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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Citizens Assembly Report on Biodiversity Loss: Discussion (Resumed) (24 Oct 2023)

Cormac Devlin: Very good. In light of the publication of the fourth biodiversity action plan, will Mr. Owens give his unit's perspective on the three previous iterations of the action plan, how we achieved, as regards the goals and targets that were set out? Linked with that, and following on from the earlier discussion, how does the unit measure the progress on biodiversity, especially around loss and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Citizens Assembly Report on Biodiversity Loss: Discussion (Resumed) (24 Oct 2023)

Cormac Devlin: This will be new then.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Citizens Assembly Report on Biodiversity Loss: Discussion (Resumed) (24 Oct 2023)

Cormac Devlin: It is broad. We will look forward to engaging again in the next little while. It is important. I wish the witnesses luck with their work.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Citizens Assembly Report on Biodiversity Loss: Discussion (Resumed) (24 Oct 2023)

Cormac Devlin: I want to come in on the issue of the green bonds. There is a lot of competition internationally with regard to the green bonds. Mr. Owens made reference in his statement to the multi-annual financial framework, which is the EU side of the house. With regard to the green bonds themselves, can Mr. Owens talk a little bit about the market that is available in other countries equally doing...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Citizens Assembly Report on Biodiversity Loss: Discussion (Resumed) (24 Oct 2023)

Cormac Devlin: The Department might send on that note.

Capital Support for Sports Facilities: Statements (19 Oct 2023)

Cormac Devlin: Maybe I will continue the trend of listing out clubs. It is important we discuss the continued Government investment in sports facilities throughout Ireland. Before I do, however, I want to put on record my appreciation for the Irish rugby team and their efforts in the Rugby World Cup. Obviously, we all wish they had succeeded further and they do too but I thank, in particular, the...

Investment in Healthcare: Statements (19 Oct 2023)

Cormac Devlin: I welcome the opportunity to examine the Government’s investment in healthcare today. This debate needs to be framed in the context of the unprecedented increase in funding for the health service, going from €19 billion in 2019 to over €24 billion today. Inflation has caused massive challenges across society and this is no different for the health sector. The Minister,...

Public Accounts Committee: Children’s Health Ireland and National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Discussion (19 Oct 2023)

Cormac Devlin: I thank the Cathaoirleach and Deputy Ó Cathasaigh. I appreciate it. I thank the witnesses for the update and the information provided. Mr. Gunning remains optimistic and has a positive outlook, given the history of the project and the issues with it. He said that 32% of the rooms were near completion or progress was being made-----

Public Accounts Committee: Children’s Health Ireland and National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Discussion (19 Oct 2023)

Cormac Devlin: So there is substantial progress. The update Mr. Gunning provided shows much progress on various wards and rooms since members visited the site. That is good to see, if we are to take a silver lining from today. That said, and to take up the issue my colleagues raised, which I appreciate is a tricky conversation for the witnesses, there is a substantial number of outstanding claims. I...

Public Accounts Committee: Children’s Health Ireland and National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Discussion (19 Oct 2023)

Cormac Devlin: They are not included in the 2,300 claims.

Public Accounts Committee: Children’s Health Ireland and National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Discussion (19 Oct 2023)

Cormac Devlin: The 2,300 figure is purely for the children’s hospital.

Public Accounts Committee: Children’s Health Ireland and National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Discussion (19 Oct 2023)

Cormac Devlin: Roughly how many claims were there for the satellite centres?

Public Accounts Committee: Children’s Health Ireland and National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Discussion (19 Oct 2023)

Cormac Devlin: I appreciate Mr. Devine has provided a figure off the top of his head. Of those approximately 300 claims for the satellite centres, how many were disputed? Were they all disputed?

Public Accounts Committee: Children’s Health Ireland and National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Discussion (19 Oct 2023)

Cormac Devlin: What was the total cost?

Public Accounts Committee: Children’s Health Ireland and National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Discussion (19 Oct 2023)

Cormac Devlin: It was not just the centre itself.

Public Accounts Committee: Children’s Health Ireland and National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Discussion (19 Oct 2023)

Cormac Devlin: Regarding the Comptroller and Auditor General’s report, there were internal control disclosures in 2021 for CHI amounting to €2.2 million because it did not follow procurement guidelines. That included the external laboratory testing facility management, ICT, recruitment, medical consumables and professional services. From that period until now, what has changed and how did it...

Public Accounts Committee: Children’s Health Ireland and National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Discussion (19 Oct 2023)

Cormac Devlin: Is Mr. Flanagan saying those systems and policies were not in place for 2021 and they have been strengthened?

Public Accounts Committee: Children’s Health Ireland and National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Discussion (19 Oct 2023)

Cormac Devlin: Is Children's Health Ireland, CHI, applying them across the board now?

Public Accounts Committee: Children’s Health Ireland and National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Discussion (19 Oct 2023)

Cormac Devlin: Okay. Obviously it stands out in the financial statement. From CHI's financial statement, page 20 of the annual report states that €77,000 in respect of request for settlement of private insurance invoices was rejected by the insurance company. Who wants to take that and what was the issue there?

Public Accounts Committee: Children’s Health Ireland and National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Discussion (19 Oct 2023)

Cormac Devlin: Are the processes changed somewhat to try to minimise that rejection of invoices?