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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Contracts (6 Oct 2020)

Catherine Murphy: 806. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has engaged a third-party company in each of the years 2017 to 2019 and to date in 2020 to conduct online and or social media monitoring and or provide reports on social media coverage of his Department; if so, the cost of same; and if the name of the social media platforms being monitored will be provided. [28909/20]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Staff (6 Oct 2020)

Catherine Murphy: 807. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of staff in his Department on sick leave between March and September by month in 2019 and to date 2020; the pay arrangements that exist for staff on sick leave for an extended period of time; the number of sick days accounted for by his Department over the period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28927/20]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Contracts (6 Oct 2020)

Catherine Murphy: 818. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she has engaged a third-party company in each of the years 2017 to 2019 and to date in 2020 to conduct online and-or social media monitoring and-or provide reports on social media coverage of her Department; if so, the cost of same; and if the name of the social media platforms being monitored will be provided. [28911/20]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Staff (6 Oct 2020)

Catherine Murphy: 819. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of staff in her Department on sick leave between March and September by month in 2019 and to date 2020; the pay arrangements that exist for staff on sick leave for an extended period of time; the number of sick days accounted for by her Department over the period; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28929/20]

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General on the Nursing Homes Support Scheme: Discussion (1 Oct 2020)

Catherine Murphy: The witnesses are very welcome. There is a degree of normality in having a hearing such as this at the Committee of Public Accounts, even though it is a busy time for the witnesses for other reasons. As the Chairman pointed out, my time is limited. I have 15 minutes for my questions and the witnesses' answers. I will try to get as much in as possible and I would appreciate if I could have...

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General on the Nursing Homes Support Scheme: Discussion (1 Oct 2020)

Catherine Murphy: Is there a date for publication at this stage and are there still issues regarding data? What is the up-to-date scenario?

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General on the Nursing Homes Support Scheme: Discussion (1 Oct 2020)

Catherine Murphy: Is there even an estimated date?

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General on the Nursing Homes Support Scheme: Discussion (1 Oct 2020)

Catherine Murphy: This work has been going on for years now, and we cannot even be given an estimated date as to when the review is likely to be published. This matter concerns value for money and it is an important report, as Dr. O'Reardon acknowledged. What roadblocks are preventing the report from being published?

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General on the Nursing Homes Support Scheme: Discussion (1 Oct 2020)

Catherine Murphy: How many people are working on it?

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General on the Nursing Homes Support Scheme: Discussion (1 Oct 2020)

Catherine Murphy: I presume that Dr. O'Reardon finds it unsatisfactory, or more than unsatisfactory, that this work commenced in 2018, and there is still not even an estimated date for completion.

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General on the Nursing Homes Support Scheme: Discussion (1 Oct 2020)

Catherine Murphy: It is certainly a priority for this committee as well.

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General on the Nursing Homes Support Scheme: Discussion (1 Oct 2020)

Catherine Murphy: In 2015, the HSE committed to publishing the weekly cost of care-based charge rates for public nursing homes. It did not publish the rate for 2017, and produced an incorrect rate for 2018. The average weekly rate increased by 26% in public nursing homes between 2010 and 2018, and by 11% in private nursing homes. Deputy Catherine Murphy: In 2015, the HSE commited to publishing the...

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General on the Nursing Homes Support Scheme: Discussion (1 Oct 2020)

Catherine Murphy: Will Mr. Reid also address the integrated financial system and the impact? At our previous meeting we discussed the deficiency in not having an integrated system. How is this impacting that work, given that the HSE knows the pay rates internally and knows the pay adjustments? How would that not be reflected? Is this a reason? It seems obvious that the HSE knows these pay adjustments.

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General on the Nursing Homes Support Scheme: Discussion (1 Oct 2020)

Catherine Murphy: It is quite difficult to have a flow of questioning.

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General on the Nursing Homes Support Scheme: Discussion (1 Oct 2020)

Catherine Murphy: Is it a postcode lottery? How uneven is the data on which the HSE relies? I appreciate that there is a method of calculating for individuals, such as 80% of their income and so on. We know the calculations for those people's personal contributions but how uneven is it around the country and what data sets is the HSE using? Is it looking for other sources of data to have a more even calculation?

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General on the Nursing Homes Support Scheme: Discussion (1 Oct 2020)

Catherine Murphy: What kind of difference are we talking about?

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General on the Nursing Homes Support Scheme: Discussion (1 Oct 2020)

Catherine Murphy: Would agency staff be more likely to be used on the east coast?

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General on the Nursing Homes Support Scheme: Discussion (1 Oct 2020)

Catherine Murphy: What is the difference between the highest and lowest figures?

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General on the Nursing Homes Support Scheme: Discussion (1 Oct 2020)

Catherine Murphy: Is that based on geography or dependency?

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General on the Nursing Homes Support Scheme: Discussion (1 Oct 2020)

Catherine Murphy: I am not even able to-----