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Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (8 May 2019)

David Cullinane: 844. To ask the Minister for Health the record of complaints made since 2004 by consultant pathologists at University Hospital Waterford regarding facilities in the mortuary; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19295/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Complaints Procedures (8 May 2019)

David Cullinane: 845. To ask the Minister for Health the number of risk incident forms submitted by staff at the pathology department at University Hospital Waterford since 2004; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19296/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (8 May 2019)

David Cullinane: 846. To ask the Minister for Health the number of incidents of decomposing bodies of deceased persons on hospital trolleys recorded at University Hospital Waterford since 2004; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19297/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (8 May 2019)

David Cullinane: 847. To ask the Minister for Health the number of families of deceased persons informed since 2004 to date that the bodies of their loved ones were left to decompose on trolleys at University Hospital Waterford due to poor conditions at the mortuary; the way in which they were informed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19298/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (8 May 2019)

David Cullinane: 848. To ask the Minister for Health the number of families of deceased persons whose bodies decomposed on hospital trolleys at University Hospital Waterford (details supplied) due to poor conditions at the mortuary since 2004 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19299/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Complaints Procedures (8 May 2019)

David Cullinane: 849. To ask the Minister for Health the action the management at University Hospital Waterford and the South-South West Hospital Group took when they received a letter from four consultant pathologists outlining serious concerns relating to the mortuary; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19300/19]

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (18 Apr 2019)

David Cullinane: First and foremost, I would agree with the Chairman's observations. The first comment I would make is that it seems that PwC was paid twice for the same advice, and the taxpayer paid for it. There is a contradiction in the briefing note we got from the HSE. It states that advice was given and that the advice was specialist, high-level input. That is not low-level input. That is very...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (18 Apr 2019)

David Cullinane: I would want more information from them. I would want to know exactly the nature of this specialist high-level input. It is not good enough to just give us a paragraph stating it provided high-level input. What was the nature of it? How much did the advice PwC gave cost? On what exactly was it advising? At what senior level was it in PwC? We do not know the volume of work PwC did but...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (18 Apr 2019)

David Cullinane: -----the decision-making process but it was not the decision maker. To say that is the justification is a bit much. We need to go back to PwC, thank them and say that we do not agree there were no conflicts of interest. That is not my view. We will hear from other members, and the committee will have to form a view, but we need a further breakdown of the costs, what exactly PwC did and...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (18 Apr 2019)

David Cullinane: Deputy Catherine Murphy hit on a very important point. If individuals in PwC were involved in both processes then there is a problem. It would be problematic if someone who was involved in giving high-level specialist advice was also involved in assisting, preparing, signing off on or writing the other report. It is correct to say that there are arms of these organisations that specialise...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (18 Apr 2019)

David Cullinane: That has to be very clear. We saw from the letter we received that PwC is being very vague. We need to know exactly what is meant by "high-level input". They need to be very comprehensive about costs and precise definitions of what "high-level input" means. Deputy Connolly asked if that means written reports, and I imagine that it does.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (18 Apr 2019)

David Cullinane: I declare a conflict of interest in that I have called for JobPath to be scrapped, so anything I say should be seen clearly in that context. The total cost was €163 million. The number of participants in full-time employment for more than 12 months was actually quite low. That was the issue we had raised with those concerned. The other point that needs to be put into context when...

Public Accounts Committee: Environmental Protection Agency: Financial Statements 2017 (18 Apr 2019)

David Cullinane: The Chairman might indicate when I have ten minutes remaining as there are a number of issues I want to cover.

Public Accounts Committee: Environmental Protection Agency: Financial Statements 2017 (18 Apr 2019)

David Cullinane: I thank Ms Burke and her team for their attendance. I have a number of questions relating to the 2017 annual report, which was submitted to us. On page 84 it refers to enforcement charges of €8.9 million. Is that how much was invoiced or how much was recovered?

Public Accounts Committee: Environmental Protection Agency: Financial Statements 2017 (18 Apr 2019)

David Cullinane: Do bad debts or write-offs occur in those situations?

Public Accounts Committee: Environmental Protection Agency: Financial Statements 2017 (18 Apr 2019)

David Cullinane: How many cases would there have been in that year?

Public Accounts Committee: Environmental Protection Agency: Financial Statements 2017 (18 Apr 2019)

David Cullinane: Yes, but I am asking about the cases.

Public Accounts Committee: Environmental Protection Agency: Financial Statements 2017 (18 Apr 2019)

David Cullinane: Would it be a small number?

Public Accounts Committee: Environmental Protection Agency: Financial Statements 2017 (18 Apr 2019)

David Cullinane: Okay. Are the enforcement charges cost recovery charges or fixed fees or what way are they calculated?

Public Accounts Committee: Environmental Protection Agency: Financial Statements 2017 (18 Apr 2019)

David Cullinane: Also, €7.341 million was incurred in respect of what are called contractors and external service providers and there were grants totalling €1.21 million. Who are these external service providers? Can I have a breakdown on that? If Ms Burke wants to provide a more detailed note after the meeting, that might be more helpful. Can she give a breakdown as to who those contractors...