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- Public Accounts Committee: Report on Reopening of Garda Stations: Acting Garda Commissioner (28 Sep 2017)
Mary Lou McDonald: The Garda had not advanced a similar position for any other Garda station.
- Public Accounts Committee: Report on Reopening of Garda Stations: Acting Garda Commissioner (28 Sep 2017)
Mary Lou McDonald: Did the Garda say that it also believed that Rush Garda station should be reopened?
- Public Accounts Committee: Report on Reopening of Garda Stations: Acting Garda Commissioner (28 Sep 2017)
Mary Lou McDonald: The Garda said that Rush should be opened.
- Public Accounts Committee: Report on Reopening of Garda Stations: Acting Garda Commissioner (28 Sep 2017)
Mary Lou McDonald: The Cabinet cherry-picked that interim report and gave Stepaside the green light but not Rush. It cherry-picked the interim report.
- Public Accounts Committee: Report on Reopening of Garda Stations: Acting Garda Commissioner (28 Sep 2017)
Mary Lou McDonald: I am just trying to establish the facts. The acting Garda Commissioner is confirming that the interim report that recommended the reopening of Stepaside Garda station also recommended the reopening of Rush Garda station.
- Public Accounts Committee: Report on Reopening of Garda Stations: Acting Garda Commissioner (28 Sep 2017)
Mary Lou McDonald: What other Garda stations did it recommend reopening?
- Public Accounts Committee: Report on Reopening of Garda Stations: Acting Garda Commissioner (28 Sep 2017)
Mary Lou McDonald: Is it the acting Garda Commissioner's view that Stepaside, from a policing and public safety perspective, was more worthy of being opened than Rush?
- Public Accounts Committee: Report on Reopening of Garda Stations: Acting Garda Commissioner (28 Sep 2017)
Mary Lou McDonald: Ought to be.
- Public Accounts Committee: Report on Reopening of Garda Stations: Acting Garda Commissioner (28 Sep 2017)
Mary Lou McDonald: What is the acting Garda Commissioner's view of the Cabinet cherry-picking decisions that are rightfully his? It is the prerogative of his office.
- Public Accounts Committee: Report on Reopening of Garda Stations: Acting Garda Commissioner (28 Sep 2017)
Mary Lou McDonald: May I comment on it? I think it is a disgrace that political cherry-picking of Garda decisions happens. I asked the acting Garda Commissioner earlier about the setting of the high-level criteria and he confirmed that they were equally politically set by the Department. I also asked him earlier about the criteria for closing the stations down and who set those criteria and he could not...
- Public Accounts Committee: Report on Reopening of Garda Stations: Acting Garda Commissioner (28 Sep 2017)
Mary Lou McDonald: He is clearly waiting for Government instruction.
- Public Accounts Committee: Health Information and Quality Authority: Financial Statement 2016 (28 Sep 2017)
Mary Lou McDonald: Am I right in saying this is the first appearance of HIQA before our committee?
- Public Accounts Committee: Health Information and Quality Authority: Financial Statement 2016 (28 Sep 2017)
Mary Lou McDonald: Mr. Quinn is very welcome.
- Public Accounts Committee: Health Information and Quality Authority: Financial Statement 2016 (28 Sep 2017)
Mary Lou McDonald: A lot has been asked of him already. I want to focus on a couple of specific things, if I might. In terms of nursing homes, HIQA has very considerable powers. Will he recite them in a list, as it were, starting from registration? What are the powers that HIQA enjoys in respect of that sector?
- Public Accounts Committee: Health Information and Quality Authority: Financial Statement 2016 (28 Sep 2017)
Mary Lou McDonald: It is a question for Ms Dunnion.
- Public Accounts Committee: Health Information and Quality Authority: Financial Statement 2016 (28 Sep 2017)
Mary Lou McDonald: Absolutely. I also defer to Ms Dunnion's greater knowledge.
- Public Accounts Committee: Health Information and Quality Authority: Financial Statement 2016 (28 Sep 2017)
Mary Lou McDonald: They will then not be able to operate.
- Public Accounts Committee: Health Information and Quality Authority: Financial Statement 2016 (28 Sep 2017)
Mary Lou McDonald: That is clear. HIQA has a very firm rein on the sector because it has statutory authority. Are there distinctions as between private and public nursing homes?
- Public Accounts Committee: Health Information and Quality Authority: Financial Statement 2016 (28 Sep 2017)
Mary Lou McDonald: Does HIQA have any role in respect of the setting of charges?
- Public Accounts Committee: Health Information and Quality Authority: Financial Statement 2016 (28 Sep 2017)
Mary Lou McDonald: It does not have a remit in respect of either private or incidental charges. How is that done in the sector?