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Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (17 Jan 2019)

Seán Fleming: This came up with the State Claims Agency. Interestingly, it said that it had just recently taken on dealing with section 38 bodies and major hospitals which are voluntary organisations. The agency is now handling all of their claims. We asked why the agency did not take on the insurance for local authorities. I still feel that there is unnecessary duplication when the agency is handling...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (17 Jan 2019)

Seán Fleming: It is part of the-----

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (17 Jan 2019)

Seán Fleming: The report of the Irish Public Bodies value for money steering group was also commissioned by, as I said, the County and City Managers' Association, ETBs, and the OGP. We will come back to that because this insurance issue is definitely on our list. We will note and publish that. The next correspondence is No. 1802B, from Mr. John O'Connor, the CEO of the Housing Agency, providing...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (17 Jan 2019)

Seán Fleming: That is valid. My concern is the number of jobs we have exported from Ireland as a result of the giving of the contract to a bank located outside it. Perhaps all of the Danske Bank staff processing the payments are based in this town; I do not know, but we have seen the library in Dún Laoghaire outsource library provision to a company in England. Is this another example of Ireland's...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (17 Jan 2019)

Seán Fleming: As such, we should write to it. I would just like to know the information. If the jobs are based here, say, somewhere in Dublin, at least that is something.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (17 Jan 2019)

Seán Fleming: We will write to the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform asking for information on where the jobs are based. Is it the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform which we should contact to ask for the breakdown?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (17 Jan 2019)

Seán Fleming: We will ask for the information, insofar as the Department has it. When it went to tender, it had to give an indication of the levels of payments and transactions across Departments. We want a copy of that information to know what we are talking about, that is, the values involved in specific parts of the tender process. As that information should have been included in the tender...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (17 Jan 2019)

Seán Fleming: The committee agrees to write back to ask for them. The final paragraph in the appendix to which the Deputy has referred states women who availed of an early repeat smear test with CervicalCheck will be called for their next routine appointment according to their individual screening recommendation. This means that most of the women who have been screened will be recalled for screening in...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (17 Jan 2019)

Seán Fleming: It is important to indicate that there has never been an offer of a repeat or an extra smear test. All they are saying is that if a woman had a test and is concerned, they will bring forward the next test, rather than doing it at the regular time, but she must then wait three or five years for a further test. Therefore, there is no extra screening.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (17 Jan 2019)

Seán Fleming: They will have to wait another five years.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (17 Jan 2019)

Seán Fleming: Yes. Because of the volume of extra tests being done, some are not being dealt with within the appropriate timeframe such that the slides are out of date when they are sent to the laboratories for screening.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (17 Jan 2019)

Seán Fleming: The Minister was asked whether a note on the costs associated with the decision to offer free cervical screening and advice received could be provided. He is talking about free cervical screening, but women are only have the test they were due to have in the future. I am concerned because a large number of women will be screened less in the future. They will be screened three or five years...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (17 Jan 2019)

Seán Fleming: They are saying they will go back to-----

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (17 Jan 2019)

Seán Fleming: We will write to the Department requesting more detailed information on the laboratories and asking it to elaborate futher on and clarify what is stated in the last paragraph. We will note and publish the correspondence and look forward to receiving a reply.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (17 Jan 2019)

Seán Fleming: That is fine. No. 1811, dated 11 December 2018, is from the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform informing the committee of the appointment of Mr. Liam Duffy as Accounting Officer for the Office of the Ombudsman. We will note and publish this. No.1813, dated 20 December 2018, is from Mr. Aidan O'Driscoll, Secretary General of the Department of Justice and Equality, providing...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (17 Jan 2019)

Seán Fleming: Yes, but only on the prisons Vote. They are scheduled to appear again shortly and we will put them on notice that we will deal with this issue

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (17 Jan 2019)

Seán Fleming: The Deputy should not let that stop him.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (17 Jan 2019)

Seán Fleming: Last night, I spent two hours at a meeting of Laois County Council attended by the chief executive of the council and members of various groups from around the county which discussed this exact issue. People refer to the previous CCTV scheme for urban areas, which involved the chamber of commerce in the various towns and the Garda taking a direct monitoring role. That system worked. For...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (17 Jan 2019)

Seán Fleming: As the Deputy says, they are probably the first port of call and their advice will probably be to refer the person to someone else. That is my worry.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (17 Jan 2019)

Seán Fleming: We will write to the HEA in regard to one company, Inspire Wellbeing, which I am sure is a very reputable and good company that provides a very good service. We will ask the HEA to give us some information in regard to the service. When we see that, we will see if it matches what we are looking at. We will note and publish this.