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Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 15 - Development of Primary Care Centres (5 Dec 2019)

Catherine Murphy: The cost of agency cover, for example, is greater than direct employment of a member of staff. It is difficult to have somebody roving and employed in different parts of the country. Cost-effectiveness and retention should be central to the review. Retention obviously gives rise to costs for training and experience and many other factors come into the equation when one looks at value for...

Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 15 - Development of Primary Care Centres (5 Dec 2019)

Catherine Murphy: What timeline will be considered in the review? Is it the lifespan of a facility that has been developed through a PPP as opposed to a direct build? Are there real options in the choices that are to be made? Will funding be provided in the event that direct build is found to be more cost-effective way of dealing with the primary care centres?

Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 15 - Development of Primary Care Centres (5 Dec 2019)

Catherine Murphy: I want to ask about another area.

Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 15 - Development of Primary Care Centres (5 Dec 2019)

Catherine Murphy: I do not have many more questions.

Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 15 - Development of Primary Care Centres (5 Dec 2019)

Catherine Murphy: I do not have much more to ask the witnesses. I will pick up on the points made in the opening statement on cost pressures in operational services with regard to residential placements for people with intellectual disabilities. Two people have contacted the committee about the services contracted out to two different organisations. I will give the names of the organisations afterwards. It...

Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 15 - Development of Primary Care Centres (5 Dec 2019)

Catherine Murphy: It would be disability services.

Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 15 - Development of Primary Care Centres (5 Dec 2019)

Catherine Murphy: No, it is the companies.

Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 15 - Development of Primary Care Centres (5 Dec 2019)

Catherine Murphy: Yes. It is my understanding that this audit will also look at value for money where a service level agreement is in place for particular clients.

Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 15 - Development of Primary Care Centres (5 Dec 2019)

Catherine Murphy: Will service users have an input into that review?

Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 15 - Development of Primary Care Centres (5 Dec 2019)

Catherine Murphy: We need to ensure we do not duplicate this work. The committee is often informed by the experiences brought to members' attention. One cannot get that kind of insight if one has not experienced it directly. When several people start saying the same thing, it piques one's interest. A range of different services, for example, for young people with autism or intellectual disabilities are...

Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 15 - Development of Primary Care Centres (5 Dec 2019)

Catherine Murphy: Is there a proposal to directly provide services or is the review only examining specific organisations?

Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 15 - Development of Primary Care Centres (5 Dec 2019)

Catherine Murphy: The HSE is looking at it from the individual's perspective.

Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 15 - Development of Primary Care Centres (5 Dec 2019)

Catherine Murphy: When is that review due to be completed?

Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 15 - Development of Primary Care Centres (5 Dec 2019)

Catherine Murphy: When are we likely to see output from that process?

Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 15 - Development of Primary Care Centres (5 Dec 2019)

Catherine Murphy: There is inadequate provision of autism services and that seems to be the position in many locations.

Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 15 - Development of Primary Care Centres (5 Dec 2019)

Catherine Murphy: I presume the HSE works along with organisations such as AsIAm.

Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 15 - Development of Primary Care Centres (5 Dec 2019)

Catherine Murphy: Those are all of the questions that I had. I thank all of the witnesses from the HSE and the Department of Health for their attendance and for the information provided for the meeting. I also thank the Comptroller and Auditor General and his staff. I will request the clerk to the committee to seek any follow-up information and carry out any agreed actions arising from the meeting. At...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Data Protection (5 Dec 2019)

Catherine Murphy: 54. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the basis on which his Department allows a company (details supplied) to make a demand for a passport and-or a driver licence issued here as a method of verifying the identity of a person; if he has consulted with the company in respect of the way in which and-or the location it stores customer identification; if he has consulted with the...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Data Protection (5 Dec 2019)

Catherine Murphy: 61. To ask the Minister for Finance the basis on which his Department allows a company (details supplied) to make a demand for a passport and or a driver licence issued here as a method of verifying the identity of a person; if he has consulted with the company in respect of the way in which and or the location it stores of customer identification; if he has consulted with the company on the...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Data Protection (5 Dec 2019)

Catherine Murphy: 322. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the basis on which his Department allows a company (details supplied) to make a demand for a passport and-or a driver licence issued here as a method of verifying the identity of a person; if he has consulted with the company in respect of the way in which and-or the location it stores customer identification; if he has consulted with...