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- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2023 - Children's Health Ireland
Financial Statements - National Treatment Purchase Fund (3 Jul 2025) John Brady: You said all of the cases would be reviewed as to whether there was a clinical need for the surgery to be carried out. Are you also looking at whether it was necessary to carry out the surgeries?
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2023 - Children's Health Ireland
Financial Statements - National Treatment Purchase Fund (3 Jul 2025) John Brady: Is it just to assess the decision for surgery, not to assess whether the surgery was necessary?
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2023 - Children's Health Ireland
Financial Statements - National Treatment Purchase Fund (3 Jul 2025) John Brady: Families need to know whether the surgeries were necessary.
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2023 - Children's Health Ireland
Financial Statements - National Treatment Purchase Fund (3 Jul 2025) John Brady: Families are very unclear about what the process looks like, what is being looked at and what the outcome will be. Clarity is needed on that front.
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2023 - Children's Health Ireland
Financial Statements - National Treatment Purchase Fund (3 Jul 2025) John Brady: I am conscious that members may have supplementary questions. The witnesses are probably under time constraints. With their agreement, I will limit members to three minutes. If any of our witnesses needs a comfort break at any stage there is no issue in that regard. They can just indicate and let us know and we will suspend proceedings at any point. I will go back to our first speaker,...
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2023 - Children's Health Ireland
Financial Statements - National Treatment Purchase Fund (3 Jul 2025) John Brady: I have a few concluding questions. On the consultant who was the focus of that review, a figure of €35,000 or thereabouts has been established. Were there attempts to recoup that as part of the process?
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2023 - Children's Health Ireland
Financial Statements - National Treatment Purchase Fund (3 Jul 2025) John Brady: Can we get a specific breakdown of that €35,000 in costs? How much was that per clinic or per child seen? I turn to the children. It has been stated that the children are our focus and priority, and they absolutely have to be. However, there have been reports on the impact that process had and the delays in children accessing treatment. Has a review been carried out relating to...
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2023 - Children's Health Ireland
Financial Statements - National Treatment Purchase Fund (3 Jul 2025) John Brady: Reference was made that that process delayed treatment for some children by up to three years. Would that be accurate?
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2023 - Children's Health Ireland
Financial Statements - National Treatment Purchase Fund (3 Jul 2025) John Brady: Ms Kelly cannot see that but has a review been carried out to establish that?
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2023 - Children's Health Ireland
Financial Statements - National Treatment Purchase Fund (3 Jul 2025) John Brady: Okay, so there was no impact there. Those are all the questions I have. I thank all the witnesses for coming in today. That concludes our engagement with Children's Health Ireland and the National Treatment Purchase Fund. I thank Ms Nugent and her officials from CHI for attending. I also thank Mr. Gallagher and his staff from the National Treatment Purchase Fund for attending and...
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2023
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (26 Jun 2025) John Brady: This morning, we will engage with An Garda Síochána to discuss its appropriation accounts for 2023. We welcome the following officials from An Garda Síochána: the Garda Commissioner, Mr. Drew Harris; executive director of finance, Mr. Aonghus O'Connor; chief corporate officer, Ms Siobhán Toale; deputy commissioner, Dr. Shawna Coxon; and deputy commissioner, Mr....
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2023
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (26 Jun 2025) John Brady: I thank Mr. McCarthy. We move now to the opening statement by the Garda Commissioner, for which five minutes is allowed, as set out in the letter of invitation. I invite Mr. Harris to make his opening statement on behalf of An Garda Síochána.
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2023
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (26 Jun 2025) John Brady: I thank Commissioner Harris. I now open the floor to members, starting with Deputy Séamus McGrath, who has 15 minutes for questions and answers. All other members will have ten minutes. I will allow members back in for a second round if time permits. We will take a short break at approximately 11 a.m. for ten to 15 minutes.
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2023
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (26 Jun 2025) John Brady: We will get a note on that from the Garda. I call Deputy Kenny.
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2023
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (26 Jun 2025) John Brady: We need to be careful if the case is before the courts. There are allegations-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2023
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (26 Jun 2025) John Brady: I am just saying that we need to be careful.
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2023
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (26 Jun 2025) John Brady: It is nearly 11 a.m. now. I propose that we break for ten to 15 minutes and then resume.
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2023
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (26 Jun 2025) John Brady: I thank Deputy Farrelly and the Commissioner. I call Deputy Dolan.