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Public Accounts Committee: HSE Financial Statement 2015 (15 Jul 2016)

Róisín Shortall: A number of members asked about complaints relating to Console going back to 2005 and it is strange that it has been said three times that all the personnel have changed since then. That is a poor reflection on systems within the HSE. If there were robust oversight systems, it would not be down to individuals. The system should operate properly and records should be kept of complaints. I...

Public Accounts Committee: HSE Financial Statement 2015 (15 Jul 2016)

Róisín Shortall: This year.

Public Accounts Committee: HSE Financial Statement 2015 (15 Jul 2016)

Róisín Shortall: The Comptroller and Auditor General informed the HSE in 2013 about breaches. What has happened in the three years since?

Public Accounts Committee: HSE Financial Statement 2015 (15 Jul 2016)

Róisín Shortall: Leaving aside the self-certification issue that Mr. O'Brien seems to accept, what was the information given to him by the Comptroller and Auditor General in 2013?

Public Accounts Committee: HSE Financial Statement 2015 (15 Jul 2016)

Róisín Shortall: Has that been dealt with?

Public Accounts Committee: HSE Financial Statement 2015 (15 Jul 2016)

Róisín Shortall: In relation to the individual, did the HSE not have that information since 2013?

Public Accounts Committee: HSE Financial Statement 2015 (15 Jul 2016)

Róisín Shortall: Is Ms O'Connor saying the HSE did not have any concerns raised with Console about any aspect of governance until 2014?

Public Accounts Committee: HSE Financial Statement 2015 (15 Jul 2016)

Róisín Shortall: On what basis was the HSE happy to go ahead and give Console an increase of 120% in 2013?

Public Accounts Committee: HSE Financial Statement 2015 (15 Jul 2016)

Róisín Shortall: But there was concern about governance.

Public Accounts Committee: HSE Financial Statement 2015 (15 Jul 2016)

Róisín Shortall: Is that not public information?

Public Accounts Committee: HSE Financial Statement 2015 (15 Jul 2016)

Róisín Shortall: Sorry. An auditor has to put its name to accounts. Presumably-----

Public Accounts Committee: HSE Financial Statement 2015 (15 Jul 2016)

Róisín Shortall: Yes, but-----

Public Accounts Committee: HSE Financial Statement 2015 (15 Jul 2016)

Róisín Shortall: My question is about the audit and the 304 organisations that receive in excess of €250,000. Do all of those organisations have to pass on their audited accounts to the HSE?

Public Accounts Committee: HSE Financial Statement 2015 (15 Jul 2016)

Róisín Shortall: There was one other question about the auditors - whoever they are - of Console. Did they at any stage raise any concerns with the HSE?

Nice Attacks: Expressions of Sympathy (19 Jul 2016)

Róisín Shortall: On behalf of the Social Democrats I voice our revulsion at, and condemnation of, the horrific and mindless attack in Nice last Thursday evening. The horror of the attack is all the more poignant in view of the day on which it took place, France's national holiday. We can all visualise what it must have been like for those families out celebrating a very important national day and families...

Order of Business (19 Jul 2016)

Róisín Shortall: I and other Members of the House have raised on a number of occasions in the past few weeks the agreement put in place by the Minister, Deputy Coveney, with the waste companies to defer the introduction of the pay-by-weight scheme. It is clear that one of the companies, Greyhound, is in defiance of that agreement in terms of its requiring people to opt out of the new pay-by-weight scheme....

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: State Pathology Service (19 Jul 2016)

Róisín Shortall: 120. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if, with regard to an infrastructural development being carried out with the support of her Department (details supplied), she will outline the staffing arrangements for this facility; if any recruitment will take place in this regard; if this recruitment process will be open to members of the public to apply; and if she will make a statement...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Eligibility (19 Jul 2016)

Róisín Shortall: 416. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will intervene in a case to ensure that a person (details supplied) is not required to make a new carer's allowance application for a relation. [22209/16]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East Peace Process (19 Jul 2016)

Róisín Shortall: 494. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to outline his views on correspondence from a group (details supplied) that made a recent submission to his Department; the actions he will take to address the issues raised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22757/16]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: EU Directives (19 Jul 2016)

Róisín Shortall: 541. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 148 of 30 June 2016, 1681 of 22 September 2015 and 87 of 24 March 2015, and the Wildlife Acts 1976 to 2012 and the European Communities Birds Directive, her plans to actively engage with Dublin City Council to curtail this issue, including the issue of permits as outlined in previous replies;...