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- Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health (16 Dec 2021) Colm Burke: The costs are lower. This review was carried out in 2019 since when costs have increased substantially. The private nursing homes are not able to carry the costs and, therefore, are imposing them on the patients. There is a great deal of justified criticism to the effect that the homes are not entitled to do that. On the other hand, the Department has sat on this report for a long time....
- Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health (16 Dec 2021) Colm Burke: There has been no increase in the support levels for people in private nursing homes for the past number of years whereas the cost of providing that care has increased.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health (16 Dec 2021) Colm Burke: No. I am saying private nursing homes are having difficulty meeting the cost of providing the level of care they are required to provide without imposing charges they are legally not entitled to apply. The report has now been published after all the work was done nearly two years ago. What action will the Department take to deal with this issue?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health (16 Dec 2021) Colm Burke: But the argument is private nursing homes cannot afford to employ more nurses because of the level of support provided under the fair deal scheme. Could I move on to-----
- Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health (16 Dec 2021) Colm Burke: I do not accept that because-----
- Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health (16 Dec 2021) Colm Burke: -----if someone is admitted to a private nursing home and is quite mobile at the time but, as the years pass, the level of care he or she requires increases, there is no increase in the support the private nursing home gets. That is the reality. Therefore, that is not a fair comparison. I wish to move on to the issue-----
- Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health (16 Dec 2021) Colm Burke: There was an underspend in respect of the scheme last year. Some €998 million was spent, as opposed to the budgetary allocation of €1.1 billion. I wish to move on to the issue of the cyberattack-----
- Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health (16 Dec 2021) Colm Burke: -----and the failure to take action in time. Does Mr. Watt believe that the Department was aware there were risks with respect to the system, that much more could have been done to prevent the cyberattack and that evasive action could have been taken at an earlier stage, particularly now that we have seen the PricewaterhouseCoopers, PwC, report?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health (16 Dec 2021) Colm Burke: Yes.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health (16 Dec 2021) Colm Burke: The warnings were there beforehand. Does Mr. Watt believe action could have been taken at an earlier stage to prevent it occurring and that people had highlighted the fact that there were concerns?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health (16 Dec 2021) Colm Burke: Were issues raised with the Department prior to the cyberattack and did it provide assistance to make sure the appropriate action could be taken?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health (16 Dec 2021) Colm Burke: The question I am asking is whether concerns were raised with the Department at any stage in the 12 months prior to the cyberattack.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health (16 Dec 2021) Colm Burke: Did the Department get any advice during the previous two years regarding additional precautions that needed to be taken?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health (16 Dec 2021) Colm Burke: Mr. Watt might come back to us with an answer on that. It is extremely important when Departments get advice that they follow through on it.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health (16 Dec 2021) Colm Burke: Mr. Watt said he was not sure whether this issue was raised in the previous two years.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health (16 Dec 2021) Colm Burke: I thank Mr. Watt for that.
- Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (16 Dec 2021)
Colm Burke: 64. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the progress made to date in respect of the introduction of half-price transport for young persons as set out in budget 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62108/21]
- Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Data (16 Dec 2021)
Colm Burke: 105. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of householders who made a local property tax return; the number of householders who accepted the initial Revenue Commissioners' determination; if a figure is available for projected revenue that will be raised by the tax in 2022; the way in which this compares with the past five years, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (15 Dec 2021)
Colm Burke: 45. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if consideration will be given to greater flexibility of current public transport incentives such as taxsaver tickets given the greater flexibility of office-based work and the hybrid approach to working; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62173/21]
- Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Collection (15 Dec 2021)
Colm Burke: 59. To ask the Minister for Finance if research is under way with regard to the potential impact on motor tax revenue an increased uptake of electric vehicles will have; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62172/21]