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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 (Resumed) (2 Feb 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: Mr. O'Grady is in a difficult position because the documents have not been published. This is very important for the integrity of this committee and of the process. I go back to the article, which states that this: ... would not be publicly reported by its spending watchdog. To achieve this, agreement had been reached with the Comptroller & Auditor General (C&AG). Any...

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health
Health Service Executive - Financial Statements 2021 (Resumed) (2 Feb 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: My colleagues, Deputy Fleming and the former Chairman of this committee, Deputy McGuinness, made similar comments about the State Claims Agency and contingent liability - revealing more information and detail from that. I raise that matter here in this forum. Like Deputy Verona Murphy, I await the full report next week. On disability services, I am with Deputy Verona Murphy in that I do...

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health
Health Service Executive - Financial Statements 2021 (Resumed) (2 Feb 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: What is it at now?

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health
Health Service Executive - Financial Statements 2021 (Resumed) (2 Feb 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: I would certainly any attempt to try to reduce it. A school on the north side of Dublin where parents do not have the means to seek a private assessment is likely to have fewer SNAs than a school on the south side of Dublin with the same number of children with the same conditions where parents might be able to pay for it. That is completely unacceptable and it is happening purely because...

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health
Health Service Executive - Financial Statements 2021 (Resumed) (2 Feb 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: I am of that opinion as well. It is also about accessing treatment and therapies. The support for school provision is one element. We are making reforms on that. There needs to be much more joined-up thinking on special education between the Department of Education and the HSE. The reports about treatment and therapies are even more dire. People are often being told that the allocation...

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health
Health Service Executive - Financial Statements 2021 (Resumed) (2 Feb 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: The difficulty is that we do not have the enough people in posts.

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health
Health Service Executive - Financial Statements 2021 (Resumed) (2 Feb 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: Do we have a target date for when we will have those posts filled so we can deliver the services Ms O'Neill has talked about?

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health
Health Service Executive - Financial Statements 2021 (Resumed) (2 Feb 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: As Deputy Verona Murphy said, if the HSE does not have a target, it cannot achieve it.

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health
Health Service Executive - Financial Statements 2021 (Resumed) (2 Feb 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: The question is when we will have those posts filled.

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health
Health Service Executive - Financial Statements 2021 (Resumed) (2 Feb 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: Is Ms O'Neill saying the HSE has no target to fill posts?

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health
Health Service Executive - Financial Statements 2021 (Resumed) (2 Feb 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: When will we achieve that?

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (2 Feb 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: 12. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his plans for the Reserve Defence Force in 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5135/23]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (2 Feb 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: 58. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence how it is proposed to enhance Ireland’s defence capability in 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5136/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Educational Disadvantage (2 Feb 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: 110. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to extend the provision of DEIS for those schools with a greater need; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5034/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (2 Feb 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: 116. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress to date in a new ASD class for a school (details supplied). [5033/23]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (1 Feb 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: 85. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is considering increasing the duration of the 9% VAT rate for the hospitality sector, which is due to increase to 13.5% in February 2023 (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4840/23]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: North-South Implementation Bodies (31 Jan 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: Will the Tánaiste outline the details of the new shared island civic society fund? While I welcome the capital projects, I am anxious to see a project that would facilitate civic dialogue. I welcome this initiative and thank the Tánaiste for announcing it. Can the Tánaiste report on his recent meetings with Wavetron?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: North-South Implementation Bodies (31 Jan 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: On the shared island civic society fund, I was 20 years of age in 1997 when the Good Friday Agreement was signed in 1997. The majority of people on this island have adult memories that do not involve the Troubles. That is a positive thing. However, it also means that we must make sure we do not forget the lessons that were learned from process relating to the development of the Good Friday...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: North-South Implementation Bodies (31 Jan 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: It is funny the Tánaiste should mention applications. We are already working on one in Ballymun with some groups in east Belfast. We hope to be able to bring together young people from both perspectives and to avail of funding. I ask the Tánaiste to look favourably on that application. I am sure many other Deputies will ask him to do the same. The communities of east Belfast...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: International Relations (31 Jan 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: In his continued conversations with Secretary of State Blinken, I hope the Tánaiste will continue to underscore the important role the US has played over those 25 years. In many ways, the US in the past played a role as a counterbalance to the British taking a more selfish, strategic and economic interest in the North. One of the most powerful things in the Downing Street Declaration...