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Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statement 2020 and Related Matters: HSE (16 Sep 2021)

Imelda Munster: I asked Mr. Reid if he was aware if other national health services would have that ongoing monitoring in place.

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statement 2020 and Related Matters: HSE (16 Sep 2021)

Imelda Munster: In effect, the HSE was lax in its approach to security. Mr. Reid would have to accept that, surely.

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statement 2020 and Related Matters: HSE (16 Sep 2021)

Imelda Munster: That is all the more reason for monitoring, surely. Mr. Reid was aware of that prior to the attack happening.

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statement 2020 and Related Matters: HSE (16 Sep 2021)

Imelda Munster: I am not making a statement; I am asking Mr. Reid whether he accepts that a lax approach to this is not the way to go-----

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statement 2020 and Related Matters: HSE (16 Sep 2021)

Imelda Munster: -----and that it may have contributed to it.

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statement 2020 and Related Matters: HSE (16 Sep 2021)

Imelda Munster: After the fact.

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statement 2020 and Related Matters: HSE (16 Sep 2021)

Imelda Munster: On the HSE's financial statements in 2020, which were referred to earlier, the national lead for testing and contact tracing was seconded to the HSE from EY Ireland without charge. Is that correct?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statement 2020 and Related Matters: HSE (16 Sep 2021)

Imelda Munster: Reference was made earlier to the HSE having multiple contracts with various consultancies and that is fine. Was EY Ireland awarded any tenders specifically regarding contact tracing after the secondment accord?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statement 2020 and Related Matters: HSE (16 Sep 2021)

Imelda Munster: Did that happen after the secondment occurred?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statement 2020 and Related Matters: HSE (16 Sep 2021)

Imelda Munster: It had completed the data analysis on our contact tracing. Can Mr. Reid confirm when that tender was awarded? Was it directly before or was it after the secondment?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statement 2020 and Related Matters: HSE (16 Sep 2021)

Imelda Munster: Will the Comptroller and Auditor General briefly give us his opinion on the hypothetical situation of a consultant being seconded to a State board and his or her consultancy then being awarded tenders?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statement 2020 and Related Matters: HSE (16 Sep 2021)

Imelda Munster: It is unlikely that we are going to that information. In budget 2021, an additional 1,250 community beds were committed to. How many were delivered? Some 600 of those community beds were intended to be rehabilitation beds. How many have been delivered?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statement 2020 and Related Matters: HSE (16 Sep 2021)

Imelda Munster: Yes.

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statement 2020 and Related Matters: HSE (16 Sep 2021)

Imelda Munster: Some 600 rehabilitation beds were committed to. How many of those have been delivered? How many of the 5 million additional home care hours that were to be funded have been delivered?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statement 2020 and Related Matters: HSE (16 Sep 2021)

Imelda Munster: There is a shortage of 1.5 million hours. To get clarification, how many of the 600 rehabilitation beds have been delivered?

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: State Bodies (9 Sep 2021)

Imelda Munster: 273. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the breakdown of details of consultants retained by Fáilte Ireland including the name of the consultant, project work, cost of project and date of completion in each of the years 2019, 2020 and 2021, in tabular form. [42028/21]

Freedom of Information: Motion [Private Members] (15 Sep 2021)

Imelda Munster: Most of us know there are serious issues with freedom of information procedures in this State. I have had difficulties accessing information and have been denied access to information that ought to be obtainable under FOI, as has been the case for many Deputies, journalists and members of the public. Nevertheless, the events surrounding the recent Katherine Zappone appointment controversy...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Sep 2021)

Imelda Munster: Given the number of issues concerning education and training boards and procurement, and how often they would have indicated that much of what is being reported has been brought within a procurement framework, I wonder whether the Comptroller and Auditor General believes it might be worthwhile comparing non-compliance across education and training boards in 2019 in 2020, just to see if or how...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Sep 2021)

Imelda Munster: Thanks, Chair. Assuming the person or people involved are known to the committee and possibly have been in correspondence with members over recent months, could we write to them to get their permission? We could withhold judgment based on the responses we receive.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Sep 2021)

Imelda Munster: Okay. Thanks, Chair.