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Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2023: Health Information and Quality Authority (17 Jul 2025)

Cathy Bennett: My time is running out. I have just a few more minutes and I have a number of other questions to ask. HIQA was formed in 2007. Therefore, it has taken almost two decades for it to realise that the existing inspection process is not working. Obviously, it is not working if RTÉ staff can walk into a nursing home and get camera footage. Are inspections always notified or can...

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2023: Health Information and Quality Authority (17 Jul 2025)

Cathy Bennett: Should they not all be unannounced? Should inspectors not just walk in and see the real picture?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2023: Health Information and Quality Authority (17 Jul 2025)

Cathy Bennett: I find it hard to believe, after 20 years of HIQA being in operation, that something like this could still happen. That is difficult to understand. It was reported in the media that a particular IT project is running behind schedule. How much has that project cost?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2023: Health Information and Quality Authority (17 Jul 2025)

Cathy Bennett: What is the cost?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2023: Health Information and Quality Authority (17 Jul 2025)

Cathy Bennett: Is it in operation?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2023: Health Information and Quality Authority (17 Jul 2025)

Cathy Bennett: When will the system be up and running?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2023: Health Information and Quality Authority (17 Jul 2025)

Cathy Bennett: Is Ms Fitzgerald confident that the project will be operational?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2023: Health Information and Quality Authority (17 Jul 2025)

Cathy Bennett: Who is the provider?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2023: Health Information and Quality Authority (17 Jul 2025)

Cathy Bennett: Has HIQA discussed the use of Kodak with the Department of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation or the Office of Government Procurement? Did they recommend Kodak to HIQA?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2023: Health Information and Quality Authority (17 Jul 2025)

Cathy Bennett: Who told HIQA what it needed exactly? Did it request help from the Department of public expenditure and reform or anybody else to make sure it was getting the right IT system?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2023: Health Information and Quality Authority (17 Jul 2025)

Cathy Bennett: Does HIQA have full confidence that this system will be fully operational starting this year?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2023: Health Information and Quality Authority (17 Jul 2025)

Cathy Bennett: I am happy with that. Hopefully if representatives from HIQA are back in again next year, the IT system will be fully operational and the €8.6 million spent on it will have been put to good use.

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2023: Health Information and Quality Authority (17 Jul 2025)

Cathy Bennett: It was reported in the media that it was running well behind schedule. Is Ms Fitzgerald saying that is not the case?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2023: Health Information and Quality Authority (17 Jul 2025)

Cathy Bennett: When was it supposed to be operational?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2023: Health Information and Quality Authority (17 Jul 2025)

Cathy Bennett: When will it be operational?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2023: Health Information and Quality Authority (17 Jul 2025)

Cathy Bennett: My last question is on HIQA's income and expenditure. In 2009, it had expenditure of just €24 million but in 2023 that had increased to about €39 million. Why is there such a difference in expenditure in those years? Why has so much more money been spent?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2023: Health Information and Quality Authority (17 Jul 2025)

Cathy Bennett: HIQA had more staff in those years.

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2023: Health Information and Quality Authority (17 Jul 2025)

Cathy Bennett: Just on-----

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2023: Health Information and Quality Authority (17 Jul 2025)

Cathy Bennett: Regarding the income, does HIQA still receive the nursing home expert panel grant and the international protection accommodation grant?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2023: Health Information and Quality Authority (17 Jul 2025)

Cathy Bennett: The nursing home expert panel grant was specifically for Covid-19. Why does it still receive that?