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Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statement 2020 and Related Matters: HSE (Resumed) (23 Sep 2021)

Imelda Munster: I will repeat the question. Does Mr. Reid have the total cost to the HSE in respect of the purchase of PPE that was not fit for purpose and is that figure likely to change?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statement 2020 and Related Matters: HSE (Resumed) (23 Sep 2021)

Imelda Munster: For the public record, what is that cost of PPE that cannot be used?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statement 2020 and Related Matters: HSE (Resumed) (23 Sep 2021)

Imelda Munster: We accept all that. This is the Committee of Public Accounts and we are tasked with assessing transparency procedures, practices and so on. To date, we still do not have a figure for how much was spent by the HSE on products that cannot be used because they were not fit for purpose. Will Mr. Reid accept that he cannot give me that figure?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statement 2020 and Related Matters: HSE (Resumed) (23 Sep 2021)

Imelda Munster: I will make two quick observations relating to my previous contribution. Mr. Reid said he had erred on the side of protecting the public and that is fine; we accept that. However, in the context of purchasing products not cleared for use by the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, was he not doing the opposite with substandard ventilators, masks and sanitisers and all of that? ...

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statement 2020 and Related Matters: HSE (Resumed) (23 Sep 2021)

Imelda Munster: I ask Mr. Reid to furnish the committee with those details. I am asking in particular for the more than 900,000 people who have been waiting long periods.

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statement 2020 and Related Matters: HSE (Resumed) (23 Sep 2021)

Imelda Munster: The number is growing. Can Mr. Reid accept, in all fairness, that people are asking where the heck the money is going? These waiting lists show that it is certainly not going directly to the patients. As I stated, Covid did not cause the waiting lists; they were there all along. Would Mr. Reid agree that those waiting lists, from a public health service perspective, are an absolute scandal?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statement 2020 and Related Matters: HSE (Resumed) (23 Sep 2021)

Imelda Munster: Yes, it is a combined total.

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statement 2020 and Related Matters: HSE (Resumed) (23 Sep 2021)

Imelda Munster: I accept that, but does Ms O'Connor accept that it is no comfort to the 900,000 people on waiting lists?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statement 2020 and Related Matters: HSE (Resumed) (23 Sep 2021)

Imelda Munster: That is fine. I thank the Chairman.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (23 Sep 2021)

Imelda Munster: 100. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a school (details supplied); the reason for the delay in submitting the planning application until Q1 2022; when permanent road infrastructure will be constructed, including a footpath and cycleway to the school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45627/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (23 Sep 2021)

Imelda Munster: 140. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason parents who are medical card holders have been told that their children are not eligible to travel to a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45626/21]

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Engagement with Screen Ireland (22 Sep 2021)

Imelda Munster: I welcome Ms Finnegan and Ms Bergin. My first question is in relation to the discussion in the Committee of Public Accounts yesterday on concerns around how funding is distributed. I am not sure if these figures are accurate, but it was mentioned that between 8% and 10% of Screen Ireland's funding had been given to a film production company managed by a board member in recent years. Can...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Engagement with Screen Ireland (22 Sep 2021)

Imelda Munster: Is it that Ms Bergin cannot comment or she is not aware whether those figures are correct?

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Engagement with Screen Ireland (22 Sep 2021)

Imelda Munster: Does Ms Finnegan have any further information on that?

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Engagement with Screen Ireland (22 Sep 2021)

Imelda Munster: I thank Ms Finnegan. Do either of the witnesses know how many of those currently on the board have applied and how many were successful?

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Engagement with Screen Ireland (22 Sep 2021)

Imelda Munster: Perhaps Ms Bergin can furnish us with that.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Engagement with Screen Ireland (22 Sep 2021)

Imelda Munster: Do either of the witnesses know whether board members applying and receiving funding is a regular occurrence?

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Engagement with Screen Ireland (22 Sep 2021)

Imelda Munster: I would appreciate it if Ms Bergin furnish us with those details. The reason I raise it is there is a view in some quarters that many of the same small number of screen producers succeed in getting funding year on year and many film producers feel excluded. Is Ms Bergin aware that this view is out there or does she plan to take steps to address those opinions or both?

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Engagement with Screen Ireland (22 Sep 2021)

Imelda Munster: If Ms Finnegan could furnish us with that breakdown too, it would be greatly appreciated. I probably have only a few seconds left. Ms Finnegan stated very often it is producers with a track record. The question then is, how is anybody ever supposed to get a good start if funding is prioritised for producers that have a track record or they are the most likely ones to get it? How is it...