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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Workforce Planning in Acute and Community Care Settings: Discussion (21 Oct 2020)

Neasa Hourigan: I thank Ms Ní Sheaghdha. Advanced nurse practitioners in a community setting, particularly in the context of long-term chronic illness, have excellent outcomes and are important. I will return to some of the discussions regarding consultant contracts, if I have enough time. One of the earlier speakers referred to the type B, public-only contracts. I was glad to hear that because I...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Workforce Planning in Acute and Community Care Settings: Discussion (21 Oct 2020)

Neasa Hourigan: What would the salary scale be now?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Workforce Planning in Acute and Community Care Settings: Discussion (21 Oct 2020)

Neasa Hourigan: Is it €210,000?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Workforce Planning in Acute and Community Care Settings: Discussion (21 Oct 2020)

Neasa Hourigan: I missed that number, I am sorry. Is it a salary somewhere in the region of €190,000?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Workforce Planning in Acute and Community Care Settings: Discussion (21 Oct 2020)

Neasa Hourigan: With respect, is Dr. Sadlier saying that the public-only contracts will not be acceptable?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Workforce Planning in Acute and Community Care Settings: Discussion (21 Oct 2020)

Neasa Hourigan: I am using the future tense because we are trying to implement the Sláintecare process, so I am trying to understand what this disconnect means for that process because the future of healthcare in Ireland is in the public system.

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 11 - Office of Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform
Vote 12 – Superannuation and Retired Allowances
Chapter 3 - Vote Accounting and Budget Management
Chapter 4 - Accounting for Capital Assets
Chapter 5 - Accounting for Allied Services (22 Oct 2020)

Neasa Hourigan: Chapter 4 of the 2018 annual report of the Comptroller and Auditor General, in respect of accounting for capital assets, stated that the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform accepts different valuation methodologies by different Departments in respect of capital assets. That includes when and how often to conduct valuations, how to value those assets in the context of methodology and...

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 11 - Office of Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform
Vote 12 – Superannuation and Retired Allowances
Chapter 3 - Vote Accounting and Budget Management
Chapter 4 - Accounting for Capital Assets
Chapter 5 - Accounting for Allied Services (22 Oct 2020)

Neasa Hourigan: Is Mr. Watt happy that the Department's advice and the move to regularise valuation is being implemented by various Government bodies and Departments? NAMA appeared before this committee a couple of weeks ago and there were issues with valuation not being done in the right way. Is Mr. Watt happy that this is being implemented and that there are sufficient skills in Departments to implement...

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 11 - Office of Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform
Vote 12 – Superannuation and Retired Allowances
Chapter 3 - Vote Accounting and Budget Management
Chapter 4 - Accounting for Capital Assets
Chapter 5 - Accounting for Allied Services (22 Oct 2020)

Neasa Hourigan: I want to get one question in.

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 11 - Office of Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform
Vote 12 – Superannuation and Retired Allowances
Chapter 3 - Vote Accounting and Budget Management
Chapter 4 - Accounting for Capital Assets
Chapter 5 - Accounting for Allied Services (22 Oct 2020)

Neasa Hourigan: I want to get one more question in but I agree with Mr. Watt that it is a fairly substantial change and worth doing. As a new Deputy, I am trying to get a handle on the relationship between the Estimates and the accounts and how that works within the Dáil and within Departments. It has been raised in a number of reports I have read in the past few months and highlighted by the OECD...

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 11 - Office of Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform
Vote 12 – Superannuation and Retired Allowances
Chapter 3 - Vote Accounting and Budget Management
Chapter 4 - Accounting for Capital Assets
Chapter 5 - Accounting for Allied Services (22 Oct 2020)

Neasa Hourigan: What should be the role of sectoral committees? At the moment, they merely note Estimates.

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 11 - Office of Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform
Vote 12 – Superannuation and Retired Allowances
Chapter 3 - Vote Accounting and Budget Management
Chapter 4 - Accounting for Capital Assets
Chapter 5 - Accounting for Allied Services (22 Oct 2020)

Neasa Hourigan: The parliamentary standard in other EU states is that sectoral committees have a more engaged role in examining Estimates and then returning afterwards to look at accounts. That does not seem to happen in the Irish context.

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Covid-19 Pandemic (3 Nov 2020)

Neasa Hourigan: 180. To ask the Taoiseach his plans to produce accessible formats of the Resilience and Recovery 2020-2021: Plan for Living with Covid-19 available in braille, large print and audio. [33643/20]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Cycling Policy (3 Nov 2020)

Neasa Hourigan: 312. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to provide grants and-or supports in line with the cycle to work scheme to those in receipt of the old age pension that wish to purchase a bicycle and or bicycle equipment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32566/20]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Closed-Circuit Television Systems (3 Nov 2020)

Neasa Hourigan: 313. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to introduce cameras to address motorists illegally parking and to support enforcement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32577/20]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Closed-Circuit Television Systems (3 Nov 2020)

Neasa Hourigan: 314. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to introduce cameras to address motorists illegally using the bus lane and to support enforcement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32578/20]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Cycle to Work Scheme (3 Nov 2020)

Neasa Hourigan: 409. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to roll out the bike to work scheme to those in receipt of the old age pension in view of the recent tightening of Covid-19 restrictions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32565/20]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pay (3 Nov 2020)

Neasa Hourigan: 471. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reason employees of public bodies and those in the public sector do not qualify as e-workers for payments of up to €3.20 per day for expenditure incurred in the performance of the duties of their employment from home; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33182/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (3 Nov 2020)

Neasa Hourigan: 758. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if fetal alcohol spectrum disorder has been adopted as a recognised learning difficulty; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32920/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (3 Nov 2020)

Neasa Hourigan: 1113. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to ensure blind and vision impaired persons have access to Covid-19 health information in their preferred format, including braille, large print and audio; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33642/20]