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- Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (16 May 2023)
John Brady: 145. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide an update on the status of a passport renewal of a person (details supplied) as the applicant's target issue date is imminent; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22649/23]
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Financial Statements 2021: HSE
Special Report No. 114 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Emergency Procurement of Ventilators by the HSE
Vote 38 - Health (11 May 2023) John Brady: I welcome everyone to discuss what is a very important topic. Much of what we have discussed and will discuss, in hindsight will point out a lot of failures but it is important to portray the backdrop to what was happening. As Mr. Mulvany alluded to himself, everyone was looking at the images. There were horrific scenes in Italy where military trucks were carrying coffins and that was...
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Financial Statements 2021: HSE
Special Report No. 114 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Emergency Procurement of Ventilators by the HSE
Vote 38 - Health (11 May 2023) John Brady: Was it only in late March, as part of the surge capacity planning, that it was identified that 326 additional ventilators would be required?
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Financial Statements 2021: HSE
Special Report No. 114 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Emergency Procurement of Ventilators by the HSE
Vote 38 - Health (11 May 2023) John Brady: At that stage, arrangements had been made with 18 private hospitals to utilise them as part of the HSE's response. Is that correct?
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Financial Statements 2021: HSE
Special Report No. 114 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Emergency Procurement of Ventilators by the HSE
Vote 38 - Health (11 May 2023) John Brady: How many ventilators were available within those 18 private hospitals?
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Financial Statements 2021: HSE
Special Report No. 114 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Emergency Procurement of Ventilators by the HSE
Vote 38 - Health (11 May 2023) John Brady: Were they taken into consideration in the HSE's analysis?
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Financial Statements 2021: HSE
Special Report No. 114 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Emergency Procurement of Ventilators by the HSE
Vote 38 - Health (11 May 2023) John Brady: The HSE identified through the established supplier of ventilators that it was able to procure 581 ventilators.
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Financial Statements 2021: HSE
Special Report No. 114 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Emergency Procurement of Ventilators by the HSE
Vote 38 - Health (11 May 2023) John Brady: On 21 March, the Department sanctioned the purchase of 1,900 ventilators. Is that correct?
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Financial Statements 2021: HSE
Special Report No. 114 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Emergency Procurement of Ventilators by the HSE
Vote 38 - Health (11 May 2023) John Brady: Was a business case prepared by the HSE for the procurement of 1,900?
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Financial Statements 2021: HSE
Special Report No. 114 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Emergency Procurement of Ventilators by the HSE
Vote 38 - Health (11 May 2023) John Brady: There was analysis and a discussion, but a business case-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Financial Statements 2021: HSE
Special Report No. 114 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Emergency Procurement of Ventilators by the HSE
Vote 38 - Health (11 May 2023) John Brady: So there was no business case prepared for that.
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Financial Statements 2021: HSE
Special Report No. 114 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Emergency Procurement of Ventilators by the HSE
Vote 38 - Health (11 May 2023) John Brady: There absolutely was public anxiety at scale-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Financial Statements 2021: HSE
Special Report No. 114 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Emergency Procurement of Ventilators by the HSE
Vote 38 - Health (11 May 2023) John Brady: -----but that is no way to plan for emergency situations.
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Financial Statements 2021: HSE
Special Report No. 114 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Emergency Procurement of Ventilators by the HSE
Vote 38 - Health (11 May 2023) John Brady: Absolutely not. Sanction was given for 1,900 ventilators. Ultimately, orders for 3,500 ventilators were made. Who sanctioned that?
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Financial Statements 2021: HSE
Special Report No. 114 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Emergency Procurement of Ventilators by the HSE
Vote 38 - Health (11 May 2023) John Brady: So we put in orders for 3,500, expecting to get-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Financial Statements 2021: HSE
Special Report No. 114 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Emergency Procurement of Ventilators by the HSE
Vote 38 - Health (11 May 2023) John Brady: At the time of the HSE's surge capacity planning, looking at ICU, staff and all the other resources needed to operate an ICU, how many ventilators would the HSE have been able to operate or man?
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Financial Statements 2021: HSE
Special Report No. 114 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Emergency Procurement of Ventilators by the HSE
Vote 38 - Health (11 May 2023) John Brady: In the region of 328 is what-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Financial Statements 2021: HSE
Special Report No. 114 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Emergency Procurement of Ventilators by the HSE
Vote 38 - Health (11 May 2023) John Brady: What plans were being made to bring the figure up to 1,900? The hope was to get that number of ventilators. What actions had been taken to get additional oxygen and to put in place the additional beds and teams, including ICU teams?
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Financial Statements 2021: HSE
Special Report No. 114 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Emergency Procurement of Ventilators by the HSE
Vote 38 - Health (11 May 2023) John Brady: Of the ventilators that did arrive, a sample test was done on 100. Is that correct? How many of them were deemed unsuitable or not up to the necessary standards?
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Financial Statements 2021: HSE
Special Report No. 114 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Emergency Procurement of Ventilators by the HSE
Vote 38 - Health (11 May 2023) John Brady: The normal procurement procedures led to a 40% or 41% failure rate in ventilators.