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Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (21 Jun 2023)

Imelda Munster: 172. To ask the Minister for Health how many children have been referred out to optometrists under the over-eights eye care scheme; how many children were discharged from the scheme without further care in CHO 8, Louth and Meath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29867/23]

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2021 - Sport Ireland and Sport Ireland Facilities DAC (15 Jun 2023)

Imelda Munster: I wish to touch on the previous financial scandals in the FAI. I suppose it is fair to say the light-touch governance that was in place at the time allowed it to develop as it did. It was interesting to hear Sport Ireland say it did not feel the need for a regulator and there was sufficient governance and oversight in place now with the MoU. There were 163 recommendations and 90% have been...

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2021 - Sport Ireland and Sport Ireland Facilities DAC (15 Jun 2023)

Imelda Munster: Is there anything in those recommendations that will categorically prevent similar financial scandals? Is there anything Sport Ireland or the Department can see that makes them absolutely confident that the scale of what happened cannot happen again because of those recommendations? The worry is that they-----

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2021 - Sport Ireland and Sport Ireland Facilities DAC (15 Jun 2023)

Imelda Munster: -----are recommendations.

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2021 - Sport Ireland and Sport Ireland Facilities DAC (15 Jun 2023)

Imelda Munster: Could we get sight of those, please? Could Mr. McGinty forward on those recommendations?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2021 - Sport Ireland and Sport Ireland Facilities DAC (15 Jun 2023)

Imelda Munster: I also want to touch on the Women's League of Ireland. The World Cup they have qualified for is less than six weeks away, and there are reports that their application for funding was rejected. Can we get clarity around that? We had the Women's League of Ireland players in the AV room recently, and they spoke about their commitment to the sport, their love of it, their commitment to the...

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2021 - Sport Ireland and Sport Ireland Facilities DAC (15 Jun 2023)

Imelda Munster: In particular to this tranche of funding, it is the cash-strapped clubs that need it, and it is four and a half weeks away. Can Dr. May express, with any confidence, that they will get that funding in time?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2021 - Sport Ireland and Sport Ireland Facilities DAC (15 Jun 2023)

Imelda Munster: Is Sport Ireland still awaiting the information from the FAI?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2021 - Sport Ireland and Sport Ireland Facilities DAC (15 Jun 2023)

Imelda Munster: Okay. As soon as Sport Ireland gets it in, it can go through it and make sure all the t's are crossed and the i's are dotted.

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2021 - Sport Ireland and Sport Ireland Facilities DAC (15 Jun 2023)

Imelda Munster: Does Dr. May recognise the deficit, if one likes, and the inequality that has existed, and the need to address that?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2021 - Sport Ireland and Sport Ireland Facilities DAC (15 Jun 2023)

Imelda Munster: I want to ask about the new building, the Long Barn. Am I correct in saying that the downstairs is for the Olympic Federation of Ireland, and then the upstairs is a lounge for rest and recuperation? Is this in advance of the Olympic Games in Paris in 2024?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2021 - Sport Ireland and Sport Ireland Facilities DAC (15 Jun 2023)

Imelda Munster: The Olympic Federation of Ireland sold its Olympic House in Howth in 2021. Did the money it got from the sale of that go into this project?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2021 - Sport Ireland and Sport Ireland Facilities DAC (15 Jun 2023)

Imelda Munster: Is the answer to that question that it did not give any funding towards it from the sale?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2021 - Sport Ireland and Sport Ireland Facilities DAC (15 Jun 2023)

Imelda Munster: How much did the first phase cost?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2021 - Sport Ireland and Sport Ireland Facilities DAC (15 Jun 2023)

Imelda Munster: Yes.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (13 Jun 2023)

Imelda Munster: As I speak, retained firefighters are on the picket line in Drogheda and they have been forced to do so and left with no other option because of Government inaction. At present only six out of ten retained firefighter positions in Drogheda are filled, and that is a problem across County Louth which has been ongoing for seven years. They work six 24-hour shifts in a row, with only two days...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (1 Jun 2023)

Imelda Munster: Two weeks ago, I raised the issue of Louth County Council closing the applications for housing adaptation grants for new applicants because of the lack of Government funding. A total of 610 people are currently on the waiting list, many of whom are priority 1 cases. Since the applications were closed, my office has been inundated with people in dire need, all of which are serious cases. I...

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage
Local Government Fund Account 2021
2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 6: Central Government Funding of Local Authorities (1 Jun 2023)

Imelda Munster: I want first to touch on the serious issues arising out of housing adaptation grants, housing for older people and mobility aid grants with Mr. Doyle and the issues that have arisen primarily due to lack of funding. Does he accept that there is serious underfunding in respect of those grants?

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage
Local Government Fund Account 2021
2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 6: Central Government Funding of Local Authorities (1 Jun 2023)

Imelda Munster: Can Ms Timmons give us details as to what the proposal-----

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage
Local Government Fund Account 2021
2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 6: Central Government Funding of Local Authorities (1 Jun 2023)

Imelda Munster: I want to ask about how funding is distributed. Year on year, does the Department contact local authorities to find out the number of applications, the waiting lists, etc., and match funding accordingly, or is it just that the grant is issued, the amount is there for the grants and it is divvied up between councils with no consultation and no regard to the number of applicants, waiting lists...