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Written Answers — Department of Health: Public Appointments Service (24 Oct 2018)

Catherine Connolly: 231. To ask the Minister for Health the details of investigations conducted by the Commission for Public Service Appointments in relation to the blic recruitment process in the University of Limerick in 2015; the findings of such a report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44076/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Protected Disclosures Data (24 Oct 2018)

Catherine Connolly: 232. To ask the Minister for Health the number of HSE employees that have made protected disclosures to him to date in 2018 in relation to concerns regarding patient care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44077/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff Recruitment (24 Oct 2018)

Catherine Connolly: 233. To ask the Minister for Health the recruitment process involved in the appointment of the CEO of University Hospital Limerick in 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44078/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Staff Data (24 Oct 2018)

Catherine Connolly: 234. To ask the Minister for Health the number of nurses and midwives on administrative leave; the reason therefor; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44079/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Staff Data (24 Oct 2018)

Catherine Connolly: 235. To ask the Minister for Health the number of nurses and midwives not working due to work related stress; if this number is considered as actively working; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44080/18]

Third Interim Report of the Disclosures Tribunal: Statements (Resumed) (25 Oct 2018)

Catherine Connolly: I have taken the trouble of reading this report. It is 301 pages, including the afterword. I draw the Minister's attention to the afterword on page 301 which states:What has been unnerving about more than 100 days of hearings in this tribunal is that a person who stood up for better standards in our national police force, Sergeant Maurice McCabe, and who exemplified hard work in his own...

Tuam Mother and Baby Home: Statements (25 Oct 2018)

Catherine Connolly: Gabh mo leithscéal nach raibh mé anseo. Bhí mé ag an gCoiste um Chuntais Phoiblí. I apologise; I wish I was here for the opening statement but I am a member of the Committee of Public Accounts, a meeting of which is still running. I did read the Minister's detailed press release and also sped-read Dr. Geoffrey Shannon's work. I also compliment the Minister on her...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (25 Oct 2018)

Catherine Connolly: I support that point and I do not need to repeat it. Regarding the ongoing inspection by the Department, I understand from an interview I heard that the Department was active in its inspection. We might have that clarified also in terms of what role it had when the schools were being built.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (25 Oct 2018)

Catherine Connolly: Yes, what the role, if any, the Department had. It has been alleged that it had an active role and that it went out to inspect the buildings at various stages.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (25 Oct 2018)

Catherine Connolly: I welcome the update from Mr. Ó Foghlú. It is clear. What is not clear is why it has taken so long. Going back to the 2002 indemnity agreement, 16 years later, five properties remain to be transferred fully. It was expected that four of these properties would have transferred by the end of quarter 3 of this year. The current position is that three of the five will transfer by...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (25 Oct 2018)

Catherine Connolly: Can that be clarified again?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (25 Oct 2018)

Catherine Connolly: How will that be monitored?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (25 Oct 2018)

Catherine Connolly: I am sorry.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (25 Oct 2018)

Catherine Connolly: It moved to the end of 2019.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (25 Oct 2018)

Catherine Connolly: Recently, I raised the question of independent reviews carried out into various incidents in hospitals. Is that what we are discussing?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (25 Oct 2018)

Catherine Connolly: I agree, but I note that the correspondence is dated 17 October. I welcome it. This is something on which we are keeping a close eye in view of what happened with the Pálás Cinema in Galway and the failure of governance and Department oversight there. The letter reassures us that the Department is monitoring this matter closely and that an audit committee, on which the Minister...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (25 Oct 2018)

Catherine Connolly: I thank the Chair. As a very important aside, I would say that the board should have some sense and go back to the creative talent on the ground in Galway, which is something for which the artists have asked. However, that matter falls outside the remit of the committee. The board should make this an artistic, not a business, endeavour.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (25 Oct 2018)

Catherine Connolly: Would the Comptroller and Auditor General be in a position to look at that between now and the next time we discuss it?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (25 Oct 2018)

Catherine Connolly: Housing agencies are fulfilling it on a non-statutory basis.

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 10 - Funding and Oversight of Approved Housing Bodies
Vote 34 - Housing, Planning and Local Government
2017 Financial Statements - Housing Agency (25 Oct 2018)

Catherine Connolly: To put the matter in perspective, I checked the figures for Galway. A total of 239 people are homeless and while there are 154 in the west. Those figures do not cover people living in cars, staying with friends and living in refuges or direct provision. I am from a city that did not build a single local authority house in the period from 2009. I am just providing the context. It was...