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Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 38 - Health
Report on the Accounts of the Public Services 2022
Chapter 18 - Health Service Executive Funding and Financial Reporting (1 Feb 2024)

Paul McAuliffe: That brings me to my last question on this point. Is it not time we moved to multi-annual funding for health? I am Vice Chair of the housing committee. I have seen how when we have done multi-annual funding for housing for capital it has transformed the way we are able to deliver housing. It has given confidence to the sector. We now have 100,000 houses being constructed, which is a huge...

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 38 - Health
Report on the Accounts of the Public Services 2022
Chapter 18 - Health Service Executive Funding and Financial Reporting (1 Feb 2024)

Paul McAuliffe: I take it as a positive response, but that is a matter for us as well. There is one issue with the embargo in that the co-ordinator for the drugs task force in our area, a gentlemen named John Bennett, a fantastic man, passed away, and there have been suggestions that that post cannot be filled because of the recruitment embargo, even though it has been filled for 20 years. I ask the...

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 38 - Health
Report on the Accounts of the Public Services 2022
Chapter 18 - Health Service Executive Funding and Financial Reporting (1 Feb 2024)

Paul McAuliffe: An AHB in health.

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 38 - Health
Report on the Accounts of the Public Services 2022
Chapter 18 - Health Service Executive Funding and Financial Reporting (1 Feb 2024)

Paul McAuliffe: Yes, and we do appreciate Mr. Gloster's intervention on that. Chair, could I get a quick update on the primary care centre?

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 38 - Health
Report on the Accounts of the Public Services 2022
Chapter 18 - Health Service Executive Funding and Financial Reporting (1 Feb 2024)

Paul McAuliffe: Sorry, Chair. Could I just get the reply on the primary care centre?

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 38 - Health
Report on the Accounts of the Public Services 2022
Chapter 18 - Health Service Executive Funding and Financial Reporting (1 Feb 2024)

Paul McAuliffe: Brilliant.

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (1 Feb 2024)

Paul McAuliffe: 52. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a review will be carried out of the BusConnects plans for the new No. 19 route which will result in an hourly service for the Wadelai estate area of Dublin 11 rather than the current 20-minute frequency relied on by residents. [4627/24]

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022 - Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (8 Feb 2024)

Paul McAuliffe: There may be an opportunity, for example, for the DPP to bring charges or for non-employment related sanctions to be imposed, if that is the correct way of putting it.

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022 - Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (8 Feb 2024)

Paul McAuliffe: My question is not case specific, but whether those options are available.

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022 - Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (8 Feb 2024)

Paul McAuliffe: One of the issues I explored with GSOC in detail the last time it was here, was the issue of resources and its impact on the length of time investigations take. Of particular concern were those people under the age of 18 who had made a complaint. Ms Logan gave a credible and strong contribution on that occasion. I will return to that theme. Will the witnesses talk a little about the...

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022 - Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (8 Feb 2024)

Paul McAuliffe: I heard his contribution earlier but I was not sure he had mentioned that. I apologise.

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022 - Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (8 Feb 2024)

Paul McAuliffe: How long would the longest investigation take?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022 - Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (8 Feb 2024)

Paul McAuliffe: Longer than three years is a considerable length of time for an investigation, both for the person subject to it and for the complainant. I accept that those cases are the most complicated ones and so on. Are resources a significant factor in the 6% of cases or is it the complexity of the case?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022 - Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (8 Feb 2024)

Paul McAuliffe: To return to my question about those under 18, do any of the cases that are ongoing for longer than three years involve those under the age of 18?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022 - Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (8 Feb 2024)

Paul McAuliffe: Therefore, the ambition would be that not only could somebody under the age of 18 make a complaint, but that investigation or interaction might take place in a non-Garda facility and also might include non-members of the Garda Síochána.

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022 - Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (8 Feb 2024)

Paul McAuliffe: Okay. Does Ms Logan have a timeline-----

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022 - Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (8 Feb 2024)

Paul McAuliffe: Yes. I-----

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022 - Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (8 Feb 2024)

Paul McAuliffe: For the record, the reason why, obviously, the Garda would be needed in that case is because of the nature of the complainant being under the age of 18.

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022 - Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (8 Feb 2024)

Paul McAuliffe: Does Ms Logan have a timeline for when that separation from or non-dependence on the Garda services will be completed?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022 - Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (8 Feb 2024)

Paul McAuliffe: Therefore, if a complaint was made today or next week, is it likely that that young person would not have an interaction with gardaí and it would not happen in a Garda facility?