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Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2024: Health Service Executive (16 Oct 2025)

Grace Boland: I thank Dr. Withero.

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety Authority (15 Oct 2025)

Grace Boland: 79. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason for the closure of the Charlestown driving test centre; if the Road Safety Authority consulted with his Department prior to the decision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55649/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety Authority (15 Oct 2025)

Grace Boland: 80. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a lease remains in place for the Charlestown Driving Test Centre; the term of the lease and the annual cost of the lease; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55650/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety Authority (15 Oct 2025)

Grace Boland: 81. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the Finglas driving test centre has sufficient capacity to absorb the testers and candidates previously assigned to Charlestown; the assessment which has been carried out to ensure service levels are maintained; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55651/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety Authority (15 Oct 2025)

Grace Boland: 82. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the impacts which have been observed in Finglas since the closure of the Charlestown driving test centre, including changes in waiting times, pass rates, or operational pressures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55652/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety Authority (15 Oct 2025)

Grace Boland: 83. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the communication protocols which exist between the Road Safety Authority and local authorities regarding infrastructure changes near driving test centres; the reason there was a breakdown in communication in the case of Charlestown; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55653/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety Authority (15 Oct 2025)

Grace Boland: 84. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the lessons which have been learned from the closure of the Charlestown driving test centre; the way in which these will inform future site selection, stakeholder engagement, and contingency planning; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55654/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Gender Balance (16 Oct 2025)

Grace Boland: 33. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department is working with the Department of Education and Youth to improve gender balance in STEM subject uptake at second level, with a view to influencing third-level course choices; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54977/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Equality Issues (16 Oct 2025)

Grace Boland: 38. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the specific measures being taken to address the underrepresentation of women in certain STEM fields, particularly engineering, computer science and physics at third level; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54976/25]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Regional Development (16 Oct 2025)

Grace Boland: 99. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will provide an update on the implementation of the town and village renewal scheme; the way in which the impact of this scheme is being measured in terms of community wellbeing and economic activity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54981/25]

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2024: Health Service Executive (16 Oct 2025)

Grace Boland: I want to pick up again on the HR systems I was speaking about in the previous round. Beaumont Hospital deployed a payroll and HR system that is going to cost approximately €4.8 million, with an overrun at that, which will be completely and utterly replaced by the SAP HR system. Is this correct?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2024: Health Service Executive (16 Oct 2025)

Grace Boland: Has SAP confirmed this?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2024: Health Service Executive (16 Oct 2025)

Grace Boland: Is the current provider to Beaumont Hospital SAP?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2024: Health Service Executive (16 Oct 2025)

Grace Boland: The €4.8 million system is external.

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2024: Health Service Executive (16 Oct 2025)

Grace Boland: It will be SAP in Beaumont Hospital.

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2024: Health Service Executive (16 Oct 2025)

Grace Boland: So there should be a very minimal cost.

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2024: Health Service Executive (16 Oct 2025)

Grace Boland: It is not as bad as it first seems.

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2024: Health Service Executive (16 Oct 2025)

Grace Boland: This committee sees systemic issues across the public service in the deployment of IT systems. Has the IFMS deployment overrun? Is it over budget or delayed? Have there been lessons?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2024: Health Service Executive (16 Oct 2025)

Grace Boland: Are those lessons learned written down and captured? Are they then fed back to the Department of public expenditure or the Office of Government Procurement? The public service as a whole needs to learn from the deployment of these projects.

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2024: Health Service Executive (16 Oct 2025)

Grace Boland: We need to do that. We are seeing serious issues right across the public service and there does not seem to be any one Department taking the lessons learned from a series of issues, including the overruns and delays.