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- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Energy Prices (16 Dec 2021)
Alan Dillon: The impact of recent increases in energy prices and the rising cost of utility bills are having an enormous impact on households and businesses. You only have to ask those who filled their car at the pumps or got a fill of oil for their home in recent weeks. What engagement is the Department of Finance having with utility companies and what can we do to address this for consumers?
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Energy Prices (16 Dec 2021)
Alan Dillon: I welcome the measures that have been introduced. Anything that helps should be prioritised. I welcome the tax and social welfare adjustments and the announcement this week in respect of the €100 credit for account holders. These are important to counter rising costs of living. I still feel we need to do much more in the longer term. We have seen commentary in recent weeks that...
- Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health (16 Dec 2021) Alan Dillon: I welcome Mr. Watt and his team and acknowledge their work in what has been a challenging year to date. It is very much appreciated. I will start with Sláintecare. When does the Department envisage that it will be fully implemented?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health (16 Dec 2021) Alan Dillon: I know about the whole timeline.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health (16 Dec 2021) Alan Dillon: I am sure that when the Department has a project, it has a charter or some sort of end goal.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health (16 Dec 2021) Alan Dillon: Can Mr. Watt give us the figures for the overall expenditure on its implementation to date by both the Department and the HSE?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health (16 Dec 2021) Alan Dillon: Yes.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health (16 Dec 2021) Alan Dillon: Can the committee get an understanding of the implementation strategy of the Sláintecare programme? What budgets and type of expenditure are associated with the different measures Mr. Watt raised, including increased capacity, additional beds, capital projects, resources and recruitment? On public hospital waiting lists, when does the Department envisage the resumption of services at an...
- Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health (16 Dec 2021) Alan Dillon: I will rephrase my question. As of 30 November, we had 897,000 people on some form of public hospital waiting list. That figure was published by the National Treatment Purchase Fund, NTPF, last Friday. What will be done to reduce waiting lists in the coming years? What does the Department envisage to be an acceptable level?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health (16 Dec 2021) Alan Dillon: If I-----
- Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health (16 Dec 2021) Alan Dillon: We have talked about universal healthcare. What is the Department doing in terms of working with private providers at present?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health (16 Dec 2021) Alan Dillon: My final point, which follows on from a comment made by Deputy Hourigan, relates to the Department's oversight of the HSE's capital and estates programme. What level of engagement does the Department have with the HSE in terms of delivering projects?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health (16 Dec 2021) Alan Dillon: Does the Department rate performance by the HSE on delivering projects?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health (16 Dec 2021) Alan Dillon: Does the Department rate the HSE in terms of delivering on projects? Sometimes what the HSE publishes in its service plan is not delivered. Is there accountability?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health (16 Dec 2021) Alan Dillon: Are the reports of the reviews published?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health (16 Dec 2021) Alan Dillon: Does that happen for every project?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health (16 Dec 2021) Alan Dillon: Are the projects identified during those meetings and in the minutes?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health (16 Dec 2021) Alan Dillon: The smaller projects are equally as important. Locally, I have been given a timeline of 2026 for the expansion of the emergency department at Mayo University Hospital. I would love to review the HSE's capital and estates programme to see what level of resources are provided for these types of projects. It is unacceptable that it will be five years before anyone in Mayo University Hospital...
- Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health (16 Dec 2021) Alan Dillon: I have two questions. The first is on the procurement and cost of the vaccination roll-out for 2020 and the spend to date for 2021. If Mr. Watt has the figures and can furnish us with them, that would be great. The second question concerns plans by the Department for the introduction of a Covid vaccine compensation scheme. Has the Department made a decision on that? The Government...
- Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health (16 Dec 2021) Alan Dillon: Is that for 2020?