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Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (2 Jul 2019)

Peter Burke: 587. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of a proposal within the national development plan (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27702/19]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sports Capital Programme Data (2 Jul 2019)

Peter Burke: 588. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the planned capital expenditure on sport for years (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27703/19]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Policy (2 Jul 2019)

Peter Burke: 589. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the engagement his Department has had and will have with the a State agency regarding a strategy (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27704/19]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Departmental Reports (2 Jul 2019)

Peter Burke: 618. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the documents published by her Department since 1 January 2016 (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27900/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Expenditure (2 Jul 2019)

Peter Burke: 642. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost of increasing payments (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27705/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Child Benefit Expenditure (2 Jul 2019)

Peter Burke: 643. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost of extending the time limit for eligibility for a payment (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27707/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Fuel Allowance Data (2 Jul 2019)

Peter Burke: 644. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost of extending the number of months for a payment to be made (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27708/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Child Benefit Expenditure (2 Jul 2019)

Peter Burke: 645. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost of increasing a payment (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27709/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Benefit Payments (2 Jul 2019)

Peter Burke: 651. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) is not in receipt of a full carer's payment. [27828/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Benefit Eligibility (2 Jul 2019)

Peter Burke: 654. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost of increasing the income disregard for carer’s benefit from €332.50 for a single person and €665 for a married couple to €450 and €900 per week, respectively. [27841/19]

Public Accounts Committee: Health Service Executive Financial Statements 2018
2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Department of Health
Chapter 16 - Control of Private Patient Activity in Acute Public Hospitals (27 Jun 2019)

Peter Burke: I welcome all of the witnesses. I wish Mr. Reid the very best in his appointment. I genuinely think he has a huge task ahead of him. I know he has the ability and work ethic from his previous post to see it through. I wish him the very best. Where are the Department and the HSE on reconfiguring hospital groups?

Public Accounts Committee: Health Service Executive Financial Statements 2018
2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Department of Health
Chapter 16 - Control of Private Patient Activity in Acute Public Hospitals (27 Jun 2019)

Peter Burke: He hopes to make a decision before the summer break.

Public Accounts Committee: Health Service Executive Financial Statements 2018
2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Department of Health
Chapter 16 - Control of Private Patient Activity in Acute Public Hospitals (27 Jun 2019)

Peter Burke: I am sure the Department is very cognisant that some of the hospitals have significant clinical links built up with teaching hospitals based on the existing groups. A huge amount of energy and work has gone into making the services what they are in some of these hospitals. There is a fear in some that they may be aligned to different groups irrespective of the CHO area but they have...

Public Accounts Committee: Health Service Executive Financial Statements 2018
2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Department of Health
Chapter 16 - Control of Private Patient Activity in Acute Public Hospitals (27 Jun 2019)

Peter Burke: With regard to the report of the Comptroller and Auditor General on the control of private patient activity in acute public hospitals, the consultants' contracts have a variation of between 0% and 30% with regard to the maximum workload in the private sector. Why do we have this variation? Why would one consultant's contract allow 0% private work while another may allow 30%? What is the...

Public Accounts Committee: Health Service Executive Financial Statements 2018
2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Department of Health
Chapter 16 - Control of Private Patient Activity in Acute Public Hospitals (27 Jun 2019)

Peter Burke: If a consultant sees outpatients in a public hospital who do not require a bed, such as a consultant offering maternity services to a lady with private health insurance who attends an appointment in a public hospital, how are these structures monitored? How does the HSE adjudicate the level of time and the number of private patients and compare it with the number of public patients to ensure...

Public Accounts Committee: Health Service Executive Financial Statements 2018
2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Department of Health
Chapter 16 - Control of Private Patient Activity in Acute Public Hospitals (27 Jun 2019)

Peter Burke: Is it counted at all?

Public Accounts Committee: Health Service Executive Financial Statements 2018
2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Department of Health
Chapter 16 - Control of Private Patient Activity in Acute Public Hospitals (27 Jun 2019)

Peter Burke: Even numbers-wise, is it counted? Obviously, it is not rocket science to find out the numbers and the average fee that a consultant will be charging for the services.

Public Accounts Committee: Health Service Executive Financial Statements 2018
2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Department of Health
Chapter 16 - Control of Private Patient Activity in Acute Public Hospitals (27 Jun 2019)

Peter Burke: Which is significant.

Public Accounts Committee: Health Service Executive Financial Statements 2018
2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Department of Health
Chapter 16 - Control of Private Patient Activity in Acute Public Hospitals (27 Jun 2019)

Peter Burke: To focus on the previous group, for example, how does the HSE monitor it? How does it know the level of activity it is running at?

Public Accounts Committee: Health Service Executive Financial Statements 2018
2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Department of Health
Chapter 16 - Control of Private Patient Activity in Acute Public Hospitals (27 Jun 2019)

Peter Burke: In that case, it is not really working at all.