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Public Accounts Committee: Children’s Health Ireland and National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Discussion (19 Oct 2023)

Alan Dillon: It will be at that time as well.

Public Accounts Committee: Children’s Health Ireland and National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Discussion (19 Oct 2023)

Alan Dillon: On the details that have been presented today, we have a substantial completion date of October 2024 to be followed by a six-month commissioning programme, leading us to April 2025. Are we safe to say that this hospital will be delivered in summer 2025? How close to summer 2025 do the witnesses feel is realistic?

Public Accounts Committee: Children’s Health Ireland and National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Discussion (19 Oct 2023)

Alan Dillon: In terms of future change management and change control, does this hospital have to be delivered with 100% efficiency and productivity if we are to deliver on that timeline or can there be any slippage? Is there contingency built into the timeline?

Public Accounts Committee: Children’s Health Ireland and National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Discussion (19 Oct 2023)

Alan Dillon: The board must have project management consultants scrutinising these matters.

Public Accounts Committee: Children’s Health Ireland and National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Discussion (19 Oct 2023)

Alan Dillon: Will Ms Hardiman speak about the experts CHI has to deliver on the commissioning programme? I have worked in validation and commissioning myself so I understand there will be failures, mitigations and new equipment that just will not operate or fit. Is there contingency built into the six-month plan?

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Events (19 Oct 2023)

Alan Dillon: 69. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will provide an update on the UK and Ireland’s bid to host Euro 2028; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45525/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Grant Payments (19 Oct 2023)

Alan Dillon: 149. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the assistance that is available for students and their parents who cannot avail of SUSI grants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45528/23]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Housing Schemes (19 Oct 2023)

Alan Dillon: 176. To ask the Minister for Finance to outline the supports in place for a person who has been approved a mortgage but refused mortgage protection based on medical grounds (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45947/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Emergency Departments (19 Oct 2023)

Alan Dillon: 347. To ask the Minister for Health for an accurate timeline on the development of the emergency department in Mayo University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45916/23]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (18 Oct 2023)

Alan Dillon: I want to raise the issue of continued investment in water services. I acknowledge we are experiencing significant reform, with the aim of better services and promoting wider environmental protection, but there remain significant infrastructure deficits that need to be addressed, even after Uisce Éireann focuses on its capital programme in 2023. One specific project is the Newport...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (18 Oct 2023)

Alan Dillon: I raise the continued absence of a chief pharmaceutical officer, CPO, in the healthcare system or the Department of Health. The role is essential to manage medicine and pharmacy services. It is missing in Ireland, unlike many other countries. We have a chief medical officer, a chief nursing officer, a chief dental officer and a chief veterinary officer. Certainly a CPO would ensure we...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (18 Oct 2023)

Alan Dillon: 17. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on economy and investment is next due to meet. [42614/23]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (18 Oct 2023)

Alan Dillon: 12. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on health will next meet. [45023/23]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (18 Oct 2023)

Alan Dillon: Our private and voluntary nursing homes are facing significant challenges and urgent intervention is necessary to halt the alarming trend of closures we are witnessing. Last year, a staggering one in three private and voluntary nursing homes ran at a loss. Their operating costs have soared by 36%, forcing many to shut their doors. In my own back yard in Mayo, we have felt the sting of this...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Functions (18 Oct 2023)

Alan Dillon: 48. To ask the Taoiseach for an update on the economic policy unit of his Department. [42613/23]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Inland Fisheries (18 Oct 2023)

Alan Dillon: 89. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when the report into the external review of governance within Inland Fisheries Ireland including an examination of the respective roles of the IFI board and executive will be published, considering it was due to be published by the end of September of this year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45628/23]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Inland Fisheries (18 Oct 2023)

Alan Dillon: 90. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when he will be appointing a new chair and board of Inland Fisheries Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45629/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Vacant Properties (18 Oct 2023)

Alan Dillon: 195. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will extend the timeframe of 13 months to complete works to vacant and derelict properties under the croí cónaithe scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45736/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (18 Oct 2023)

Alan Dillon: 219. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he intends to renew the lime scheme in 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45630/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (17 Oct 2023)

Alan Dillon: 34. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the plans that are in place to improve the school transport scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45025/23]