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Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages Data (20 Jun 2017)

Shane Cassells: 1150. To ask the Minister for Health the percentage of carer hours that have been allocated home care packages in County Meath in which persons are still awaiting these services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27033/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages Data (20 Jun 2017)

Shane Cassells: 1151. To ask the Minister for Health the position in which County Meath ranks in terms of delivery of the home care package scheme compared to other counties; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27034/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Water Services Provision (20 Jun 2017)

Shane Cassells: 2178. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the percentage of pipes used in the water system servicing the Moylagh and Oldcastle area of County Meath which are made of asbestos. [27303/17]

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (15 Jun 2017)

Shane Cassells: I apologise for being late. I would like to pick up on Deputy Catherine Connolly's important point about the deterioration of buildings that are lying idle. A former primary school in Trim, County Meath has been transferred to the Department of Education and Skills, but nothing is happening. The property is to be used by the education and training board for the Educate Together school in...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (15 Jun 2017)

Shane Cassells: It is scandalous.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (15 Jun 2017)

Shane Cassells: It is good to see this morning that an agreement has been reached to race again.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (15 Jun 2017)

Shane Cassells: That is good to see, leaving aside anything else that has been discussed here.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (15 Jun 2017)

Shane Cassells: Yes.

Public Accounts Committee: HSE Financial Statements 2015 and 2016
Clarification of Matters Relating to Meeting of 2 February 2016 (15 Jun 2017)

Shane Cassells: I welcome the director general of the HSE and the other witnesses. As Deputy Connolly said, three specific items are being addressed in terms of the clarification that has been provided by the HSE. However, in our discussions this morning, we must remember that these are three specific items concerning the care of a human being. That sometimes gets forgotten in the context of these...

Public Accounts Committee: HSE Financial Statements 2015 and 2016
Clarification of Matters Relating to Meeting of 2 February 2016 (15 Jun 2017)

Shane Cassells: The organisation that Mr. O'Brien heads up-----

Public Accounts Committee: HSE Financial Statements 2015 and 2016
Clarification of Matters Relating to Meeting of 2 February 2016 (15 Jun 2017)

Shane Cassells: I will try to explore that in a different way. In terms of the acceptance of underfunding, does Mr. O'Brien accept that repeated communications beginning in 2009 pointed out that insufficient funding was being provided for the level of care and psychological care required and for the trauma this person suffered, and that double the amount of funding was needed? Does Mr. O'Brien accept that...

Public Accounts Committee: HSE Financial Statements 2015 and 2016
Clarification of Matters Relating to Meeting of 2 February 2016 (15 Jun 2017)

Shane Cassells: I believe there possibly was.

Public Accounts Committee: HSE Financial Statements 2015 and 2016
Clarification of Matters Relating to Meeting of 2 February 2016 (15 Jun 2017)

Shane Cassells: That is correct.

Public Accounts Committee: HSE Financial Statements 2015 and 2016
Clarification of Matters Relating to Meeting of 2 February 2016 (15 Jun 2017)

Shane Cassells: I believe that is the case and that the funding provided was deemed sufficient in spite of the service provider having pointed out that it required double the amount over that period. Does Mr. O'Brien accept that that communication exists and that it was-----

Public Accounts Committee: HSE Financial Statements 2015 and 2016
Clarification of Matters Relating to Meeting of 2 February 2016 (15 Jun 2017)

Shane Cassells: I will seek clarity on that point. Leaving it aside, does Mr. O'Brien accept that there was communication from the service provider that stated that double the amount of funding for care was required?

Public Accounts Committee: HSE Financial Statements 2015 and 2016
Clarification of Matters Relating to Meeting of 2 February 2016 (15 Jun 2017)

Shane Cassells: We are again going round the houses to try to get to simple facts, as was the case with the very first question regarding written statements. If Mr. O'Brien deemed that the money provided was not sufficient, there are obviously reasons it was not. That is what I am trying to get to.

Public Accounts Committee: HSE Financial Statements 2015 and 2016
Clarification of Matters Relating to Meeting of 2 February 2016 (15 Jun 2017)

Shane Cassells: Why was that the case?

Public Accounts Committee: HSE Financial Statements 2015 and 2016
Clarification of Matters Relating to Meeting of 2 February 2016 (15 Jun 2017)

Shane Cassells: I know that. However, in terms of why this was done or not provided, there were concerns from people in the small voluntary agency that Mr. O'Brien will not name that funding for the work-----

Public Accounts Committee: HSE Financial Statements 2015 and 2016
Clarification of Matters Relating to Meeting of 2 February 2016 (15 Jun 2017)

Shane Cassells: That is fine.

Public Accounts Committee: HSE Financial Statements 2015 and 2016
Clarification of Matters Relating to Meeting of 2 February 2016 (15 Jun 2017)

Shane Cassells: That is fine. That is no problem.