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Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff Recruitment (10 Oct 2019)

Catherine Connolly: 82. To ask the Minister for Health the number, grade and title of all posts in Galway city and county in which interviews have been held, posts offered and accepted and awaiting sanction by the HSE and his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41180/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (10 Oct 2019)

Catherine Connolly: 93. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 95 of 13 March 2019 the precise location of the helipad of Galway University Hospital; if the helipad has been relocated to the grounds of the hospital from its temporary location in the community park in Shantalla, Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41182/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Eligibility (10 Oct 2019)

Catherine Connolly: 187. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to increase the eligibility limit for those over 70 years of age applying for a medical card from a reduction that was implemented in 2014 and has not being raised to date to €500 for a single person over 70 years of age and €900 for a couple; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41478/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Eligibility (10 Oct 2019)

Catherine Connolly: 188. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to increase the eligibility limit for those over 80 years of age applying for a medical card from a reduction that was implemented in 2014 and has not being raised to date to €500 for a single person over 80 years of age and €900 for a couple; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41479/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Eligibility (10 Oct 2019)

Catherine Connolly: 189. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 319 of 22 January 2019, the conclusions by the HSE into the effect on whether the yearly increase of social welfare payments has adversely affected those over 70 and 80 years of age and their ability to qualify for a medical card; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41480/19]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Drainage Schemes (16 Oct 2019)

Catherine Connolly: 96. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 54 of 8 October 2019, the cost of the works; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42358/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland (16 Oct 2019)

Catherine Connolly: 165. To ask the Minister for Health the progress of the digitalised registration system in the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland, funded by his Department; his views on the resignation in May 2019 of the project sponsor and resignation of the project lead in August 2019 leading to a delay in the commencement of the system roll-out scheduled to take place in September 2019; the details of...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (17 Oct 2019)

Catherine Connolly: I was going to ask for this to be postponed. I looked at it before but perhaps we could look at it in the next session.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (17 Oct 2019)

Catherine Connolly: I welcome that it was published on the day of the budget.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (17 Oct 2019)

Catherine Connolly: I support that but I do not think we know the question yet. I agree with the Comptroller and Auditor General that we need to tease it out. He may not have used those words but he said we should not go down the road of a definition yet. I agree totally. If we look at Caranua, for example, which is coming up later today, there is a jump of €43,000 for other consultancy. That is the...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (17 Oct 2019)

Catherine Connolly: This arose from a letter sent by the Department.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (17 Oct 2019)

Catherine Connolly: We highlighted that and this is the result. Has that clarified things?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (17 Oct 2019)

Catherine Connolly: We might go back to the original letter to see what it missed. Is the Department accepting that there was some lack of clarity?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (17 Oct 2019)

Catherine Connolly: That is fine. Confusion arose from the letter sent to us.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (17 Oct 2019)

Catherine Connolly: We have now been confounded with detail.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (17 Oct 2019)

Catherine Connolly: I will have to go back and see what was the original misunderstanding. There might be an apology somewhere or a clarification.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (17 Oct 2019)

Catherine Connolly: I will look for that myself.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (17 Oct 2019)

Catherine Connolly: When we read all this, we will know that we are really heavily indebted, no matter which measure we use.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (17 Oct 2019)

Catherine Connolly: I welcome the updates. However, it has taken this committee and reports from the Comptroller and Auditor General on the redress scheme to follow up on this. We have said it many times but it is important to say it again. It should have not taken that much effort. If an agreement was made, voluntarily or legally, it should have been followed up. On a general point, for example, Lenaboy...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (17 Oct 2019)

Catherine Connolly: In that context, one of the points made by the Comptroller and Auditor General in his reports was the lack of co-operation from the religious orders. That is not acceptable.