Results 61-80 of 7,729 for speaker:Imelda Munster
- Public Accounts Committee: 2022 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 40 - Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (18 Apr 2024) Imelda Munster: Thank you. Regarding IPAS costs, Mr. McCarthy said there was a standard price range and there is a daily rate per adult and per child. Is there a difference in cost between private emergency accommodation and State-run IPAS centres?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2022 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 40 - Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (18 Apr 2024) Imelda Munster: I ask about the cost. Would State-run centres be cheaper than private accommodation?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2022 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 40 - Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (18 Apr 2024) Imelda Munster: Can Mr. McCarthy give me a example of a well-run State-run centre?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2022 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 40 - Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (18 Apr 2024) Imelda Munster: Surely Mr. McCarthy would know whether or not private accommodation is more expensive than State-run at this stage, two years on.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2022 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 40 - Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (18 Apr 2024) Imelda Munster: We can take from that that it is cheaper to have State-run than private accommodation.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2022 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 40 - Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (18 Apr 2024) Imelda Munster: So commercial is more expensive, is that what Mr. McCarthy is saying?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2022 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 40 - Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (18 Apr 2024) Imelda Munster: That goes without saying. That is pretty obvious, and particularly over a long period of time. The fact is that it was not done. I know it was emergency-----
- Public Accounts Committee: 2022 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 40 - Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (18 Apr 2024) Imelda Munster: Can Mr. McCarthy provide figures for the costs? Can he give an example of a comparison between a public State-run centre and a private one?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2022 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 40 - Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (18 Apr 2024) Imelda Munster: Can Mr. McCarthy have that for the break please?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2022 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 40 - Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (18 Apr 2024) Imelda Munster: The private-run centres are not subject to independent inspection, are they? Am I wrong in saying that?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2022 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 40 - Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (18 Apr 2024) Imelda Munster: How about hotels, for example?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2022 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 40 - Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (18 Apr 2024) Imelda Munster: Am I right in saying there are 225 emergency IPAS centres?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2022 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 40 - Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (18 Apr 2024) Imelda Munster: That would include more than 4,500 children.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2022 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 40 - Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (18 Apr 2024) Imelda Munster: There were only 30 inspections carried out by the Department in 2023 and none so far this year. Am I right in saying that?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2022 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 40 - Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (18 Apr 2024) Imelda Munster: A couple of minutes ago before I gave him those stats Mr. McCarthy said that the Department carries out inspections. However, he did not say they carry out the most minimal inspections - 30.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2022 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 40 - Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (18 Apr 2024) Imelda Munster: I have the figure of 30 inspections. I will double check Mr. McCarthy's figure, but even at that-----
- Public Accounts Committee: 2022 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 40 - Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (18 Apr 2024) Imelda Munster: Even at that, 105 is less than 50%, despite the fact that more than 4,500 children are being accommodated.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2022 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 40 - Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (18 Apr 2024) Imelda Munster: Yes, but that is not the same as inspections.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2022 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 40 - Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (18 Apr 2024) Imelda Munster: With regard to the same standards not applying to emergency accommodation, we have heard reports that some of these centres are staffed entirely by security staff. Is that true?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2022 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 40 - Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (18 Apr 2024) Imelda Munster: As Secretary General, Mr. McCarthy is not aware of any centre being run by a team of security staff. Is that correct?