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Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Financial Statements 2018 (5 Dec 2019)

Catherine Murphy: It would be useful if we had a similar initiative on a constant basis. We could then see where changes are taking place. In respect of our periodic report, there were 11 recommendations from the PwC report. Have they all been implemented at this stage?

Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Financial Statements 2018 (5 Dec 2019)

Catherine Murphy: If changes have taken place in structures, other than the outline we had, it would be useful to see a map of those.

Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Financial Statements 2018 (5 Dec 2019)

Catherine Murphy: I want to go back to Children's Health Ireland. It engaged external expertise and technical support, according to today's briefing paper, and €35.1 million has been invested across the workstreams. There is long-term investment there. That was between 2016 and 2019. Given that Children's Health Ireland has not employed many of the people who will run the services in Blanchardstown,...

Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Financial Statements 2018 (5 Dec 2019)

Catherine Murphy: I understand that it is necessary to get that integration correct. The vast majority of people will understand that money needs to be spent on that side and on the physical side. The greatest disappointment is the delay in the facility becoming fully operational. What work is Children's Health Ireland doing to minimise the delay in opening the new national children's hospital or can that...

Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Financial Statements 2018 (5 Dec 2019)

Catherine Murphy: I am sorry but I have limited time. We have very deficient services at the moment.

Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Financial Statements 2018 (5 Dec 2019)

Catherine Murphy: We are seeing serious problems with delays in children receiving care, even down to queues and pain management. We have a facility here that has been opened, yet the accident and emergency department-----

Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Financial Statements 2018 (5 Dec 2019)

Catherine Murphy: Urgent care is operating from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday to Friday. The service is not fully operational and may not be fully operational next year. There is a serious concern about the investment actually delivering the outcomes that would have been expected from it.

Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Financial Statements 2018 (5 Dec 2019)

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Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Financial Statements 2018 (5 Dec 2019)

Catherine Murphy: Is the urgent care situation better or worse?

Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Financial Statements 2018 (5 Dec 2019)

Catherine Murphy: Finally, will Ms Hardiman provide us with a note on the outstanding areas in which Children's Health Ireland has not fully recruited and what the profile is likely to be so that we have some understanding of how this investment will deliver better services?

Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 15 - Development of Primary Care Centres (5 Dec 2019)

Catherine Murphy: I will expand a little on the questions that Deputy O'Connell has asked. In the reviews, the HSE will be looking at the location, the components of primary care needs in an area, and so on. This is absolutely the way to go. We want to see a successful model around the country. Some of the shortcomings, for example, would be retention of staff. Would that be the kind of thing that would...

Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 15 - Development of Primary Care Centres (5 Dec 2019)

Catherine Murphy: I appreciate that it is difficult to manage. Are there other strategies in place for workforce planning to cover maternity care? It is unattractive for someone returning to work to face long lists and so on because no cover has been provided in her absence. Taking somebody back on a part-time basis is better than not having them back at all, especially when the staff in question are...

Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 15 - Development of Primary Care Centres (5 Dec 2019)

Catherine Murphy: The cost of agency cover, for example, is greater than direct employment of a member of staff. It is difficult to have somebody roving and employed in different parts of the country. Cost-effectiveness and retention should be central to the review. Retention obviously gives rise to costs for training and experience and many other factors come into the equation when one looks at value for...

Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 15 - Development of Primary Care Centres (5 Dec 2019)

Catherine Murphy: What timeline will be considered in the review? Is it the lifespan of a facility that has been developed through a PPP as opposed to a direct build? Are there real options in the choices that are to be made? Will funding be provided in the event that direct build is found to be more cost-effective way of dealing with the primary care centres?

Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 15 - Development of Primary Care Centres (5 Dec 2019)

Catherine Murphy: I want to ask about another area.

Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 15 - Development of Primary Care Centres (5 Dec 2019)

Catherine Murphy: I do not have many more questions.

Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 15 - Development of Primary Care Centres (5 Dec 2019)

Catherine Murphy: I do not have much more to ask the witnesses. I will pick up on the points made in the opening statement on cost pressures in operational services with regard to residential placements for people with intellectual disabilities. Two people have contacted the committee about the services contracted out to two different organisations. I will give the names of the organisations afterwards. It...

Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 15 - Development of Primary Care Centres (5 Dec 2019)

Catherine Murphy: It would be disability services.

Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 15 - Development of Primary Care Centres (5 Dec 2019)

Catherine Murphy: No, it is the companies.

Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 15 - Development of Primary Care Centres (5 Dec 2019)

Catherine Murphy: Yes. It is my understanding that this audit will also look at value for money where a service level agreement is in place for particular clients.