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Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health (16 Dec 2021)

Brian Stanley: "Yes" or "No".

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health (16 Dec 2021)

Brian Stanley: Deputy Munster, just put your question.

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health (16 Dec 2021)

Brian Stanley: We have dealt with the issue of the income. If the Deputy has another question, she should ask it.

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health (16 Dec 2021)

Brian Stanley: On the vaccination and booster programmes, I compliment the staff who organised and delivered the first and second vaccination programmes. I had the first dose in May and the second in July. I queued for the booster dose on Sunday morning. It was a long queue and I spent a few hours there but it shows there is a huge demand for it. I acknowledge the tremendous work of the front-line...

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health (16 Dec 2021)

Brian Stanley: At the expansion of the programme.

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health (16 Dec 2021)

Brian Stanley: I thank our witnesses - Mr. Watt and his team from the Department of Health and the staff member from the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform - for their work in preparing for the meeting and for attending. I am conscious that the Department of Health has faced unprecedented challenges for the best part of two years. We are probably facing into another difficult year. It is to be...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (16 Dec 2021)

Brian Stanley: The public business before us comprises the minutes, accounts and financial statements, correspondence, work programme and any other business. We will then go into private session before adjourning. The first item is the minutes of our meeting of 9 December. The minutes were circulated to members. Do any members wish to raise any matters regarding the minutes? No. Are the minutes...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (16 Dec 2021)

Brian Stanley: If any member wants to come in on any matters under accounts, they may. Otherwise we will move on to correspondence.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (16 Dec 2021)

Brian Stanley: Okay. Is everyone else happy? We will note the statements and accounts. Is that agreed? Agreed. As usual, the list of accounts and financial statements will be published as part of our minutes. I thank Mr. McCarthy. We move on to the next item on our agenda, namely, correspondence. As previously agreed, items that were not flagged for discussion at this meeting will continue to be...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (16 Dec 2021)

Brian Stanley: I do not think Deputy Munster is with us yet. Regarding the inquiry taking more than a year, that is fair enough. It is a substantial undertaking in that it is addressing the contractual relationship of approximately 500 contractors, as RTÉ terms them. The issue concerns what is happening regarding those people who have been reclassified and what their situation is now in respect of...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (16 Dec 2021)

Brian Stanley: Okay. I call Deputy Carthy first.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (16 Dec 2021)

Brian Stanley: The last paragraph of the letter referred to the report of the review being undertaken of the purchase of the site in Limerick having not yet been finalised. It continued by stating that the governing authority of the university had confirmed that it will act to address any issues, findings or recommendations highlighted by the review in due course. I suggest that we follow up this matter...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (16 Dec 2021)

Brian Stanley: Yes, the clerk has noted that point. I call Deputy Carthy.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (16 Dec 2021)

Brian Stanley: No. 961B is from Mr. Bernard Gloster, chief executive, Tusla, dated 7 December 2021, and provides clarification regarding information provided to the committee concerning the cost of external investigations. In total, the figure for 2019 and 2020 is over €1.3 million, and that excludes legal costs. Is it agreed that we note and publish this item and redact personal information?...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (16 Dec 2021)

Brian Stanley: The next item is No. 966, from Mr. John Dollard, chief superintendent of An Garda Síochána, dated 8 December, providing information requested by the committee regarding media reports of an official strike action by senior officers and its impacts on investigations by the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission, GSOC. We will not publish this item because the information has...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (16 Dec 2021)

Brian Stanley: We did not seek that information from GSOC but it is on the work programme for next year.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (16 Dec 2021)

Brian Stanley: Yes, we can do that.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (16 Dec 2021)

Brian Stanley: Okay, we will request that. Next is No. 967, correspondence from Mr. Ken Spratt, Secretary General of the Department of Transport, dated 9 December, providing information requested by the committee during our meeting with the Department of 11 November. It is a detailed response, running to 22 pages and addressing 19 specific requests for information across a range of areas, including the...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (16 Dec 2021)

Brian Stanley: Is the Deputy requesting that we would not deal with the item of correspondence?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (16 Dec 2021)

Brian Stanley: Deputies Catherine Murphy and Carthy have also expressed an interest in this.