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Public Accounts Committee: Report of the Accounts of the Public Services 2015
Chapter 11 - Guardian Ad Litem Service (19 Jan 2017)

David Cullinane: It is very difficult for us because we are trying to understand why no oversight and proper mechanisms were in place, but if we ask critical questions the Secretary General will state the Department is in the process of making changes. Obviously we welcome these changes, but it is very difficult to accept anything other than an absolute failure on behalf of the Department to ensure there...

Public Accounts Committee: Report of the Accounts of the Public Services 2015
Chapter 11 - Guardian Ad Litem Service (19 Jan 2017)

David Cullinane: I thank Dr. Lynch for his response. We cannot stray into policy. It is not our role to stray into what possible future changes will be made. It is a matter for the Department and the Minister. Dr. Lynch offered some possibilities of change, with regard to making this a more professional and good quality service. I fully support this. This is a vital step forward in children's rights and...

Public Accounts Committee: Report of the Accounts of the Public Services 2015
Chapter 11 - Guardian Ad Litem Service (19 Jan 2017)

David Cullinane: What happens when the service breaks down? With respect, we have had issues with service level agreements, SLAs, with the HSE in the past. The problem then was a lack of sanctions that could be put in place. What penalties or punitive action can be taken in the event of non-compliance? Dr. Lynch might not have a response but I just ask that the issue would be given due consideration....

Public Accounts Committee: Report of the Accounts of the Public Services 2015
Chapter 11 - Guardian Ad Litem Service (19 Jan 2017)

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Public Accounts Committee: Report of the Accounts of the Public Services 2015
Chapter 11 - Guardian Ad Litem Service (19 Jan 2017)

David Cullinane: I do not disagree with any of the questions the Chairman has put but I am trying to figure out if we are now straying into policy areas.

Public Accounts Committee: Report of the Accounts of the Public Services 2015
Chapter 11 - Guardian Ad Litem Service (19 Jan 2017)

David Cullinane: Like the Chairman, I have asked for further information so I will clarify what I am seeking. I can seek the breakdown in the Comptroller and Auditor General's report on the solicitor and counsel fees. Could we have the same for the professional fees paid to guardians? Could we write to the Health Service Executive or whatever body was responsible for payment in previous years? The...

Public Accounts Committee: Report of the Accounts of the Public Services 2015
Chapter 11 - Guardian Ad Litem Service (19 Jan 2017)

David Cullinane: That would be useful. I have a final point, which relates to one of the bittersweet exchanges we have had today. There was an appalling lack of checks, balances and controls in place for far too long so it is good we have shone a spotlight on that. There will be opportunities with the new legislation and I welcome much of what has been said. I would like clarification on one issue. I...

Public Accounts Committee: Report of the Accounts of the Public Services 2015
Chapter 11 - Guardian Ad Litem Service (19 Jan 2017)

David Cullinane: Why would it be difficult?

Public Accounts Committee: Report of the Accounts of the Public Services 2015
Chapter 11 - Guardian Ad Litem Service (19 Jan 2017)

David Cullinane: It is a policy matter, I suppose, but I do not really see the problem.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: European Court of Justice Rulings (19 Jan 2017)

David Cullinane: 49. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if her attention has been drawn to a Court of Justice of the European Union judgment (details supplied) and the fact that the judgment states the competent national authorities to whom access to retained data has been granted must notify the persons concerned of that fact; the procedures that have been put in place by her Department to notify...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Office of Government Procurement (19 Jan 2017)

David Cullinane: 103. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the person or body the Educational Procurement Service, EPS, is accountable to; if the EPS is accountable to him, the details of the systems, practices and procedures in place to facilitate the accountability of the EPS; the processes and procedures that are in place for him and his Department to review the decisions of the EPS; and if he will...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Local Government Management Agency (19 Jan 2017)

David Cullinane: 112. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the person or body to which the Local Government Management Agency, LGMA, is accountable; if the LGMA is accountable to the Minister, the details of the systems, practices and procedures in place to facilitate the accountability of the LGMA; the processes and procedures that are in place for the Minister and his...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Library Services Provision (19 Jan 2017)

David Cullinane: 131. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government to set out the points-based criteria on awarding the national tender for public libraries and academic libraries respectively; if the awardees of the contracts benefitted from using an e-invoicing software not yet available here; if the attention of his Department was drawn to the fact, at any stage, that this...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (19 Jan 2017)

David Cullinane: 187. To ask the Minister for Health the procurement process that will be put in place for the mobile catheterisation laboratory for University Hospital Waterford, as announced by the Minister of State with responsibility for training, skills and innovation on 13 January 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2222/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (19 Jan 2017)

David Cullinane: 188. To ask the Minister for Health the funds that have been allocated to the procurement of a mobile catheterisation laboratory for University Hospital Waterford, as announced by the Minister of State with responsibility for training, skills and innovation on 13 January 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2223/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (19 Jan 2017)

David Cullinane: 189. To ask the Minister for Health the number of mobile catheterisation laboratories in use by the HSE; his plans to allocate one of the already procured mobile catheterisation laboratories for use at University Hospital Waterford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2224/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (19 Jan 2017)

David Cullinane: 190. To ask the Minister for Health if, with regard to the 130 longest waiting catheterisation laboratory patients at University Hospital Waterford who have been sent for tests to the private Bon Secours Hospital in Cork and Cork University Hospital, as reported in a newspaper (details supplied) on 11 January 2017, he will confirm whether these patients will be treated at the private Bon...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (19 Jan 2017)

David Cullinane: 191. To ask the Minister for Health if, with regard to the 337 patients on the waiting list for the catheterisation laboratory at University Hospital Waterford who are scheduled for angiography procedures in Cork between now and June 2017, as reported in a newspaper (details supplied) on 11 January 2017, he will confirm whether these patients will be sent to Cork between now and June 2017 or...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (19 Jan 2017)

David Cullinane: 193. To ask the Minister for Health if, with regard to the mobile catheterisation laboratory for University Hospital Waterford, as announced by the Minister of State with responsibility for training, skills and innovation on 13 January 2017, it will be an articulated truck, as suggested by a person (details supplied) on 13 January 2017, it will be a prefab unit or it will be housed in a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (19 Jan 2017)

David Cullinane: 192. To ask the Minister for Health the number of partial residency spaces for persons with a disability available in County Waterford; the number of persons on the waiting list for a partial residency space in County Waterford; the average waiting time for a partial residency space in County Waterford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2227/17]