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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Health Services Staff (13 Jun 2024)

Paul Murphy: 9. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware that an organisation (details supplied) states that many funded nursing vacancies arising from staff retiring, leaving or going on maternity leave are remaining unfilled due to the recruitment freeze and that this happening when there is unprecedented demand on our health services, meaning that various departments and community services are...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Health Services Staff (13 Jun 2024)

Gino Kenny: I will be happy to get the Minister's answer on this question so I will skip my 30-second introduction.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Health Services Staff (13 Jun 2024)

Stephen Donnelly: I want to make sure I am addressing the correct question.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Health Services Staff (13 Jun 2024)

Catherine Connolly: It is Deputy Paul Murphy's question on nursing vacancies.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Health Services Staff (13 Jun 2024)

Gino Kenny: I am taking his question as well, just to make things more complicated.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Health Services Staff (13 Jun 2024)

Stephen Donnelly: The number of nurses in our health service has been increasing dramatically in the lifetime of this Government. Since January 2020, right across the health service we have increased the number by almost 29,000 whole-time equivalents. It really has been a huge increase. Deputy Murphy asked specifically about nurses and midwifery. In the lifetime of this Government, the nursing and...

Public Accounts Committee: 2022 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (13 Jun 2024)

Cormac Devlin: I thank our witnesses for being here. It is good to engage with the OPW again. I thank them for the information they supplied in advance of today's appearance. I will start with the non-compliant procurement issue that was raised previously. I understand from the Comptroller and Auditor General that it was raised in 2022 and Mr. Conlon said that it was as a result of internal controls...

Public Accounts Committee: 2022 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (13 Jun 2024)

Cormac Devlin: In terms of the internal controls, it is good that the issue was identified by the OPW itself. It was flagged by the Accounting Officer. How often does the internal audit or internal control committee meet?

Public Accounts Committee: 2022 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (13 Jun 2024)

Cormac Devlin: Without naming individuals, what types of personnel are on the internal control committee?

Public Accounts Committee: 2022 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (13 Jun 2024)

Cormac Devlin: We can come back to this at the OPW's next appearance before the committee to make sure the rules are being adhered to. I understand the complexity of the various elements with which the OPW is dealing. I also want to focus on flood defences. The witnesses highlighted the fact that 100 schemes are currently being worked on and a total of 55 schemes have been completed to date. Scheme...

Public Accounts Committee: 2022 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (13 Jun 2024)

Cormac Devlin: Good. If the witnesses do not mind, could they forward a note to the committee on the hundred active schemes? That would be appreciated.

Public Accounts Committee: 2022 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (13 Jun 2024)

Cormac Devlin: I thank Mr. Casey. A scheme that is not sold well enough by the OPW is the one that gives individuals free access to certain sites on the first Wednesday of every month. I realise this has been in operation for a number of years. I am wondering whether the OPW is tracking its success, not just at each site but also in respect of take-up by the public. How successful has the programme been?

Public Accounts Committee: 2022 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (13 Jun 2024)

Cormac Devlin: Specifically for the Wednesdays?

Public Accounts Committee: 2022 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (13 Jun 2024)

Cormac Devlin: Could Ms Collier send on a note, please?

Public Accounts Committee: 2022 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (13 Jun 2024)

Cormac Devlin: That is good to hear. If Ms Collier could send on the note, it would be much appreciated. Vacant properties in the OPW's portfolio, particularly in the capital, comprise an issue I raised with the Minister previously and that I will continue to raise. Could the witnesses send a note to us on vacant properties in Dublin? My colleague raised issues concerning the valuation of the sites....

Public Accounts Committee: 2022 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (13 Jun 2024)

Cormac Devlin: Please.

Public Accounts Committee: 2022 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (13 Jun 2024)

Cormac Devlin: With respect to the former Garda stations, we have been told the local authority was interested. That has been three years on the go. There are other sites and I understand some are being sold. Mixed messages are coming not only from the OPW but also from those on the ground about what will actually happen to the sites.

Public Accounts Committee: 2022 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (13 Jun 2024)

Cormac Devlin: That is a big question that has been asked for a long time. It is galling for people who see valuable sites in prominent locations, as Mr. Conlon can appreciate. With regard to one particular site, a discussion on a plan to redevelop it went on for a couple of years, and then the local authority was looking at the site for housing purposes. That was at least four or five years ago. I find...

Public Accounts Committee: 2022 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (13 Jun 2024)

Cormac Devlin: Yes, indeed.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Hospital Facilities (13 Jun 2024)

Stephen Donnelly: I thank the Deputy. In nine hospitals, car parking is free. We have a bunch which charge up to €10 and then we have those three hospitals to which I referred. The latter will, understandably, tell us that this is all well and good but they need money to make it up. It is reasonable for them to state that there would be a funding shortfall in the context of the provision of...