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Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health (Resumed)
Health Service Executive: Financial Statements 2020 (26 May 2022)

Brian Stanley: Just very briefly because I have one important question for Mr. Watt before he goes.

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health (Resumed)
Health Service Executive: Financial Statements 2020 (26 May 2022)

Brian Stanley: That is welcome.

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health (Resumed)
Health Service Executive: Financial Statements 2020 (26 May 2022)

Brian Stanley: That is the one. It is the services we get confronted with. I do not want to go into too much detail on the national children's hospital. Mr. Watt mentioned the figure of €1.7 billion the last time we met back in December. It has cost just over €1.7 billion. I know there are claims and that is a moveable feast. There is also construction inflation of over 4%. If...

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health (Resumed)
Health Service Executive: Financial Statements 2020 (26 May 2022)

Brian Stanley: It is €1.42 billion.

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health (Resumed)
Health Service Executive: Financial Statements 2020 (26 May 2022)

Brian Stanley: How much has been spent at this point?

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health (Resumed)
Health Service Executive: Financial Statements 2020 (26 May 2022)

Brian Stanley: What is the latest figure?

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health (Resumed)
Health Service Executive: Financial Statements 2020 (26 May 2022)

Brian Stanley: Mr. Watt will come back to us on that. That wraps up the questioning. I thank the witnesses and the staff from the Department for joining us today. I acknowledge the work done in the past two years. Hopefully, for all our sakes, we are out the other end of that and can get back to more normalised things, giving people in the health system the opportunity to make the reforms that are...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (26 May 2022)

Brian Stanley: The public business before us this afternoon is as follows: minutes; accounts and financial statements; correspondence; work programme; and any other business. Before we move to the minutes, during the discussion this morning with the HSE and the Department of Health, Deputy McAuliffe referred to a matter on which he wishes to make a further statement.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (26 May 2022)

Brian Stanley: I thank Deputy McAuliffe for that correction, which is noted. The first item of business is the minutes of our meeting of 19 May. These have been circulated to members. Do members wish to raise any matters in respect of the minutes? If not, are they agreed? Agreed. As usual, the minutes will be published on the committee’s web page. On accounts and financial statements, no...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (26 May 2022)

Brian Stanley: Okay. That is No. 1241, the second item of correspondence from the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission, GSOC.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (26 May 2022)

Brian Stanley: Okay. Will you outline your proposal?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (26 May 2022)

Brian Stanley: Is that proposal agreed? Agreed. Deputy Carthy is as láthair. Next is No. 1241 B from Mr. Justice Rory MacCabe, chairperson of GSOC, dated 11 May 2022, providing information requested by the committee during our meeting with GSOC on 7 April 2022. It is proposed to note and publish this correspondence. Is that agreed? Agreed. Deputy Catherine Murphy flagged this for discussion.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (26 May 2022)

Brian Stanley: To clarify, it is if there were any protected disclosures made against GSOC itself.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (26 May 2022)

Brian Stanley: That is all right. There is a fair amount of detailed information regarding other matters in it.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (26 May 2022)

Brian Stanley: I read it yesterday. There is a good amount of information in it. Thank you for that. Next is No. 1242 B from Ms Oonagh McPhillips, Secretary General, Department of Justice, dated 16 May 2022, providing information requested by the committee regarding section 102 referrals, including international comparisons and a breakdown of the circumstances in which the referrals arose. Section...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (26 May 2022)

Brian Stanley: Would it be helpful if we made a suggestion to them? If we say international comparison, are we talking about everywhere or would it be useful if we asked them to make a comparison with other European countries perhaps?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (26 May 2022)

Brian Stanley: Yes, other EU countries. There are tables in it, but I take your point. We will ask for that. That is agreed. No. 1246 B is from Mr. Pádraig Dalton, director general, Central Statistics Office, dated 18 May 2022, and provides information requested by the committee regarding CSO data sources for the non-profit sector. We requested this information in the context of the termination...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (26 May 2022)

Brian Stanley: It monitored the spend of that amount of public money. Deputy Catherine Murphy wants to comment on it.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (26 May 2022)

Brian Stanley: Am I correct in saying it is just under €1 million a year?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (26 May 2022)

Brian Stanley: When reading the briefing note last night in relation to the CSO, I noted that: "From 2017, the CSO received quarterly extracts of the Benefacts database at no charge, most recently in February 2022." The note went on to list the information supplied, the use of that, and the different headings and the variables. It is very detailed information. The briefing note also stated: "The...