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Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (13 Jun 2024)

Brian Stanley: We cannot all be up at the same time. Based on previous discussions we had, I will make suggestions for September. One is to bring in representatives of Uisce Éireann. Its accounts should be laid before the committee.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (13 Jun 2024)

Brian Stanley: The University of Limerick is another body of interest. Turning to RTÉ, while we are out of the period of compellability, we can bring in its representatives on the basis on which we have brought them in before if members wish to do so? Would Deputy Murphy like to comment on this aspect? The organisation will report to us in June on the progress made in implementing the 21...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (13 Jun 2024)

Brian Stanley: Is the Deputy talking about those on the list?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (13 Jun 2024)

Brian Stanley: There will be a meeting with the Department of House, Local Government and Heritage.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (13 Jun 2024)

Brian Stanley: Yes.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (13 Jun 2024)

Brian Stanley: That is potentially four parties appearing before the committee, or five if we go with the RTÉ meeting as well. In relation to horse racing, we can discuss the overall processes but matters that have been referred to the Garda are out of our remit. Current expenditure is also outside it until the 2023 and 2024 accounts are audited by the Comptroller and Auditor General. As is normal,...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (13 Jun 2024)

Brian Stanley: Something normally does pop up over the summer.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (13 Jun 2024)

Brian Stanley: I propose that the secretariat circulate the autumn work programme and the suggestions made regarding it ahead of next week's meeting. Do the members have any other suggestions for meetings or to bring to the notice of the secretariat? As we have done in the past few years, I have a proposal for our first meeting when we come back after the recess. We return on a Wednesday, so we would be...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (13 Jun 2024)

Brian Stanley: The National Ploughing Championships are on that week.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (13 Jun 2024)

Brian Stanley: I hope it will be drier than last year. It is also proposed that we schedule a meeting with Uisce Éireann as a matter of priority. We will do that. That concludes today's consideration of the work programme. Since there is no other business for the public agenda and everybody is happy, the committee will now go into private session briefly before adjourning until 9.30 a.m. on...

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...

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

Duncan Smith: Okay.

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

Catherine Connolly: Tá muid ag dul ar ais go dtí Ceist Uimh. 5 in ainm an Teachta Gino Kenny.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Healthcare Infrastructure Provision (13 Jun 2024)

Healthcare Infrastructure Provision

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Healthcare Infrastructure Provision (13 Jun 2024)

Gino Kenny: 5. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware that an organisation (details supplied) recently published the Irish national ICU audit annual report showing that an average 5.6 critical-care beds per 100,000 population were open in 2022, which is less than half the mean value of 12 for Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, OECD, countries; and if he will make a statement...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Healthcare Infrastructure Provision (13 Jun 2024)

Gino Kenny: I thank the Leas-Cheann Comhairle. My question relates to the Irish national ICU audit. There was a recent audit on intensive care beds in the State. It pointed out a number of an anomalies and, obviously, deficiencies. There were also positive things in that report on our healthcare system. I wish to hear the Minister’s views on the report.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Healthcare Infrastructure Provision (13 Jun 2024)

Stephen Donnelly: I thought it was a very useful report. I have a lot of numbers here as I got into a lot of the numbers comparing our baseline with the OECD figures in preparation for this morning. The situation is better than the OECD comparison suggests. I will explain why. There is no question that we have had a shortage of intensive care beds. We know they are needed for very sick patients and for...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Healthcare Infrastructure Provision (13 Jun 2024)

Gino Kenny: I acknowledge there has been significant progress in intensive care beds since Covid-19, which exposed crack lines in medical need. Obviously, there is more demand in our public healthcare system because of population growth and so forth. Obviously, not having ICU beds creates a knock-on effect and a trickle-down effect. If there is full capacity at ICU level, that will have a knock-on...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Healthcare Infrastructure Provision (13 Jun 2024)

Stephen Donnelly: I have been looking at the ratios. The OECD average is 12 beds per 100,000. When neonatal units, paediatric beds and level 1 beds are included, we get to approximately 11 beds per 100,000. It actually goes way up. For whatever reason, however, we do not count all of them in our OECD submission. We are going on the baseline, that is, the 2018 baseline set out in the report which examined...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Healthcare Infrastructure Provision (13 Jun 2024)

Gino Kenny: I accept that. I said from the outset that there has been progress in respect of ICU beds. The report referred to the issue across our health system in retaining staff who are trained here and who may emigrate and so forth. There are mitigating circumstances in this regard such as the work-life balance and staff getting accommodation in built-up areas like Dublin, Cork, Limerick and Galway...