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Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022 - Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (8 Feb 2024)

Paul McAuliffe: To clarify, it is the assistant commissioner's findings. Is Ms Logan suggesting that it was a smaller factor in the overall operation on that evening?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (8 Feb 2024)

Paul McAuliffe: In regard to our approach, we like to think of our outcome reports. There is a theme that could be built upon from a number of meetings we had with the Department of Justice, GSOC and An Garda Síochána that we could pull together in one report. We have not done a report for some time. In regard to turning our meetings into outcomes, for the secretariat, there is probably a...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (8 Feb 2024)

Paul McAuliffe: If it was possible to bring An Garda Síochána in sooner that would be best, but that is set now so we will leave matters stand.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (8 Feb 2024)

Paul McAuliffe: One other piece of work we did that might be worth revisiting relates to the Central Bank. Members might remember we had two meetings that should have been one meeting. I believe there is work there for us to come back to in the whole area of competition within the sector. The part for which the Central Bank is accountable is the particular fund, but I wonder whether-----

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (8 Feb 2024)

Paul McAuliffe: Yes. I wonder whether it is worth revisiting that piece of work to have a discussion at a future date. I am not proposing we add it at this point. When would that be due before us again, comptroller?

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pay (8 Feb 2024)

Paul McAuliffe: 104. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the way continued reform of public services is reflected in the new public sector pay agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5663/24]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Expenditure Policy (8 Feb 2024)

Paul McAuliffe: 121. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform how public expenditure in Ireland on social protection, on health and on education compares to other EU countries with similar demographic characteristics; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5664/24]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pensions (7 Feb 2024)

Paul McAuliffe: 314. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection how many adults over the age of 66 years are in receipt of the increase for qualified adult under the State pension (contributory). [5568/24]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals (7 Feb 2024)

Paul McAuliffe: 315. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection for a breakdown in tabular form of the amount of carer’s allowance applications that were appealed; and how many appeals were successful in the years: 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023. [5569/24]

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 38 - Health
Report on the Accounts of the Public Services 2022
Chapter 18 - Health Service Executive Funding and Financial Reporting (1 Feb 2024)

Paul McAuliffe: I thank all the witnesses for their attendance. Like everyone else, I have a question or two about my own constituency which I will tuck in at the end but I will start at the beginning of the conversation. I have a graph before me of the votable spend for Vote 38 for 2019 through to 2022. It does not have specific labels on each bar but the trajectory of increase in health funding is very...

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 38 - Health
Report on the Accounts of the Public Services 2022
Chapter 18 - Health Service Executive Funding and Financial Reporting (1 Feb 2024)

Paul McAuliffe: The total Vote for 2024 as provided in the budget for this year, is what figure?

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 38 - Health
Report on the Accounts of the Public Services 2022
Chapter 18 - Health Service Executive Funding and Financial Reporting (1 Feb 2024)

Paul McAuliffe: Essentially, there are people in this room who voted for Vote 38 and there are people who did not. It is very difficult for those who voted for the budget and see a €6 billion increase in the health funding to listen to other people in the room talking about cutbacks. Yet, the narrative of cutbacks is out there. There are people out there talking about health cuts. People believe...

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 38 - Health
Report on the Accounts of the Public Services 2022
Chapter 18 - Health Service Executive Funding and Financial Reporting (1 Feb 2024)

Paul McAuliffe: Let me talk then about the issue of the recruitment embargo because there has been a lot of discussion about that and reference to there being no recruitment, people not being appointed and so on. I am not even using the term "recruitment embargo" but my understanding is that there were funded posts and unfunded posts.

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 38 - Health
Report on the Accounts of the Public Services 2022
Chapter 18 - Health Service Executive Funding and Financial Reporting (1 Feb 2024)

Paul McAuliffe: I understood that all of the funded, approved posts were filled, can be filled and are allowed to be filled. Is that correct?

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 38 - Health
Report on the Accounts of the Public Services 2022
Chapter 18 - Health Service Executive Funding and Financial Reporting (1 Feb 2024)

Paul McAuliffe: So we have more staff-----

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 38 - Health
Report on the Accounts of the Public Services 2022
Chapter 18 - Health Service Executive Funding and Financial Reporting (1 Feb 2024)

Paul McAuliffe: -----and we have recruited more than even was expected last year.

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 38 - Health
Report on the Accounts of the Public Services 2022
Chapter 18 - Health Service Executive Funding and Financial Reporting (1 Feb 2024)

Paul McAuliffe: Let me turn then to the idea of unfunded posts. Can Mr. Gloster talk to me about what they are and what that term means? I have heard the Minister use the phrase that it would be like a principal hiring teachers for a ratio for which he does not have approval. Will Mr. Gloster explain that?