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Written Answers — Department of Health: Care Services (6 Dec 2022)

Alan Dillon: 628. To ask the Minister for Health the reason HIQA has not inspected a nursing unit (details supplied) following a request to do so by the provider, which requires additional bed capacity to meet growing demands in the area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60645/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (6 Dec 2022)

Alan Dillon: 629. To ask the Minister for Health the details of the formal capital investment proposal submitted for the provision of single room en-suite bed capacity at a hospital (details supplied) and a timeline for completion of this project. [60646/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (6 Dec 2022)

Alan Dillon: 630. To ask the Minister for Health the number of acute inpatient beds on wards A, B and C at a hospital (details supplied); the number of beds in these wards currently not in use and closed; the reason that these beds are not in use; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60647/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (6 Dec 2022)

Alan Dillon: 631. To ask the Minister for Health if the planned expansion of the footprint of the emergency department at a hospital (details supplied) through the addition of seven treatment bays in the new modular build outlined in HIQAs report has been completed; if not, the reason; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60648/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Investigations (6 Dec 2022)

Alan Dillon: 632. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department and the HSE are satisfied that corrective actions to non-compliant findings and HIQA key recommendations have been implemented following HIQA’s inspection on 29 September 2020 with the subsequent report published on 17 December 2020 for a hospital (details supplied); and if he will provide an update on the HSE's ongoing work to...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Infrastructure Provision (6 Dec 2022)

Alan Dillon: 633. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE will outline the precise work completed on project review 1 tasks for a hospital (details supplied); if the HSE has submitted the preliminary business case and brief and project cost estimate to his Department for technical review. [60650/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Infrastructure Provision (6 Dec 2022)

Alan Dillon: 634. To ask the Minister for Health if the preliminary design stage 1 report has been approved; when the HSE expects approval of scheme design for a hospital (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60651/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Infrastructure Provision (6 Dec 2022)

Alan Dillon: 635. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details of the design team appointed through the procurement process for a hospital (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60652/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Infrastructure Provision (6 Dec 2022)

Alan Dillon: 636. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1661 of 8 September 2022, the progress that has been made with prospective developers on the provision of the primary care centre scheduled for an area (details supplied); the timeline for delivery of this centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60653/22]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Further and Higher Education (1 Dec 2022)

Alan Dillon: 104. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an update surrounding recent announcements on the new further education and training, FET, colleges of the future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59840/22]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Further and Higher Education (1 Dec 2022)

Alan Dillon: Will the Minister provide an update on the recent announcements around the new FET colleges of the future?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Further and Higher Education (1 Dec 2022)

Alan Dillon: I publicly thank the Minister for coming to Castlebar earlier this week to deliver the fantastic news on the Mayo College of Further Education and Training. This will be a multimillion euro project for County Mayo and Castlebar. It will strengthen our appeal in the future economic outlook and will invest in FET. This significant capital investment will transform that campus. We have an...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Further and Higher Education (1 Dec 2022)

Alan Dillon: We have Mayo College of Further Education and Training progressing with this capital development on the back of the establishment of the ATU in Mayo, which is designated for Castlebar. We are offering postgraduate courses with other disciplines, ranging from outdoor education to, as we mentioned previously, digital media and cybersecurity. This means there is a university campus along with...

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 37 - Social Protection - Social Insurance Fund 2021
Chapter 10: Regularity of social welfare payments
Chapter 11: The recovery of benefit and assistance payments following compensation awards
Chapter 14: Classification of workers for PRSI purposes (1 Dec 2022)

Alan Dillon: I welcome the witnesses. I acknowledge their extraordinary work in recent months and years, especially in the response to both Covid and the Ukrainian crisis. Their ongoing efforts and development are much appreciated. I will start by focusing on non-compliant procurement. I refer to the €31 million allocated to 25 local employment services that were deemed non-compliant...

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 37 - Social Protection - Social Insurance Fund 2021
Chapter 10: Regularity of social welfare payments
Chapter 11: The recovery of benefit and assistance payments following compensation awards
Chapter 14: Classification of workers for PRSI purposes (1 Dec 2022)

Alan Dillon: Could Mr. McKeon provide an update on what is entailed in the tendering process?

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 37 - Social Protection - Social Insurance Fund 2021
Chapter 10: Regularity of social welfare payments
Chapter 11: The recovery of benefit and assistance payments following compensation awards
Chapter 14: Classification of workers for PRSI purposes (1 Dec 2022)

Alan Dillon: The community and voluntary groups were not able to fund the service.

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 37 - Social Protection - Social Insurance Fund 2021
Chapter 10: Regularity of social welfare payments
Chapter 11: The recovery of benefit and assistance payments following compensation awards
Chapter 14: Classification of workers for PRSI purposes (1 Dec 2022)

Alan Dillon: Does Mr. McKeon envisage that the Department has rectified the non-compliance with national procurement guidelines?

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 37 - Social Protection - Social Insurance Fund 2021
Chapter 10: Regularity of social welfare payments
Chapter 11: The recovery of benefit and assistance payments following compensation awards
Chapter 14: Classification of workers for PRSI purposes (1 Dec 2022)

Alan Dillon: How advanced is the work to date?

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 37 - Social Protection - Social Insurance Fund 2021
Chapter 10: Regularity of social welfare payments
Chapter 11: The recovery of benefit and assistance payments following compensation awards
Chapter 14: Classification of workers for PRSI purposes (1 Dec 2022)

Alan Dillon: I thank Mr. McKeon for his response. Following on from Deputy Colm Burke's question on the issuing of PPS numbers for 2022, Mr. McKeon referenced a figure of 260,000 to date. Could he give us a breakdown of the figure? Does he have the figure for 2019, pre-Covid? That would be very useful in terms of a comparison.

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 37 - Social Protection - Social Insurance Fund 2021
Chapter 10: Regularity of social welfare payments
Chapter 11: The recovery of benefit and assistance payments following compensation awards
Chapter 14: Classification of workers for PRSI purposes (1 Dec 2022)

Alan Dillon: Is 260,000 a record number for the country?