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Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (8 Mar 2023)

Catherine Murphy: 211. To ask the Minister for Health the number of full-time stop-smoking advisors employed by the HSE in CHO9 in 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form; and the locations within this CHO where the stop smoking advisors are located. [11701/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Infrastructure Provision (8 Mar 2023)

Catherine Murphy: 212. To ask the Minister for Health the major capital works projects that were carried out at Beaumont Hospital during 2022 and to date in 2023; the nature of these works projects; and the estimated cost of these capital works, in tabular form. [11702/23]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Parental Leave (7 Mar 2023)

Catherine Murphy: 267. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide this Deputy with the guidance his Department has circulated to the civil and public service in respect of parental leave entitlements. [10926/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Parental Leave (7 Mar 2023)

Catherine Murphy: 364. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will clarify whether there is an age limit in respect of a child for a parent or guardian to take parental leave; if she can supply the circulars and or memos that communicate parental leave to teachers in primary and post-primary schools. [10925/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (7 Mar 2023)

Catherine Murphy: 435. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she can make arrangements for the early payment of an annual grant in respect of a person (details supplied); if this is not readily available to the person, if she will provide guidance on whether any other social protection payment is available in the interim; and if an appeal process is available in respect of another...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (7 Mar 2023)

Catherine Murphy: 498. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 569 and 570 of 21 February 2023, if he will confirm whether he and related parties have had an enforcement notice communicated to them in respect of a determination of the Labour Court; if he and or his officials have engaged with officials and or the Minister in the Department of Public...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Industry (7 Mar 2023)

Catherine Murphy: 682. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide the rationale for why crossover breeds would pose a difficulty, or in any way act as an impediment to, Rasáíocht Con Éireann setting up its own dedicated stud book for racing greyhounds, as committed to in its Strategic Plan 2018-2022 (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Air Safety (2 Mar 2023)

Catherine Murphy: This was identified as an issue in the safety plan, going back to the period from 2017 to 2020, which was before the Minister of State's party came into government. What was done at that point to plan for this or to mitigate it? This appears that this has become critical because people have decided to defy the law. There may well have been some misunderstanding of the law but it could not...

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Financial Statements of the State Claims Agency: Discussion
Chapter 20: Management of the Clinical Indemnity Scheme of the Report on the Accounts of Public Services 2021 (2 Mar 2023)

Catherine Murphy: On the sheer scale of this, we see clinical cases settled, with news features and people standing outside the court who very often feel tortured by the length of time it has taken to get through the courts system and, indeed, sometimes just to get a mere apology. The human side of it cannot be calculated, but we can calculate some of the costs. We can do an estimate on costs, particularly...

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Financial Statements of the State Claims Agency: Discussion
Chapter 20: Management of the Clinical Indemnity Scheme of the Report on the Accounts of Public Services 2021 (2 Mar 2023)

Catherine Murphy: Yes.

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Financial Statements of the State Claims Agency: Discussion
Chapter 20: Management of the Clinical Indemnity Scheme of the Report on the Accounts of Public Services 2021 (2 Mar 2023)

Catherine Murphy: From experience, Mr. Breen will know there is under-reporting.

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Financial Statements of the State Claims Agency: Discussion
Chapter 20: Management of the Clinical Indemnity Scheme of the Report on the Accounts of Public Services 2021 (2 Mar 2023)

Catherine Murphy: What about under-reporting generally in regard to clinical cases?

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Financial Statements of the State Claims Agency: Discussion
Chapter 20: Management of the Clinical Indemnity Scheme of the Report on the Accounts of Public Services 2021 (2 Mar 2023)

Catherine Murphy: What would the potential figure be if claims were made for 100% of adverse events? What would the actuarial assessment be if it was full reporting?

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Financial Statements of the State Claims Agency: Discussion
Chapter 20: Management of the Clinical Indemnity Scheme of the Report on the Accounts of Public Services 2021 (2 Mar 2023)

Catherine Murphy: Based on the rate of 1 in 4, we can do that calculation ourselves.

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Financial Statements of the State Claims Agency: Discussion
Chapter 20: Management of the Clinical Indemnity Scheme of the Report on the Accounts of Public Services 2021 (2 Mar 2023)

Catherine Murphy: I will move on to the way in which it is handled. Six hospitals account for 59% of the outstanding liability and 56% of the damages in regard to cerebral palsy. Essentially, what we all want to achieve is that we reduce the liability by reducing the incidents. How are hospitals held to account? Of those six hospitals, for example, it could be that one has a very high or much higher...

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Financial Statements of the State Claims Agency: Discussion
Chapter 20: Management of the Clinical Indemnity Scheme of the Report on the Accounts of Public Services 2021 (2 Mar 2023)

Catherine Murphy: Do they do this in other countries? Do they do it at an individual hospital level in other countries? How can we get better clinical outcomes if we do not position accountability? I completely accept that the large teaching hospitals will get the more complex cases. I understand all of that. How do we do it and where do we compare there?

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Financial Statements of the State Claims Agency: Discussion
Chapter 20: Management of the Clinical Indemnity Scheme of the Report on the Accounts of Public Services 2021 (2 Mar 2023)

Catherine Murphy: I am really looking for the comparators whereby better outcomes are attained. Value for money is not just about what we spend; it is the services that are provided, in this case, the safe services that are provided. How do we do that if we do not look at it at an individual hospital level and have a comparator there in order that there is accountability?

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Financial Statements of the State Claims Agency: Discussion
Chapter 20: Management of the Clinical Indemnity Scheme of the Report on the Accounts of Public Services 2021 (2 Mar 2023)

Catherine Murphy: I have very little time.

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Financial Statements of the State Claims Agency: Discussion
Chapter 20: Management of the Clinical Indemnity Scheme of the Report on the Accounts of Public Services 2021 (2 Mar 2023)

Catherine Murphy: I return to an issue about which I asked Mr. Breen previously and on which we had a good engagement the last time he was before the committee, which is that there was a change in how cases were dealt with during Covid-19 and the unavailability of the courts meant the legal process was pursued differently in regard to mediated processes at a much earlier stage. Has that changed since the...

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Financial Statements of the State Claims Agency: Discussion
Chapter 20: Management of the Clinical Indemnity Scheme of the Report on the Accounts of Public Services 2021 (2 Mar 2023)

Catherine Murphy: How does that compare to other countries?