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Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 6 - Expenditure under a Maintenance Contract
2019 Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (11 Nov 2020)

Colm Burke: It is an issue. If the outsourcing does not take place, because there is only one person dealing with it, then delays are occurring. These are projects of ten years and eight years duration.

Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 6 - Expenditure under a Maintenance Contract
2019 Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (11 Nov 2020)

Colm Burke: I will speak again if there is time.

Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 6 - Expenditure under a Maintenance Contract
2019 Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (11 Nov 2020)

Colm Burke: And again recently.

Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 6 - Expenditure under a Maintenance Contract
2019 Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (11 Nov 2020)

Colm Burke: And Glanmire?

Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 6 - Expenditure under a Maintenance Contract
2019 Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (11 Nov 2020)

Colm Burke: I am sorry, but my understanding is that the vendor's solicitor served a 28-day notice which, for some reason or other, expired on Christmas Day 2011. The State solicitor then advised around 22 December that it was ready, willing and able to close. Because the vendor's solicitors did not close before the end of the 28 days, it wrote to the vendor's solicitor on 29 December saying the...

Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 6 - Expenditure under a Maintenance Contract
2019 Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (11 Nov 2020)

Colm Burke: It is an important issue that a 28-day notice was served and someone decided a contract did not exist. Six years later, it turned out the High Court held that a contract did exist and we paid out the interest and all the legal costs of €195,000.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Business of Joint Committee (11 Nov 2020)

Colm Burke: I would like to raise an issue. The Covid vaccine will be new and €50 million is to be set aside for new drugs approved under the drugs refund scheme. We need clarification that this €50 million will not be swallowed up by the Covid vaccine. My other issue in respect of new drugs coming on stream and being approved under the drugs refund scheme is that we are now 19th in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: HSE Winter Plan: HSE (11 Nov 2020)

Colm Burke: I thank Dr. Henry for the work that has been done over the last number of months. Hopefully, we will not face the same challenges in three or four months' time that we do now and we will have the vaccine in place. We spoke about an extra 1,148 acute beds being put in place. I am concerned about the planning for the availability of diagnostic services. We already have a problem in some...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: HSE Winter Plan: HSE (11 Nov 2020)

Colm Burke: I have evidence there is no home support in some areas at weekends. There might be home support for lunchtime on Saturday and Sunday but nothing in the morning, evening or night. I am talking about people who do not have family support or the back-up a family might provide. It is a huge challenge.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: HSE Winter Plan: HSE (11 Nov 2020)

Colm Burke: Can someone come in on the diagnostics?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: HSE Winter Plan: HSE (11 Nov 2020)

Colm Burke: Can Mr. Woods speak about the issue of cataracts and the appointments?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: HSE Winter Plan: HSE (11 Nov 2020)

Colm Burke: Does Mr. Woods accept that patients were given their initial appointment to be assessed? Once they are on the list, we can deal with the list. The problem is they are not even getting on the list for the treatment.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: HSE Winter Plan: HSE (11 Nov 2020)

Colm Burke: Can we have that in place by the end of the year?

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Wage Subsidy Scheme (10 Nov 2020)

Colm Burke: 511. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if employees paid under the temporary wage subsidy scheme from March to September 2020 are entitled to receive the short-time work support payment from her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34891/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (10 Nov 2020)

Colm Burke: 512. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if legal advice has been received in relation to applications by an airline’s (details supplied) employees for short-time work support or ‘X’s and O’s’ supports; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34892/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Jobseeker's Payments (10 Nov 2020)

Colm Burke: 513. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason decisions on applications by the employees of a company (details supplied) for short-time work support between March and September 2020 are still on hold in local Intreo offices pending instruction from her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34893/20]

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

Colm Burke: 715. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to ensure patient access to the use of new innovations, such as flash glucose monitoring, which is one of the key recommendations in the report (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34900/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Diabetes Strategy (10 Nov 2020)

Colm Burke: 716. To ask the Minister for Health the steps his Department will undertake to enable hospital diabetes teams to deliver a higher volume of appointments with their patients utilising remote monitoring solutions (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34901/20]

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 7 - Office of Minister for Finance
Chapter 1 - Exchequer Financial Outturn for 2019
Chapter 17 - Ireland Apple Escrow Fund (5 Nov 2020)

Colm Burke: I thank the Secretary General for his presentation. I want to touch on a few issues concerning the Exchequer financial outturns. Irish Water received €96 million in 2015, €184 million in 2016, €270 million in 2017 and nothing in 2018. In 2019, Irish Water received €758 million by way of a capital contribution. Please outline the difference between a capital...

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 7 - Office of Minister for Finance
Chapter 1 - Exchequer Financial Outturn for 2019
Chapter 17 - Ireland Apple Escrow Fund (5 Nov 2020)

Colm Burke: If Irish Water borrows into the future, does this mean the State will end up having to cover those loans even though the Government may not be directly involved in the level of borrowing?