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Public Accounts Committee: 2023 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 11 - Office of the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform
Vote 12 - Superannuation and Retired Allowances
Vote 39 - Office of Government Procurement
Vote 43 - Office of the Government Chief Information Officer
Chapter 3 - Vote accounting and budget management (10 Jul 2025)

Catherine Ardagh: Can Mr. Moloney clarify exactly how many current or former Ministers are implicated in the overpayment or underpayment?

Public Accounts Committee: 2023 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 11 - Office of the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform
Vote 12 - Superannuation and Retired Allowances
Vote 39 - Office of Government Procurement
Vote 43 - Office of the Government Chief Information Officer
Chapter 3 - Vote accounting and budget management (10 Jul 2025)

Catherine Ardagh: Identifiable.

Public Accounts Committee: 2023 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 11 - Office of the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform
Vote 12 - Superannuation and Retired Allowances
Vote 39 - Office of Government Procurement
Vote 43 - Office of the Government Chief Information Officer
Chapter 3 - Vote accounting and budget management (10 Jul 2025)

Catherine Ardagh: There is some anecdotal coverage in the public domain that some of these errors were flagged as far back as 2017 but obviously it has not come to light until more recently. Are there governance issues within Mr. Moloney's Department in relation to flagging and referring matters up the line? Why did these issues not come into the public domain until now?

Public Accounts Committee: 2023 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 11 - Office of the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform
Vote 12 - Superannuation and Retired Allowances
Vote 39 - Office of Government Procurement
Vote 43 - Office of the Government Chief Information Officer
Chapter 3 - Vote accounting and budget management (10 Jul 2025)

Catherine Ardagh: Finally, artificial intelligence, AI, uptake across Departments is different and varied. Is there a policy from Mr. Moloney's Department in relation to streamlining the uptake of AI and perhaps linking it in with the shared services office? With 13 seconds left to me, Mr. Moloney might give a short answer.

Public Accounts Committee: 2023 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 11 - Office of the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform
Vote 12 - Superannuation and Retired Allowances
Vote 39 - Office of Government Procurement
Vote 43 - Office of the Government Chief Information Officer
Chapter 3 - Vote accounting and budget management (10 Jul 2025)

Catherine Ardagh: I thank Mr. Moloney very much.

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Official Engagements (10 Jul 2025)

Catherine Ardagh: 39. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on his recent address to the Centre for European Policy Studies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37913/25]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: EU Bodies (10 Jul 2025)

Catherine Ardagh: 52. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on the recent meeting of the General Affairs Council of the EU, which he attended on 26 June 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37912/25]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: An Coimisinéir Teanga (10 Jul 2025)

Catherine Ardagh: 100. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht his views on the recently published 2024 Annual Report of An Coimisinéir Teanga. [37916/25]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Irish Language (10 Jul 2025)

Catherine Ardagh: 127. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the action he is taking to support the teaching of Irish in universities outside the island of Ireland. [37915/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Service Executive (8 Jul 2025)

Catherine Ardagh: 753. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of administrative staff and senior managerial staff in the HSE in 2005, 2015 and 2025, by grade, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36985/25]

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2023 - Children's Health Ireland
Financial Statements - National Treatment Purchase Fund (3 Jul 2025)

Catherine Ardagh: I thank Ms Nugent and Ms Hardiman for attending the committee. Ms Hardiman is a previous CEO and has done a lot of work, especially in terms of getting the children's hospital to where it is. The opening of the hospital will be a very proud day for her. That work has to be acknowledged. I do not know whether someone is here from the Department of Health who can answer this but in...

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2023 - Children's Health Ireland
Financial Statements - National Treatment Purchase Fund (3 Jul 2025)

Catherine Ardagh: Yes, I know that. Did CHI not contribute to the payment for that report?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2023 - Children's Health Ireland
Financial Statements - National Treatment Purchase Fund (3 Jul 2025)

Catherine Ardagh: On the last occasion, we had Department of Health officials and they were able to answer that. I do not believe Ms Nugent can answer that question for me. In relation to surgeon A referenced in that report, is that the same surgeon we have discussed previously who is on administrative leave?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2023 - Children's Health Ireland
Financial Statements - National Treatment Purchase Fund (3 Jul 2025)

Catherine Ardagh: That surgeon is on paid administrative leave.

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2023 - Children's Health Ireland
Financial Statements - National Treatment Purchase Fund (3 Jul 2025)

Catherine Ardagh: When did the paid administrative leave start?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2023 - Children's Health Ireland
Financial Statements - National Treatment Purchase Fund (3 Jul 2025)

Catherine Ardagh: We heard evidence from Bernard Gloster on Naas General Hospital yesterday. He was unable to give us specifics but Ms Brady was. Two other hospitals have been mentioned. Is Ms Brady able to give us any more specifics on National Treatment Purchase Fund irregularities at those hospitals?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2023 - Children's Health Ireland
Financial Statements - National Treatment Purchase Fund (3 Jul 2025)

Catherine Ardagh: Could Ms Brady furnish the committee with an answer to my question the day after tomorrow, so we may have it at our next meeting?