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Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health (Resumed)
Health Service Executive: Financial Statements 2020 (26 May 2022)

Alan Dillon: I want to move on to the second point I want to raise. On the HSE treasury management, the cash balance held by the HSE at the end of December 2020 was in the region of €812 million, which was an increase of €458 million on the 2019 balance of €354 million. The HSE states that this is equivalent to holding 13 days' cash for its normal day-to-day operations. I certainly...

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health (Resumed)
Health Service Executive: Financial Statements 2020 (26 May 2022)

Alan Dillon: My next question was on the negative interest rate.

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health (Resumed)
Health Service Executive: Financial Statements 2020 (26 May 2022)

Alan Dillon: What is the cash balance that will be transferred over for 2021? Do you have that figure?

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health (Resumed)
Health Service Executive: Financial Statements 2020 (26 May 2022)

Alan Dillon: The agreed figure is €608 million. This is €812 million.

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health (Resumed)
Health Service Executive: Financial Statements 2020 (26 May 2022)

Alan Dillon: In my second round of questioning I will focus on the HSE capital and estates division responsible for the delivery of projects included in the HSE capital plan. One of the issues is the delay in the delivery of projects. In 2020 there was €833 million to deliver what is a substantial annual capital programme. On current staffing, if we take for instance the CHO 2, the Galway...

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health (Resumed)
Health Service Executive: Financial Statements 2020 (26 May 2022)

Alan Dillon: On the capital design consultancy expenditure for 2020, €34.749 million was spent on non-capital estates expenditure on external consultancy related to €833 million of capital projects. In order to get faster delivery on projects, for instance the emergency department, ED, in University Hospital Galway or in Mayo University Hospital, why are we not using external consultancies...

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health (Resumed)
Health Service Executive: Financial Statements 2020 (26 May 2022)

Alan Dillon: Has that project gone to planning yet?

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health (Resumed)
Health Service Executive: Financial Statements 2020 (26 May 2022)

Alan Dillon: I am thinking of the delivery of smaller-scale projects. For the Department of Health, anything over €100 million goes to Cabinet for approval. Anything below €20 million seems to fall off the radar altogether. How does the Department of Health get oversight over smaller-scale projects that are equally important in each of the CHOs?

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health (Resumed)
Health Service Executive: Financial Statements 2020 (26 May 2022)

Alan Dillon: Is there a carry-over of projects from 2021 to 2022, say? Do we have visibility on that?

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health (Resumed)
Health Service Executive: Financial Statements 2020 (26 May 2022)

Alan Dillon: What does the Department of Health do if multiple projects are being carried over?

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health (Resumed)
Health Service Executive: Financial Statements 2020 (26 May 2022)

Alan Dillon: Is that acceptable?

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health (Resumed)
Health Service Executive: Financial Statements 2020 (26 May 2022)

Alan Dillon: Has the Department ever allocated additional staff to expedite projects?

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health (Resumed)
Health Service Executive: Financial Statements 2020 (26 May 2022)

Alan Dillon: Will Mr. Watt give us an example of a project?

Written Answers — Department of Health: Special Educational Needs (26 May 2022)

Alan Dillon: 15. To ask the Minister for Health the number of primary and special schools that avail of HSE wrap-around services in speech and language and occupational therapy for children with disabilities and special educational needs in County Mayo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27033/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (26 May 2022)

Alan Dillon: 90. To ask the Minister for Health the status of capital projects associated with Mayo University Hospital specifically the emergency department expansion; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27032/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Farm Costs (26 May 2022)

Alan Dillon: 152. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the measures his Department have taken to assist farmers with the rising costs of inputs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27031/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Industry (26 May 2022)

Alan Dillon: 185. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the measures he intends to take to support young farmers under pillar one payments in the next Common Agricultural Policy and the National Reserve; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26956/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (26 May 2022)

Alan Dillon: 335. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider increasing the screening age limit for bowel and breast screening from 69 years of age; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24517/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Cards (26 May 2022)

Alan Dillon: 336. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to resolve the nationwide issue medical card holders are facing when trying to obtain a dentist appointment; and if the HSE will reimburse medical card holders on production of dentist receipts. [24933/22]

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Working Conditions and Skills Shortages in Ireland’s Tourism and Hospitality Sector: Discussion (25 May 2022)

Alan Dillon: I welcome the delegations from the LVA and the VFI. I thank them for their efforts and their opening statements on the issue of skills shortages in the tourism and hospitality sector. My first questions concern ways to attract international workers to Ireland as part of the solution to the skills shortage. What type of multifaceted approach is used to recruit local and international...