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Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (26 Oct 2023)

Brian Stanley: Table 1 on page 2 of the letter.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (26 Oct 2023)

Brian Stanley: Does Mr. McCarthy understand the date is 1 March 2025?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (26 Oct 2023)

Brian Stanley: That is on the next page.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (26 Oct 2023)

Brian Stanley: On the day that those concerned were in, they said some-----

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (26 Oct 2023)

Brian Stanley: According to the final outline, it is 31 July 2028.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (26 Oct 2023)

Brian Stanley: So there is another five years to go. In 2014 it was recommended, and in 2017 it started. Mr. Seamus McCarthy:Effectively, the first phase was due to have been completed by July of this year, with the other phases or stages to be completed over a period of five years.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (26 Oct 2023)

Brian Stanley: It is deeply frustrating that the timeline extends until past the middle of 2028. The other issue was that of home support activity. Page 13 states that, as of July, there were 5,992 people assessed and waiting for carers. That figure seems to be sticking stubbornly at around the 6,000 mark. I ask that we get back to Mr. Gloster in the HSE and ask whether the waiting time will be...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (26 Oct 2023)

Brian Stanley: That is right, but-----

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (26 Oct 2023)

Brian Stanley: That is the point I am making. I recollect the number was around the 6,000 mark a few years ago. However, in each of the six-month periods, it has stayed at around that level. The data show a very slight reduction of 300 or so, which is welcome, but over the first six or seven months of the year, the figure has hung around the 6,000 mark. In July, it came in at a total of 5,992. It is a...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (26 Oct 2023)

Brian Stanley: No. It gives timelines in respect of when the director general was formally suspended, when the Department was notified and how the Minister was notified, which it states was via a phone call from the chair of the board. It also includes the date that the former director general formally resigned, which was 29 June. There is a reply there regarding payments to Ryan Tubridy. We asked when...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (26 Oct 2023)

Brian Stanley: I am sorry.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (26 Oct 2023)

Brian Stanley: My apologies. That is correct. She resigned three days earlier. That concludes correspondence and we will move on to the work programme. A draft programme has been circulated to members for discussion. It is appearing on the screens. Next week is the recess week. It is agreed that correspondence for the next meeting will be circulated to members on 2 November. On 9 November, we will...

Health Service Funding: Motion [Private Members] (24 Oct 2023)

Brian Stanley: I have serious concerns about the underfunding of our health service. We were told today that it is to the tune of €1.3 billion. We must also factor in the additional capital funding needed for the much-promised 1,500 acute additional hospital beds and the growing cost of the national children's hospital ,both of which have not been allocated extra funding in the budget. Such a...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Community Welfare Services (24 Oct 2023)

Brian Stanley: 78. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the location in County Laois where face-to-face meetings with a community welfare officer takes place; and the procedure to obtain such a meeting. [46322/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Community Welfare Services (24 Oct 2023)

Brian Stanley: 114. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of face-to-face meetings that took place between community welfare officers and applicants for supplementary welfare allowance in the first six months of 2023. [46323/23]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Workplace Relations Commission (24 Oct 2023)

Brian Stanley: 223. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment how many cases have been taken to the Workplace Relations Commission by employees against employers regarding tips, service charges and other gratuities in 2022 and 2023. [46218/23]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Living Wage (24 Oct 2023)

Brian Stanley: 224. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to outline his Department's plans for the introduction of a living wage. [46219/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Accommodation (24 Oct 2023)

Brian Stanley: 633. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills what plans there are for developing on-campus student accommodations units; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46220/23]

Public Accounts Committee: Children’s Health Ireland and National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Discussion (19 Oct 2023)

Brian Stanley: Apologies have been received from Deputies Brady, Verona Murphy and James O'Connor. I welcome the witnesses. I remind all those in attendance to make sure their mobile phones are switched off or on silent mode. Before we begin, I wish to explain some limitations to parliamentary privilege and the practice of the Houses as regards references witnesses may make to other persons in their...

Public Accounts Committee: Children’s Health Ireland and National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Discussion (19 Oct 2023)

Brian Stanley: I thank Mr. McCarthy. I now call on Ms Hardiman to give her opening statement. There are three opening statements, so I ask everyone to try to keep it within five minutes.