Results 3,841-3,860 of 24,567 for speaker:Róisín Shortall
- Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 38 - Health (Supplementary) (30 Nov 2022) Róisín Shortall: We cannot accept this while the Minister does not have basic information and a breakdown of the figures.
- Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 38 - Health (Supplementary) (30 Nov 2022) Róisín Shortall: We have been told that for months.
- Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 38 - Health (Supplementary) (30 Nov 2022) Róisín Shortall: We are getting calls from people asking when will they get the payment.
- Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 38 - Health (Supplementary) (30 Nov 2022) Róisín Shortall: So it is approximately 189,000 people who will be entitled to the payment. Is that what the Deputy is saying?
- Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 38 - Health (Supplementary) (30 Nov 2022) Róisín Shortall: Yes.
- Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 38 - Health (Supplementary) (30 Nov 2022) Róisín Shortall: So, say, 190,000 people. To date, 124,000 people have got it, which was stated in a reply to a parliamentary question last week. So, in terms of the balance, there is a very large outstanding number of people who have not received the payment. How many of those additional people does the Minister expect will get the payment before Christmas?
- Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 38 - Health (Supplementary) (30 Nov 2022) Róisín Shortall: So there are 66,000 people waiting for the payment for a very long period. Can the Minister give an assurance that all steps will be taken to ensure that the payment is made before Christmas?
- Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 38 - Health (Supplementary) (30 Nov 2022) Róisín Shortall: Out of how many?
- Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 38 - Health (Supplementary) (30 Nov 2022) Róisín Shortall: Has the Department got returns from the vast majority of employers?
- Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 38 - Health (Supplementary) (30 Nov 2022) Róisín Shortall: So what is holding up the payment?
- Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 38 - Health (Supplementary) (30 Nov 2022) Róisín Shortall: Does the Department expect to be in a position to pay all of those before Christmas?
- Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 38 - Health (Supplementary) (30 Nov 2022) Róisín Shortall: There are 66,000 people still waiting and that is a very large number. Progress is very slow here because it is so hard to drag out figures and I ask the Chair to allow me ask one more question.
- Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 38 - Health (Supplementary) (30 Nov 2022) Róisín Shortall: On the issue of the State Claims Agency, there is €95 million additional funding and more than a 20% increase on what was estimated for the year. Bearing in mind that the point had been made at a meeting of the Committee of Public Accounts that during Covid there were a lot of out-of-court settlements, and that that was very cost effective as it were, then one would expect that the...
- Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 38 - Health (Supplementary) (30 Nov 2022) Róisín Shortall: What is the main driver?
- Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 38 - Health (Supplementary) (30 Nov 2022) Róisín Shortall: What is it? Is it a particular type of claim? What accounts for that level of increase?
- Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 38 - Health (Supplementary) (30 Nov 2022) Róisín Shortall: It would have been useful to have it this morning. A general point has been made about maternity claims. What has driven a more than 20% increase?
- Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 38 - Health (Supplementary) (30 Nov 2022) Róisín Shortall: The official has made my point for me and I thank the Chairman.
- Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 38 - Health (Supplementary) (30 Nov 2022) Róisín Shortall: Is that a very high percentage?
- Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 38 - Health (Supplementary) (30 Nov 2022) Róisín Shortall: Getting back to the business of this meeting, then-----