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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Children's Unmet Needs: Engagement with Minister of State at the Department of Children, Disability, Equality, Integration and Youth (15 Dec 2020)

Alan Dillon: The Minister of State spoke of the children's disability network teams and the 91 different units. Where are we in terms of the recruitment and retention of staff within those network teams? Much of our difficulty is access to therapies. The Minister of State mentioned that previously. I refer to the lack of occupational therapists and speech and language therapies, the significant delays...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Children's Unmet Needs: Engagement with Minister of State at the Department of Children, Disability, Equality, Integration and Youth (15 Dec 2020)

Alan Dillon: I thank the Minister of State for her response. I agree with everything the Minister of State said in terms of additional college places because it is an area where we fall down in getting people into full-time positions. I have one final question. In regards to availability of funding for speech devices, a number of parents have come to me about speech-generating devices used by...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Children's Unmet Needs: Engagement with Minister of State at the Department of Children, Disability, Equality, Integration and Youth (15 Dec 2020)

Alan Dillon: I thank the Minister of State.

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 21 - Prisons
Chapter 7 – Catering and Ancillary Services in Prisons (10 Dec 2020)

Alan Dillon: I thank the witnesses for taking time out today and I thank them for everything that they done within the prison services. I want to bring the attention of the witnesses to the catering and ancillary services. The Comptroller and Auditor General highlighted issues with the approved suppliers for game consoles, Xboxes and games. Who is the approved supplier?

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 21 - Prisons
Chapter 7 – Catering and Ancillary Services in Prisons (10 Dec 2020)

Alan Dillon: I would appreciate that. What happens to the consoles when the prisoners are released?

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 21 - Prisons
Chapter 7 – Catering and Ancillary Services in Prisons (10 Dec 2020)

Alan Dillon: The Comptroller and Auditor General also notes payments from the shop account for diesel and parking fees in the accounts of Portlaoise and Cork prisons. Those fees were incurred on journeys made to purchase stock from local suppliers and were to be reimbursed as staff costs. Why was the reimbursement of diesel and parking fees allowed from the shop accounts in the two prisons mentioned in...

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 21 - Prisons
Chapter 7 – Catering and Ancillary Services in Prisons (10 Dec 2020)

Alan Dillon: Is that common practice in all prisons?

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 21 - Prisons
Chapter 7 – Catering and Ancillary Services in Prisons (10 Dec 2020)

Alan Dillon: Was this picked up by the internal audit system?

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 21 - Prisons
Chapter 7 – Catering and Ancillary Services in Prisons (10 Dec 2020)

Alan Dillon: It was not picked up by the internal system.

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 21 - Prisons
Chapter 7 – Catering and Ancillary Services in Prisons (10 Dec 2020)

Alan Dillon: Are controls on that in place at present?

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Rural Crime (10 Dec 2020)

Alan Dillon: 19. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of new Garda recruits and priorities to combat rural crime; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41277/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Closed-Circuit Television Systems (10 Dec 2020)

Alan Dillon: 32. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of successful applicants under the CCTV community programme in County Mayo; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41276/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (10 Dec 2020)

Alan Dillon: 180. To ask the Minister for Health if the Sláintecare estimate of 2,600 for new acute beds is provided for in the capital plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41787/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (10 Dec 2020)

Alan Dillon: 184. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a summary of the annual mental health budget in each of the years 2018 to 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41788/20]

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 24 - Justice and Equality (9 Dec 2020)

Alan Dillon: I thank the witnesses for taking time out to be here with us. Regarding legal aid, expenditure in 2019 was in the region of €68 million. It is a demand-led scheme. The fees and expenses due to legal practitioners are in accordance with the terms and conditions of the scheme under the Criminal Justice Act. The Judiciary is responsible for granting legal aid. What controls has the...

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 24 - Justice and Equality (9 Dec 2020)

Alan Dillon: Is there a panel of solicitors?

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 24 - Justice and Equality (9 Dec 2020)

Alan Dillon: Is that reviewed annually?

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 24 - Justice and Equality (9 Dec 2020)

Alan Dillon: Do they undergo proper procurement in terms of value for money? I am sure different firms charge different costs.

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 24 - Justice and Equality (9 Dec 2020)

Alan Dillon: Does that list change much?

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 24 - Justice and Equality (9 Dec 2020)

Alan Dillon: In addition to the €68 million spend, there were ex gratiapayments of €1.7 million in respect of the non-statutory Garda legal aid advice scheme. How many cases were covered under that figure of €1.7 million?