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Public Accounts Committee: Special Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General on the Nursing Homes Support Scheme: Discussion (1 Oct 2020)

Brian Stanley: I would appreciate that because it is a real issue. It was a real issue four or five years ago and then it was pushed out to 2021. It will have implications for nursing homes such as those in Abbeyleix and Mountmellick. On the component costs, they incorporate what are referred to as additional services in private nursing homes. There is an issue around access to allied staff in public...

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General on the Nursing Homes Support Scheme: Discussion (1 Oct 2020)

Brian Stanley: I also raised the issue of patients having to pay for access to the therapies. A patient in a private nursing home who may be of limited means may have to pay for the therapies whereas the services are available to those in public nursing homes, which have allied staff who provide physiotherapy, occupational therapy and chiropody. That is a serious issue.

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General on the Nursing Homes Support Scheme: Discussion (1 Oct 2020)

Brian Stanley: The operators of private nursing homes also believe it is a serious concern.

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General on the Nursing Homes Support Scheme: Discussion (1 Oct 2020)

Brian Stanley: We are up against the finishing line, unfortunately, but I would appreciate a reply in relation to the estimated reduction in capacity. The number of elderly people in the country is increasing. If the regulations result in a reduction in capacity of 35% by 2030, that will have huge implications for nursing homes and the care of the elderly. We need to be on top of that.

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General on the Nursing Homes Support Scheme: Discussion (1 Oct 2020)

Brian Stanley: That is a yes-no answer.

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General on the Nursing Homes Support Scheme: Discussion (1 Oct 2020)

Brian Stanley: I thank Dr. O'Reardon for that reply. We are up to the finishing line. I thank our witnesses for joining us and the information they provided for today's meeting. I sincerely wish them the very best in dealing with the unprecedented challenges in the months ahead. We experienced the effects of some of those challenges today with the technology and our apologies for that. We will seek...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: JobPath Programme (1 Oct 2020)

Brian Stanley: 224. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons in each county that engaged with JobPath in each year since it began; and the number whose employment was sustained for more than 12 months in each county. [28070/20]

Forestry (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2020 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (30 Sep 2020)

Brian Stanley: There is a crisis in the forestry sector and it needs to be urgently addressed. This is an industry in which thousands of jobs are at risk in rural areas where there is little or no alternative employment. In Laois-Offaly alone, for example, almost 100 workers are reliant, either directly or indirectly, on the forestry sector in timber production, sawmills and so on. Some of these workers...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (30 Sep 2020)

Brian Stanley: Good morning. We have a quorum. We are joined remotely by the Comptroller and Auditor General, Mr. Seamus McCarthy, as a permanent witness to the committee. We have received no apologies. The minutes of the meeting of 24 September have been circulated. Are they agreed? Agreed. As previously agreed, the minutes will be published. I propose that we go into private session to deal with...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (Resumed) (30 Sep 2020)

Brian Stanley: Before addressing correspondence, I will address our work programme. A number of members have sent suggestions to the clerk and I propose we address these this day next week. Later today, the Comptroller and Auditor General will publish the 2019 appropriation accounts, which are the accounts of Government Departments and offices. The Comptroller and Auditor General will publish his 2019...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (Resumed) (30 Sep 2020)

Brian Stanley: Are members happy that we receive an update? Agreed. The next item of correspondence is No. 2668C and 2669 dated 16 December 2019 from an individual relating to the student transport scheme. The correspondence provides information obtained under freedom of information. The previous committee considered correspondence from the Department of Education and Skills responding to its queries...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (Resumed) (30 Sep 2020)

Brian Stanley: I thank Deputy Murphy. The next piece of correspondence is No. 2676 from Deputy Catherine Connolly, dated 18 December 2019 regarding the Charities Regulator and the Galway University Foundation. Deputy Carthy is not present so I propose we note the item for discussion.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (Resumed) (30 Sep 2020)

Brian Stanley: We will hold it over for next week.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (Resumed) (30 Sep 2020)

Brian Stanley: Okay, we will keep it in play. The next item of correspondence is No. 2678 from Deputy Catherine Murphy, dated 20 December 2019 in relation to including the Office of Government Procurement on the work programme. Does Deputy Murphy wish to speak on this item?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (Resumed) (30 Sep 2020)

Brian Stanley: Okay. The next item of correspondence is No. 2698C from an individual, dated 9 January, providing information that was also sent to the Joint Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach in relation to the management of public property assets by the OPW. Deputy Hourigan has proposed the committee request that the OPW provide further information on the Hammond Lane site...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (Resumed) (30 Sep 2020)

Brian Stanley: Deputy Murphy has indicated.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (Resumed) (30 Sep 2020)

Brian Stanley: I call Deputy MacSharry.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (Resumed) (30 Sep 2020)

Brian Stanley: Okay. There seems to be consensus that we include it in our work programme as one of the items we want to address with the OPW when it appears before the committee.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (Resumed) (30 Sep 2020)

Brian Stanley: Agreed. No. 2700C is from an individual in regard to the wards of court. I understand that the previous committee had decided that it had taken its consideration of the matter as far as it could. I note Deputy Catherine Murphy wishes to address this issue. I would suggest that we note the item and forward related correspondence received from the Department of Justice and Equality,...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (Resumed) (30 Sep 2020)

Brian Stanley: No.2701C is from Deputy Catherine Murphy, dated 8 January, in regard to financial procedures at the Garda College, Templemore. At our meeting last week we had an update from the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission on the investigation regarding EU funds for training purposes for the Garda College, Templemore. We agreed to request an update from it in regard to its investigation. ...