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Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statement 2020 and Related Matters: HSE (Resumed) (23 Sep 2021)

Verona Murphy: I must interrupt Mr. Reid and I will tell him why. There was also worldwide reporting of fraud in this area, with PPE being paid for but not being provided, substandard PPE and PPE that was not PPE. That was reported worldwide. I am very concerned that at no point is Mr. Reid taking on board what we could have learned, should have learned and did not learn. I appreciate he has said he...

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statement 2020 and Related Matters: HSE (Resumed) (23 Sep 2021)

Verona Murphy: -----of losing in excess of €81 million on something we got no benefit from.

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statement 2020 and Related Matters: HSE (Resumed) (23 Sep 2021)

Verona Murphy: That is the question.

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statement 2020 and Related Matters: HSE (Resumed) (23 Sep 2021)

Verona Murphy: How many ventilators did we pay for Mr. Reid?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statement 2020 and Related Matters: HSE (Resumed) (23 Sep 2021)

Verona Murphy: I am asking how many we paid for.

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statement 2020 and Related Matters: HSE (Resumed) (23 Sep 2021)

Verona Murphy: I did not. I have not seen-----

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statement 2020 and Related Matters: HSE (Resumed) (23 Sep 2021)

Verona Murphy: I am saying Mr. Reid does not seem to accept there was also worldwide commentary on the fraudulent aspect of what was happening in relation to the supplies.

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statement 2020 and Related Matters: HSE (Resumed) (23 Sep 2021)

Verona Murphy: Is Mr. Reid then saying we have no capacity-----

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statement 2020 and Related Matters: HSE (Resumed) (23 Sep 2021)

Verona Murphy: -----within our system to deal with something like the pandemic arising and that we had no preparation? As I have asked, is that not the object? Mr. Reid cannot give us a categoric figure but we know in some instances, we spent moreper capitathan many other countries. Should the object of our systems not be that we have the ability, capability and institutional capacity to deal with...

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statement 2020 and Related Matters: HSE (Resumed) (23 Sep 2021)

Verona Murphy: At least the HSE has learned that.

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statement 2020 and Related Matters: HSE (Resumed) (23 Sep 2021)

Verona Murphy: Do the service level agreements make provision for transport or is it made clear that the section 39 organisation provides transport for the service users out of its pocket? Is that catered for in service level agreements?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statement 2020 and Related Matters: HSE (Resumed) (23 Sep 2021)

Verona Murphy: That is fine. I have an issue that is recurring in one section 39 organisation in Wexford. It seems that every year we end up at square one. I cannot see the reason for it because initially all the service users understood that the service level agreement included transport. Maybe we could tic-tac on that.

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statement 2020 and Related Matters: HSE (Resumed) (23 Sep 2021)

Verona Murphy: That is fine. Turning to the annual report, what is the overall funding for the home care support package this year?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statement 2020 and Related Matters: HSE (Resumed) (23 Sep 2021)

Verona Murphy: That is correct and it is the very challenge I am going to ask about. What actions has the HSE taken? I am having difficulty with the HSE in CHO 5 which is telling me that the private providers cannot provide carers either. While we do not seem to have an issue with money, we have an issue with bodies. We are telling people there is a home care package for them but we do not have anyone...

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statement 2020 and Related Matters: HSE (Resumed) (23 Sep 2021)

Verona Murphy: I could not agree more. I am very glad to hear that as it is something I also mentioned.

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statement 2020 and Related Matters: HSE (Resumed) (23 Sep 2021)

Verona Murphy: I also want to ask about speech and language therapists. I discovered we are not covering for maternity leave across most of our services. Will the witnesses explain that to me? This is critical from an early intervention perspective, particularly with children. Why, in God's name, would maternity leave not be covered for speech and language therapists?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statement 2020 and Related Matters: HSE (Resumed) (23 Sep 2021)

Verona Murphy: It is in Wexford. It is well documented that we have children-----

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statement 2020 and Related Matters: HSE (Resumed) (23 Sep 2021)

Verona Murphy: I will come back to this issue, which is one on which I will make a recommendation.

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statement 2020 and Related Matters: HSE (Resumed) (23 Sep 2021)

Verona Murphy: I welcome the witnesses back. I have some queries about the section 39 organisations. What interaction is there regarding the service level agreement with the service user, the provider and the HSE?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statement 2020 and Related Matters: HSE (Resumed) (23 Sep 2021)

Verona Murphy: Yes.