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Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2021: University of Limerick (18 May 2023)

Colm Burke: That group takes a decision and then refers it to the overall governing body as such.

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2021: University of Limerick (18 May 2023)

Colm Burke: Is Professor Mey satisfied that UL has now set up enough checks and balances to deal with any decision involving the expenditure of moneys? UL's budget for last year was more than €300 million. It is a substantial budget. Many decisions have to be made. Is Professor Mey satisfied there are now sufficient checks and balances to deal with issues involving expenditure by the...

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2021: University of Limerick (18 May 2023)

Colm Burke: I want to ask about the pensions policy in the university and the challenges that are there. Is Professor Mey satisfied there are sufficient guarantees in the way that pensions are now structured in the university? My understanding is that more than €1 billion must be provided for pensions in the coming years.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (18 May 2023)

Colm Burke: It is a major problem that we have had to deal with in a short time. In fairness to the Department and the officials, I must say I have been disappointed by the local authorities. I had my own experience of dealing with them in respect of how slow they were to respond. They could have done a great deal more. I accept what Deputy Catherine Murphy is saying about those instances where the...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (18 May 2023)

Colm Burke: We will not.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (18 May 2023)

Colm Burke: The problem we have is that we will-----

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (18 May 2023)

Colm Burke: The problem we have is that we must continue to maintain-----

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (18 May 2023)

Colm Burke: We must fast-track how we can have a proper structure for dealing with this. We must be able to react faster in providing what is needed in this context. I refer to even having spare accommodation available to let at times as well.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (18 May 2023)

Colm Burke: Yes.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (18 May 2023)

Colm Burke: On the cost information attached to the letter, I presume this is not going to be published.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (18 May 2023)

Colm Burke: I just wish to make sure this is right.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (18 May 2023)

Colm Burke: Reference is made to this being commercially sensitive and not for publication.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (18 May 2023)

Colm Burke: I refer to the amount being paid to each hotel group or whatever.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (18 May 2023)

Colm Burke: Is the Deputy saying they do not want to give her the information?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (18 May 2023)

Colm Burke: One other issue arises from this point, though. If salaried GPs are taken on, and it will have to happen in certain areas, it will then be necessary to also take on the support staff, like the administrative staff-----

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (18 May 2023)

Colm Burke: -----whereas at the moment, the money going to GP practices is covering the administration and nursing staff. There is a need to look at should the nurses, for instance, be employed directly instead of by the GP practices.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (18 May 2023)

Colm Burke: I know, but the ratio of nurses to GPs compared with other jurisdictions is much lower than it should be here. I say this because nurses can do an awful lot of the work GPs are doing but we do not have sufficient numbers of them.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (18 May 2023)

Colm Burke: Yes.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (18 May 2023)

Colm Burke: 164. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to set out in tabular form the details of all applications for housing projects in each local authority area, where the finance was provided by his Department or by the Housing Finance Agency, in particular applications received from 1 January 2021 to 31 December 2022, 1 January 2023 to 30 April 2023, setting out the number...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (18 May 2023)

Colm Burke: 166. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to set out in tabular form details of all applications received from approved housing bodies for housing projects, where the finance was provided by his Department or by the Housing Finance Agency, in particular applications received from 1 January 2021 to 31 December 2022, January 2023 to 30 April 2023, setting out the...