thank the witnesses for being here. Many people might be asking if we are going over old ground and if we do not know this already. I have said previously that the Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport and Media has a separate remit and function to us. We have a specific remit from the Dáil to draft a report, document what happened and make recommendations on procedures....

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation and Expenditure of Public Moneys by RTÉ (Resumed): Discussion (12 Oct 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: Solely responsible?

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation and Expenditure of Public Moneys by RTÉ (Resumed): Discussion (12 Oct 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: Given that we have discovered that the raising of the credit note created the cost-neutral element of it, does Mr. Fives accept that a single person signing off on a credit note is not a robust procedure?

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation and Expenditure of Public Moneys by RTÉ (Resumed): Discussion (12 Oct 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: Has RTÉ made any changes to those procedures?