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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
Horse Racing Ireland: Financial Statements 2020 (22 Sep 2022)

Imelda Munster: Perhaps when Ms Eade can do it, we will be furnished with that.

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 33 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media
Horse Racing Ireland: Financial Statements 2020 (22 Sep 2022)

Imelda Munster: Thank you. I am looking for clarity in regard to HRI. Can Ms Eade clarify that HRI was not in any way involved in the recruitment process for the CEO of the racecourse?

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 33 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media
Horse Racing Ireland: Financial Statements 2020 (22 Sep 2022)

Imelda Munster: It did not facilitate advertising and did not make contact through the recruitment company or pay for any aspect of it.

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 33 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media
Horse Racing Ireland: Financial Statements 2020 (22 Sep 2022)

Imelda Munster: Did HRI engage a company? Is that what Ms Eade is saying?

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 33 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media
Horse Racing Ireland: Financial Statements 2020 (22 Sep 2022)

Imelda Munster: Other than that, HRI did not pay for anything with regard to the recruitment process.

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 33 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media
Horse Racing Ireland: Financial Statements 2020 (22 Sep 2022)

Imelda Munster: Ms Eade is categorically stating there was nothing whatsoever.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Sport and Recreational Development (29 Sep 2022)

Imelda Munster: 2. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she has considered the introduction of a leisure card for children and young people that would allow for State funding to be given directly to families for the purposes of paying for sport and or cultural activities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47809/22]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Sport and Recreational Development (29 Sep 2022)

Imelda Munster: Has the Minister of State given any consideration to the introduction of a leisure card for children and young people which would allow for State funding to be given directly to families for the purpose of paying for sport and-or for cultural activities and will he make a statement on the matter?

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Sport and Recreational Development (29 Sep 2022)

Imelda Munster: According to research published by the Federation of Irish Sport, for every €100 invested in sport by the Government, the Exchequer receives up to €195 back through taxes on sports-supported expenditure and incomes. We also know that half of the money invested by the State in the arts later comes back to the Exchequer. This proposal is based on the Icelandic experience of a...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Sport and Recreational Development (29 Sep 2022)

Imelda Munster: This leisure card could be used for sport, dance, music, art or some other enriching pursuit. The voucher would be used via a designated website that lists providers who are trained and approved for youth development. That would ensure not only quality control and mentoring through what is being offered, but also that the money circulates in the local community, boosting the after-school...

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health
Health Service Executive - Financial Statements 2021 (29 Sep 2022)

Imelda Munster: I want to ask in regard to community psychologists. I tabled a parliamentary question in March of this year about community psychologists at Crosslanes psychiatric unit and Singleton House in Drogheda, in the CHO 8 area. I was told there were five posts and that one of them was filled and there were four vacancies. I was again told in June that those vacancies had not been filled. There...

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health
Health Service Executive - Financial Statements 2021 (29 Sep 2022)

Imelda Munster: It was 14 June when I got that response that there were still four posts vacant. I am going to give examples of cases I have been made aware of, and this can be replicated throughout the country. These relate to the Crosslanes psychiatric unit, where people presented themselves at the unit, were turned away, and subsequently went on to take their own lives. There were several such cases....

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health
Health Service Executive - Financial Statements 2021 (29 Sep 2022)

Imelda Munster: I am not disputing that.

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health
Health Service Executive - Financial Statements 2021 (29 Sep 2022)

Imelda Munster: I am not disputing that. I am flagging up where the system has failed drastically to provide the service the HSE is tasked to provide to people desperate for help who are turned away and, within a couple of days, take their own lives because the system has failed them miserably. When the HSE hears of cases like this, what changes? I can see that nothing changes. Four posts are still...

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health
Health Service Executive - Financial Statements 2021 (29 Sep 2022)

Imelda Munster: I do not expect that.

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health
Health Service Executive - Financial Statements 2021 (29 Sep 2022)

Imelda Munster: That is just one case I mentioned. I outlined horrific stories. The HSE came here today to talk about this particular issue and to give us information. I asked about four out of five posts that were not filled in this one particular unit and the representatives cannot give me the information.

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health
Health Service Executive - Financial Statements 2021 (29 Sep 2022)

Imelda Munster: The witnesses talked about priority.

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health
Health Service Executive - Financial Statements 2021 (29 Sep 2022)

Imelda Munster: Surely recruiting is a priority. The HSE representatives cannot give me an update and then they wonder why people look upon the service as dismal, as it is. I will ask one other question on the status of pandemic bonus payments for HSE workers. What percentage of workers have been paid?

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health
Health Service Executive - Financial Statements 2021 (29 Sep 2022)

Imelda Munster: Does Mr. Reid know the numbers that have not been paid either by the HSE or the Department? What is the percentage of workers who have not been paid and are still waiting for their pandemic bonus nine months on?

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health
Health Service Executive - Financial Statements 2021 (29 Sep 2022)

Imelda Munster: It is about 10% of workers.