Results 41-60 of 1,228 for speaker:Albert Dolan

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2024: Health Service Executive (16 Oct 2025)

Albert Dolan: Is Mr. Gloster in a position to elaborate on whether progress is being made at Portiuncula towards bringing services back there? Is the culture changing? Are we seeing improvements in service that can give people confidence when they go to Portiuncula for care?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2024: Health Service Executive (16 Oct 2025)

Albert Dolan: Okay.

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2024: Health Service Executive (16 Oct 2025)

Albert Dolan: Can Mr. Gloster confirm whether the downgrade of maternity services at Portiuncula University Hospital was entered on the corporate or regional risk register before implementation? If so, when did that happen and what was the risk rating?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2024: Health Service Executive (16 Oct 2025)

Albert Dolan: It is just that there was no indication in the maternity services plan out to 2026 that there was going to be any change to service levels.

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2024: Health Service Executive (16 Oct 2025)

Albert Dolan: The Walker report was implemented. It was confirmed by HIQA that it was implemented. As soon as HIQA had left, however, standards began to slip.

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2024: Health Service Executive (16 Oct 2025)

Albert Dolan: I appreciate that. I thank Mr. Gloster.

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2024: Health Service Executive (16 Oct 2025)

Albert Dolan: I will make two last points. The HSE does not publish prompt payment reports online. State bodies have been mandated to do so since 2009. I submitted a parliamentary question. The answer I got essentially stated there are eight legacy payments and eight legacy platforms and the HSE is not in a position to publish the reports. Do the witnesses think that is acceptable?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2024: Health Service Executive (16 Oct 2025)

Albert Dolan: When does Mr. Mulvany anticipate the HSE will publish the prompt payment reports?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2024: Health Service Executive (16 Oct 2025)

Albert Dolan: From next year, once the IFMS is in place.

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2024: Health Service Executive (16 Oct 2025)

Albert Dolan: Obviously, the HSE tracks the spending that occurs within the big six consulting firms that supply to the HSE. These are PFH, EY, PwC, Deloitte, KPMG and Accenture. Between 2022 and 2024, I can account for €361 million worth of spend across those six. The HSE is tracking the spend and is employing them for all these services, but who is measuring the value they provide?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2024: Health Service Executive (16 Oct 2025)

Albert Dolan: Could-----

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2024: Health Service Executive (16 Oct 2025)

Albert Dolan: The point I am trying to make is we have heard that about 24,000 people are working in the HSE in administration, middle management and as senior executives. Why is there a need to spend €360 million over two years on external consultants? That is the question.

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2024: Health Service Executive (16 Oct 2025)

Albert Dolan: Go raibh maith agat. Thanks for everything today. I appreciate it.

Financial Resolutions 2025 - Financial Resolution No. 5: General (Resumed) (15 Oct 2025)

Albert Dolan: It is a privilege to speak on my first budget in my term as a TD. It is very clear what the budget is about. It is about investing in the future of this country and securing the jobs that fund it and ultimately make it a success. When we talk about investing for the future, we have to be realistic about the investments that needs to be made in infrastructure, energy, grid capacity and the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Animal Diseases (14 Oct 2025)

Albert Dolan: 95. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the current cost of the bovine TB eradication programme; if he will address the concerns regarding funding shortfalls in the bovine TB compensation scheme for affected farmers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54860/25]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Contracts (14 Oct 2025)

Albert Dolan: 150. To ask the Taoiseach if there are any technical, legal, operational, or policy constraints preventing his Department, when publishing quarterly reports of payments or purchase orders over €20,000, from including additional columns that link each payment to its underlying procurement process specifically tender/contract title; name and address of the awarded contractor/supplier;...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Circulars (14 Oct 2025)

Albert Dolan: 151. To ask the Taoiseach if all contracting authorities under the aegis of his Department are in full compliance with Circular 05/2023, in particular the mandatory requirement to publish contract award notices for all contracts above €25,000; and if he will provide details of the monitoring or enforcement arrangements in place to ensure this requirement is met. [55084/25]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Expenditure (14 Oct 2025)

Albert Dolan: 155. To ask the Taoiseach if his Department and each body under its aegis discloses expenditure on external consultancy and adviser fees, by category (details supplied) in their annual report and or financial statements for each accounting year; if they provide direct web links to the most recent publications where these Section 1.5 disclosures are set out for his Department and for each...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Departmental Contracts (14 Oct 2025)

Albert Dolan: 161. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if there are any technical, legal, operational, or policy constraints preventing his Department, when publishing quarterly reports of payments or purchase orders over €20,000, from including additional columns that link each payment to its underlying procurement process specifically tender/contract title; name and address of the...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Departmental Circulars (14 Oct 2025)

Albert Dolan: 162. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if all contracting authorities under the aegis of his Department are in full compliance with Circular 05/2023, in particular the mandatory requirement to publish contract award notices for all contracts above €25,000; and if he will provide details of the monitoring or enforcement arrangements in place to ensure this requirement is...