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Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 33: Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media
Programme E - Broadcasting (20 Jan 2022)

Imelda Munster: Okay. Thank you.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (20 Jan 2022)

Imelda Munster: As Deputy Murphy has said, we will have those witnesses before us in the next fortnight so I can raise any matters then.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (20 Jan 2022)

Imelda Munster: I just wanted to confirm that it will be forwarded on to Revenue and the Department of Social Protection.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (20 Jan 2022)

Imelda Munster: I flagged it to request that the committee writes to the Department, requesting an update at the end of February and then requesting to be provided with the report thereafter.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (20 Jan 2022)

Imelda Munster: I am okay with that.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (20 Jan 2022)

Imelda Munster: The Chair is right; it has been dragging on for years. We were previously told that the IHRB had given an undertaking to complete it prior to the commencement of the 2022 season. At that time, I got the impression that it would be good to go for January. We were previously told that it would be completed by the end of 2021 and that was when the tender was at an early stage. I read...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (20 Jan 2022)

Imelda Munster: Can we also request a timeline of completion?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (20 Jan 2022)

Imelda Munster: I was just going to ask Mr. McCarthy his opinion to see if he could clarify if the response we received previously was proper and full.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (20 Jan 2022)

Imelda Munster: That is perfect.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (20 Jan 2022)

Imelda Munster: Chairman-----

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (20 Jan 2022)

Imelda Munster: Yesterday, the Joint Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach discussed the wage subsidy scheme in terms of companies that were receiving assistance while also paying out large dividends. I suggest that our committee write to the relevant Departments to ask whether any analysis has been done of companies that are in receipt of supports paying dividends and the scale...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (20 Jan 2022)

Imelda Munster: I thank the Chairman.

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Reports (20 Jan 2022)

Imelda Munster: 107. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when the Future of Media Commission report will be published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2607/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes (19 Jan 2022)

Imelda Munster: 1481. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE intends to ensure that all future contracts with nursing homes contain provisions ensuring that residents who are medical card holders are not charged for items or services which are covered by the medical card; if consideration has been given to seeking to similarly resolve the matter with regard to existing contracts; if he has considered...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Data (19 Jan 2022)

Imelda Munster: 1482. To ask the Minister for Health the number of residents in private nursing homes that are medical card holders; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63374/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service (19 Jan 2022)

Imelda Munster: 1654. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 622 of 7 December 2021, the status of negotiations between the National Ambulance Service and the local authorities in County Louth regarding fire service staff being utilised as emergency first responders to cardiac arrest calls across the county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1223/22]

Cost of Living: Motion [Private Members] (26 Jan 2022)

Imelda Munster: We are emerging from a pandemic and walking straight into the teeth of a cost-of-living crisis. We have among the highest costs for housing, childcare and energy in Europe. Inflation is at its highest level in 20 years at 5.5% in December and wages are staying the same. Low earners are extremely vulnerable. The 3% or 30 cent rise in the minimum wage will not go anywhere near making up for...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (26 Jan 2022)

Imelda Munster: The dental treatment scheme is on the verge of collapse right across the State. The Taoiseach is aware of this because I have raised it with him several times. People with cancer, kidney transplant patients, people with diabetes and all medical card holders have been unable to access dental treatment for a year now. There are 2,500 children who have not had their first class dental check-up...