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Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Service Executive (18 Sep 2024)

Peadar Tóibín: 743. To ask the Minister for Health the total amount paid out in compensation by the HSE in each of the past ten years and to date in 2024. [36599/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Service Executive (18 Sep 2024)

Peadar Tóibín: 744. To ask the Minister for Health the current percentage of persons working in the HSE who are agency workers. [36600/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (18 Sep 2024)

Peadar Tóibín: 745. To ask the Minister for Health the average number of ‘Did Not Attends’ which occur in the State each day. [36614/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (18 Sep 2024)

Peadar Tóibín: 746. To ask the Minister for Health the average number of private patients who are treated in, or attend, public hospitals each year. [36615/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (18 Sep 2024)

Peadar Tóibín: 747. To ask the Minister for Health the length of time for which Mayo University Hospital has been without a dedicated bereavement officer; the date upon which he anticipates one will be appointed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36616/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Laboratory Facilities (18 Sep 2024)

Peadar Tóibín: 748. To ask the Minister for Health the number of genomic labs in the State and their locations; if his attention has been drawn to the proposed closure of the genomic lab in Crumlin; the reasons for the closure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36617/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (18 Sep 2024)

Peadar Tóibín: 848. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the projected annual savings to the State if the employer apprenticeships grant were abolished. [36628/24]

Carer's Allowance Means Test: Motion [Private Members] (25 Sep 2024)

Peadar Tóibín: Gabhaim buíochas leis an nGrúpa Reigiúnach agus le Cáit Nic Amhlaoibh mar gheall ar an obair atá déanta acu ar an rún seo. I thank the Regional Group and Cáit Nic Amhlaoibh for their work on the motion. Aontú supports the end of the means test for the carer's allowance. The reason we support it is that, no matter what background one is from or...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Engagement with Office of Public Works (25 Sep 2024)

Peadar Tóibín: Mr. Conlon said he spoke to the Minister before the delivery of these notes to the committee. Which Minister was that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Engagement with Office of Public Works (25 Sep 2024)

Peadar Tóibín: Did Mr. Conlon speak with the Minister, Deputy Donohoe, regarding any of this?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Engagement with Office of Public Works (25 Sep 2024)

Peadar Tóibín: No Minister signed off on the €1.5 million security hut. What is the size of that building in square metres? It looks like the size of a large mobile home.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Engagement with Office of Public Works (25 Sep 2024)

Peadar Tóibín: We may find that out as well. It has been reported that vehicles, trucks especially, are having difficulty getting in and out of that space due to the size of the building, especially its roof. Has Mr. Conlon heard reports of that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Engagement with Office of Public Works (25 Sep 2024)

Peadar Tóibín: Would it be possible to get a list of the contracts that have been entered into by the OPW through the measured term maintenance contract so far? Is there a breakdown of all of the projects that were commenced, their value and what company received them?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Engagement with Office of Public Works (25 Sep 2024)

Peadar Tóibín: Let us look at projects with a cost greater than €250,000. That is roughly the new bar being placed in terms of the decision-making process by the principal officer. Ken Foxe broke this story, and a number of journalists have sought information through freedom of information, FOI, and they have told us their FOIs are being blocked. They are not even getting an acknowledgement in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Engagement with Office of Public Works (25 Sep 2024)

Peadar Tóibín: I understand that the former Chairman of the OPW went to study in Paris just the year before he retired. The taxpayer footed a bill of €35,000 for that. I welcome State investment in the education of staff, but it seems strange that such an investment would be made just before a person retires. Was that good value for money for the taxpayer?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Engagement with Office of Public Works (25 Sep 2024)

Peadar Tóibín: Did he sign off on it himself?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Engagement with Office of Public Works (25 Sep 2024)

Peadar Tóibín: As chairperson, he signed off on that. It is startling that there is no oversight in terms of expenditure such as that. I imagine that education is more useful when it is front-loaded in a person's career when working for a State organisation. Putting that investment at the bookend of a person's career is of very little, if any, benefit to the taxpayer.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Engagement with Office of Public Works (25 Sep 2024)

Peadar Tóibín: Midleton was promised flood defences after 2017. Obviously, there were horrendous floods there last year or the year before, which put lives in danger. My understanding is that despite flood defences being promised for Midleton after 2017, the planning application has not been submitted yet.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Engagement with Office of Public Works (25 Sep 2024)

Peadar Tóibín: Is there any timescale for when the planning application will be in?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Engagement with Office of Public Works (25 Sep 2024)

Peadar Tóibín: Can the witnesses understand the frustration, not just of the people of Midleton, but the people across the country at the grindingly slow pace of delivery for infrastructure, especially when it comes to non-politicians or average, normal or ordinary citizens? A flood risk was deemed so bad in 2017, it was promised that a defence would be built. During the floods, politicians from Dublin...