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Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2024: National Treatment Purchase Fund
Financial Statements 2023: Beaumont Hospital Board (9 Oct 2025)

Paul McAuliffe: Yes. Where is all that data contained, managed, published and collated?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2024: National Treatment Purchase Fund
Financial Statements 2023: Beaumont Hospital Board (9 Oct 2025)

Paul McAuliffe: In the context of all of the data that has been spoken about, namely the application, the audit of the relevant data and the management information that the NTPF collates, the difficulty for us is that we are trusting that what we are discussing is taking place. Is there any data source that I can look at to ensure that what the witnesses say about the applications phase is visible?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2024: National Treatment Purchase Fund
Financial Statements 2023: Beaumont Hospital Board (9 Oct 2025)

Paul McAuliffe: I would argue that whether it is the applications, an audit or a summary of the process, the best way to support the argument that core work is not being double-funded, as such, is to demonstrate that by means an audit of the NTPF-funded hours and how the applications are assessed on a generalised basis. As a member of the Committee of Public Accounts, that is my biggest question, and I do...

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2024: National Treatment Purchase Fund
Financial Statements 2023: Beaumont Hospital Board (9 Oct 2025)

Paul McAuliffe: That is useful. The NTPF might come back to the committee on it. I want to ask a question about nursing homes. We had a number of hearings regarding very significant concerns. I see a gap in the system here, where, essentially, the NTPF establishes the price, the HSE procures the service and HIQA establishes the minimum standards. A clear failure to deliver was evident in some of the...

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2024: National Treatment Purchase Fund
Financial Statements 2023: Beaumont Hospital Board (9 Oct 2025)

Paul McAuliffe: For the purposes of the report we will be producing on that issue, is Mr. Flood saying that other than establishing the price, the NTPF has no other role in ensuring value for the procurement because it is not responsible for it?

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Crime Prevention (9 Oct 2025)

Paul McAuliffe: 56. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality following the launch of a new awareness campaign in September 2025 targeting the misuse of illegal fireworks, if he will consider additional measures in the coming years to address the prevalence of illegal fireworks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54150/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Licences (9 Oct 2025)

Paul McAuliffe: 125. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to review the anomaly in relation to driver licence renewals (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54410/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (9 Oct 2025)

Paul McAuliffe: 314. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 683 of 11 February 2025, to provide an update regarding a hip operation for a person (details supplied). [54258/25]

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (8 Oct 2025)

Paul McAuliffe: That is disgraceful.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (8 Oct 2025)

Paul McAuliffe: 56. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for an update on the Oscar Traynor Road site; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53890/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (8 Oct 2025)

Paul McAuliffe: 78. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he or his Department have been further advised by Dublin City Council on the time frame of delivery for the affordable purchase homes proposed for the Oscar Traynor Road site; if the homes are on track to be delivered during the first phase of delivery before the end of 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Early Childhood Care and Education (8 Oct 2025)

Paul McAuliffe: 295. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will provide an update on the pay increase for early childhood educators as agreed in 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53991/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Paternity Leave (8 Oct 2025)

Paul McAuliffe: 296. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality her plans to extend and improve paternity leave; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54019/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (7 Oct 2025)

Paul McAuliffe: 699. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on an appointment for an operation for a person (details supplied). [53799/25]

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (2 Oct 2025)

Paul McAuliffe: I acknowledge the huge amount of work that goes into the annual report and the other documents the Comptroller and Auditor General references each year. They will form part of our work programme. We have seen some of them in the media over the last day or so. I look forward to dealing with them hearing by hearing. That will allow us to get to the bottom of things. I acknowledge the work...

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2024: Tusla - the Child and Family Agency (2 Oct 2025)

Paul McAuliffe: To clarify that point, they are children who are separated from either a parent or a guardian and who are presenting initially for international protection.

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2024: Tusla - the Child and Family Agency (2 Oct 2025)

Paul McAuliffe: Does Tusla know where that presentation is taking place?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2024: Tusla - the Child and Family Agency (2 Oct 2025)

Paul McAuliffe: Where they present-----

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2024: Tusla - the Child and Family Agency (2 Oct 2025)

Paul McAuliffe: It is not at a port or a point of entry into the country.

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2024: Tusla - the Child and Family Agency (2 Oct 2025)

Paul McAuliffe: If a child presents at an international protection office, is there a protocol in place as to how the International Protection Office alerts Tusla-----