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Public Accounts Committee: Special Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General on the Nursing Homes Support Scheme: Discussion (1 Oct 2020)

Catherine Murphy: I presume that Dr. O'Reardon finds it unsatisfactory, or more than unsatisfactory, that this work commenced in 2018, and there is still not even an estimated date for completion.

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General on the Nursing Homes Support Scheme: Discussion (1 Oct 2020)

Catherine Murphy: It is certainly a priority for this committee as well.

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General on the Nursing Homes Support Scheme: Discussion (1 Oct 2020)

Catherine Murphy: In 2015, the HSE committed to publishing the weekly cost of care-based charge rates for public nursing homes. It did not publish the rate for 2017, and produced an incorrect rate for 2018. The average weekly rate increased by 26% in public nursing homes between 2010 and 2018, and by 11% in private nursing homes. Deputy Catherine Murphy: In 2015, the HSE commited to publishing the...

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General on the Nursing Homes Support Scheme: Discussion (1 Oct 2020)

Catherine Murphy: Will Mr. Reid also address the integrated financial system and the impact? At our previous meeting we discussed the deficiency in not having an integrated system. How is this impacting that work, given that the HSE knows the pay rates internally and knows the pay adjustments? How would that not be reflected? Is this a reason? It seems obvious that the HSE knows these pay adjustments.

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General on the Nursing Homes Support Scheme: Discussion (1 Oct 2020)

Catherine Murphy: It is quite difficult to have a flow of questioning.

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General on the Nursing Homes Support Scheme: Discussion (1 Oct 2020)

Catherine Murphy: Is it a postcode lottery? How uneven is the data on which the HSE relies? I appreciate that there is a method of calculating for individuals, such as 80% of their income and so on. We know the calculations for those people's personal contributions but how uneven is it around the country and what data sets is the HSE using? Is it looking for other sources of data to have a more even calculation?

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General on the Nursing Homes Support Scheme: Discussion (1 Oct 2020)

Catherine Murphy: What kind of difference are we talking about?

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General on the Nursing Homes Support Scheme: Discussion (1 Oct 2020)

Catherine Murphy: Would agency staff be more likely to be used on the east coast?

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General on the Nursing Homes Support Scheme: Discussion (1 Oct 2020)

Catherine Murphy: What is the difference between the highest and lowest figures?

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General on the Nursing Homes Support Scheme: Discussion (1 Oct 2020)

Catherine Murphy: Is that based on geography or dependency?

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General on the Nursing Homes Support Scheme: Discussion (1 Oct 2020)

Catherine Murphy: I am not even able to-----

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General on the Nursing Homes Support Scheme: Discussion (1 Oct 2020)

Catherine Murphy: Okay, it is just-----

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General on the Nursing Homes Support Scheme: Discussion (1 Oct 2020)

Catherine Murphy: Ms O'Connor said that the cost of staffing in public nursing homes is due to conditions and because the ratio of staff to the people for whom they are caring is higher. Has the HSE published documentation on that?

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General on the Nursing Homes Support Scheme: Discussion (1 Oct 2020)

Catherine Murphy: How does the HSE make the comparison then?

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General on the Nursing Homes Support Scheme: Discussion (1 Oct 2020)

Catherine Murphy: When will that expert panel report be finalised?

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General on the Nursing Homes Support Scheme: Discussion (1 Oct 2020)

Catherine Murphy: That will contain a lot of information. Is it likely to assist with the value for money audit?

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General on the Nursing Homes Support Scheme: Discussion (1 Oct 2020)

Catherine Murphy: That is okay.

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General on the Nursing Homes Support Scheme: Discussion (1 Oct 2020)

Catherine Murphy: I have absolutely no issue with people being employed on good terms and conditions but we have already heard that there is a deficiency of information for making a comparison. Can Mr. Mulvany honestly say that a comparison can be made when we do not have the full information on conditions and the ratio of staff? How can that comparison be made when we do not have the information and how can...

Ceisteanna – Questions: Departmental Advertising (6 Oct 2020)

Catherine Murphy: 149. To ask the Taoiseach if he has engaged a third party company in each of the years, 2017 to 2019, and to date in 2020, to conduct online and or social media monitoring and or provide reports on social media coverage of his Department; if so, the cost of same; and if the name of the social media platforms being monitored will be provided. [28925/20]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Staff (6 Oct 2020)

Catherine Murphy: 150. To ask the Taoiseach the number of staff in his Department on sick leave between March and September by month in 2019 and to date 2020; the pay arrangements that exist for staff on sick leave for an extended period of time; the number of sick days accounted for by his Department over the period. [28943/20]