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Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health
Health Service Executive - Financial Statements 2021 (29 Sep 2022)

Imelda Munster: It was 14 June when I got that response that there were still four posts vacant. I am going to give examples of cases I have been made aware of, and this can be replicated throughout the country. These relate to the Crosslanes psychiatric unit, where people presented themselves at the unit, were turned away, and subsequently went on to take their own lives. There were several such cases....

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health
Health Service Executive - Financial Statements 2021 (29 Sep 2022)

Imelda Munster: I am not disputing that.

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health
Health Service Executive - Financial Statements 2021 (29 Sep 2022)

Imelda Munster: I am not disputing that. I am flagging up where the system has failed drastically to provide the service the HSE is tasked to provide to people desperate for help who are turned away and, within a couple of days, take their own lives because the system has failed them miserably. When the HSE hears of cases like this, what changes? I can see that nothing changes. Four posts are still...

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health
Health Service Executive - Financial Statements 2021 (29 Sep 2022)

Imelda Munster: I do not expect that.

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health
Health Service Executive - Financial Statements 2021 (29 Sep 2022)

Imelda Munster: That is just one case I mentioned. I outlined horrific stories. The HSE came here today to talk about this particular issue and to give us information. I asked about four out of five posts that were not filled in this one particular unit and the representatives cannot give me the information.

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health
Health Service Executive - Financial Statements 2021 (29 Sep 2022)

Imelda Munster: The witnesses talked about priority.

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health
Health Service Executive - Financial Statements 2021 (29 Sep 2022)

Imelda Munster: Surely recruiting is a priority. The HSE representatives cannot give me an update and then they wonder why people look upon the service as dismal, as it is. I will ask one other question on the status of pandemic bonus payments for HSE workers. What percentage of workers have been paid?

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health
Health Service Executive - Financial Statements 2021 (29 Sep 2022)

Imelda Munster: Does Mr. Reid know the numbers that have not been paid either by the HSE or the Department? What is the percentage of workers who have not been paid and are still waiting for their pandemic bonus nine months on?

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health
Health Service Executive - Financial Statements 2021 (29 Sep 2022)

Imelda Munster: It is about 10% of workers.

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health
Health Service Executive - Financial Statements 2021 (29 Sep 2022)

Imelda Munster: Is the HSE now employing a third party in relation to those payments?

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health
Health Service Executive - Financial Statements 2021 (29 Sep 2022)

Imelda Munster: Has that tender been issued?

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health
Health Service Executive - Financial Statements 2021 (29 Sep 2022)

Imelda Munster: Is that just for health workers or will it cover, say, fire brigade workers who were brought into the front line?

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health
Health Service Executive - Financial Statements 2021 (29 Sep 2022)

Imelda Munster: Is there a timeline for those payments to be made? Will they be made before Christmas?

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health
Health Service Executive - Financial Statements 2021 (29 Sep 2022)

Imelda Munster: The will be paid before Christmas to those workers.

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Bodies (29 Sep 2022)

Imelda Munster: 35. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will provide an update on the progress of the establishment of Coimisiún na Meán; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47592/22]

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 33 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media
Horse Racing Ireland: Financial Statements 2020 (22 Sep 2022)

Imelda Munster: My first question is for Mr. O'Loughlin and it is on CCTV footage. Horse Racing Ireland announced on its website in 2017 that CCTV was to be installed. The Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board diverted the funding in 2018. Last November, Mr. O'Loughlin told the committee that it would be done at the end of the year. In April, he said it would be done mid-autumn. We have received a response...

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 33 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media
Horse Racing Ireland: Financial Statements 2020 (22 Sep 2022)

Imelda Munster: At this stage, five years on, how many or what percentage of the racecourses have the job done with cameras set up?

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 33 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media
Horse Racing Ireland: Financial Statements 2020 (22 Sep 2022)

Imelda Munster: How many have the cameras up?

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 33 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media
Horse Racing Ireland: Financial Statements 2020 (22 Sep 2022)

Imelda Munster: Only two out of the 25 have been done five years on.

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 33 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media
Horse Racing Ireland: Financial Statements 2020 (22 Sep 2022)

Imelda Munster: People would be forgiven for having the impression that there is reluctance given the delay to have CCTV installed. Will Mr. O'Loughlin accept that? People might think that with a delay of five years. When I say there has been one excuse after another it speaks for itself. Dates have constantly been given. Mr. O'Loughlin said there is ducting to be done. In any job there is work to be...