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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)

Alan Dillon: That would give us a better understanding.

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)

Alan Dillon: I am aware that there have been serious incidents even in my own local hospital, Mayo University Hospital. They were not the fault of any of the hospital staff or consultants but were just due to over-fatigue or the changeover of shifts and so on. It is an area of real concern.

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)

Alan Dillon: Following on from Deputy Verona Murphy, do we have the current number of children who have been diagnosed with autism? Do we have a register in place to provide adequate workforce planning and service planning alongside the National Council for Special Education, NCSE, in regard to the assessment of needs being completed?

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)

Alan Dillon: Do we need to have a breakdown per county or CHO on the level of need to ensure that the proper practitioners and intervention are in place? I think that is something that is required. How else can we monitor the trends in diagnoses?

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)

Alan Dillon: Does Mr. Mulvany intend to establish a registry?

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)

Alan Dillon: Is there a paper-based system or an electronic one in place?

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)

Alan Dillon: It is crucially important going forward that there is an electronic system in place. Otherwise, how are we meant to collate the data per county to work with the NCSE, disability services or CDNTs?

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)

Alan Dillon: It puts a focus and it highlights the diagnosis and the prevalence of 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)

Alan Dillon: Is that something the HSE would-----

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)

Alan Dillon: To take my county as an example, were I to ask the CDNTs for the number of children who have been diagnosed with autism, they could not give me that. I think that is a problem. Does Mr. Mulvany not think that is a problem?

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)

Alan Dillon: I could show Mr. Mulvany a response I received to a parliamentary question. That is the same all across the country.

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)

Alan Dillon: That is good to hear and that is positive. My second question is on the business cases that are presented to the HSE and the Department of Health. How many business cases were approved for additional disability services for section 39 organisations? Does Mr. Mulvany have a spend associated with the number versus the actual allocation of funds?

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)

Alan Dillon: I understand that. However, their funding is an allocation on an annual basis. On the additional business cases where cases present, does Mr. Mulvany have figures for the number of business cases that were approved and the associated funding?

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)

Alan Dillon: A real issue for many of these section 39 organisations is that their business cases are not being approved. The business cases are sitting with the HSE and the Department of Health. Can Mr. Mulvany give us an understanding on the number of business cases that have been presented in 2021 and 2022 and how much funding has been allocated on the basis of these business cases being approved?

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)

Alan Dillon: The difficulty for them is the approval of the business cases. Does Mr. Mulvany feel that they are doing enough in relation to the approval of business cases?

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

Alan Dillon: 69. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the status of the progress made by the Government in terms of reaching the targeted number of Defence Forces personnel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5028/23]

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

Alan Dillon: 73. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will provide the details of the protections on coastlines to prevent entry of illegal migrants and the importation of drugs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5027/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teacher Training (2 Feb 2023)

Alan Dillon: 113. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she has considered suspending the proposed €65 increase in summer Gaeltacht fees that have risen to €815, given the difficulties faced by college students; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5026/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (2 Feb 2023)

Alan Dillon: 140. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will outline the improvements to deliver on the physical education curriculum in primary and secondary schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5025/23]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (1 Feb 2023)

Alan Dillon: The programme for Government includes a commitment to introduce a statutory scheme to support people to live in their own homes by providing them with access to high-quality regulated home care. The lack of home help support is adding to the chaos in some hospitals in rural areas. The chronic shortage of millions of home help hours means that doctors are delaying the discharge of vulnerable...