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Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (4 Nov 2020)

Brian Stanley: I will finish with the proposed action in regard to No. 167 B from Mr. Roland Gowran, commission secretariat manager of the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission. We have also written to the Policing Authority and the European Anti-Fraud Office in this regard. It is proposed to note and publish this response. Is that agreed? Agreed. The next item is No. 175 B from Mr. Ray...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (4 Nov 2020)

Brian Stanley: We had the HSE representatives before the committee recently and it is one of the issues we addressed with them.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (4 Nov 2020)

Brian Stanley: It is clear it is an issue we need to make ground on and we need to set that out for them. I will bring in the Comptroller and Auditor General on that issue of HSE procurement.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (4 Nov 2020)

Brian Stanley: The reply they gave us when they were in was that it would be 2024 before they have a single unitary system for procurement in place, which is not acceptable. This was flagged by the Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General ten years ago, so it is going to take 14 years to get to a proper procurement system. We got commitments when they were before the committee in terms of trying to...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (4 Nov 2020)

Brian Stanley: It was similar to zero-hour contracts.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (4 Nov 2020)

Brian Stanley: We are free to write to it at any time.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (4 Nov 2020)

Brian Stanley: The Deputy needs to be clear on the questions he asks to elicit the correct answers or the answers he wants. Meanwhile, I believe Deputy Murphy has suggested we have received a report from-----

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (4 Nov 2020)

Brian Stanley: That could be examined in the interim. No. 177B, dated 27 October 2020, is from Ms Anne Graham, chief executive of the National Transport Authority, NTA, and provides further information requested on overcrowding on CIÉ trains and the proposed expansion of the Maynooth line. It is proposed to note and publish this. Deputy Murphy wishes to make a brief comment.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (4 Nov 2020)

Brian Stanley: We will try to get an answer to that question. We will we ask the NTA how many of the 600 rail cars-----

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (4 Nov 2020)

Brian Stanley: We will ask those questions. No. 178B, dated 27 October, has been flagged by Deputy Munster. It is from the assistant national director of the HSE and provides information requested by the committee at the meeting of 1 October 2020 regarding the nursing homes support scheme, also known as the fair deal scheme. It is proposed to publish this. Deputy Munster wishes to comment.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (4 Nov 2020)

Brian Stanley: The Deputy proposes to request further clarification from the HSE.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (4 Nov 2020)

Brian Stanley: The Deputy is seeking clarification. My understanding is-----

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (4 Nov 2020)

Brian Stanley: There are 90 public nursing homes in the capital plan. There are 33 replacements and 57 extension-refurbishments.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (4 Nov 2020)

Brian Stanley: We will ask for that breakdown.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (4 Nov 2020)

Brian Stanley: We will ask for a breakdown regarding the 90 public nursing homes, the number of PPPs it intends to use and the reasoning for that.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (4 Nov 2020)

Brian Stanley: I am watching the clock because we are subject to Covid-19 regulations and we have two matters left to deal with.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (4 Nov 2020)

Brian Stanley: We will seek to elicit that information and the reasoning Deputy Munster seeks from the HSE. I will ask the clerk to correspond with it. No. 180B, dated 28 October, is from Mr. Colm O'Reardon, acting Secretary General at the Department of Health, providing follow-up information requested by the committee arising from the meeting of 1 October 2020 regarding the nursing homes support...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (4 Nov 2020)

Brian Stanley: We will ask the clerk to write to the HSE. We note the fact that it has been brought to our attention that there are cases where people are being charged for those items in private nursing homes, where if they were in the community, the items would ordinarily be available to them free of charge as medical card patients. We will ask what steps are being taken to deal with this issue. Is...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (4 Nov 2020)

Brian Stanley: The other item is financial statements and accounts. There were five sets of financial statements and accounts laid before the Dáil between 9 and 30 October 2020. The Comptroller and Auditor General has issued a clear audit opinion in all cases. However, the Athlone Institute of Technology statement on the internal control disclosed a significant expenditure on goods and services that...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (4 Nov 2020)

Brian Stanley: I will note that. It is Athlone Institute of Technology on the list I have before me. I thank the Comptroller and Auditor General for the clarification. In respect of the work programme, and following agreement on the priority engagements at our meeting on 7 October, the secretariat has been working to organise the engagements. We will engage with the Department of Finance tomorrow. On...