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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: The Windsor Framework and Related Matters: Discussion (2 Oct 2024)
Marian Harkin: I thank the witnesses for their commitment and work to date. It has been very much part of what is happening and the whole framework. I thank them for their ongoing assistance, for example, to us with today's meeting. Deputy Howlin spoke of the sense of dread when the word "Brexit" was mentioned. I remember as a Member of the European Parliament watching it being played out there and...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: The Windsor Framework and Related Matters: Discussion (2 Oct 2024)
Marian Harkin: Exports from here.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: The Windsor Framework and Related Matters: Discussion (2 Oct 2024)
Marian Harkin: Can I ask one brief question? Ms Lynch said very clearly that we need a new agreement. Within the context of the Windsor Framework, is that possible?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: The Windsor Framework and Related Matters: Discussion (2 Oct 2024)
Marian Harkin: Yes, I understand. I should have said that. Is that possible? How would that work?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: The Windsor Framework and Related Matters: Discussion (2 Oct 2024)
Marian Harkin: Would it have no impact?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: The Windsor Framework and Related Matters: Discussion (2 Oct 2024)
Marian Harkin: It would, of course. However, will the Windsor Framework not create any barriers or challenges to that?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: The Windsor Framework and Related Matters: Discussion (2 Oct 2024)
Marian Harkin: There is a connection but not really. It is just that there is a grace period.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: The Windsor Framework and Related Matters: Discussion (2 Oct 2024)
Marian Harkin: I thank the witnesses.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Staffing Levels in HSE: Discussion (2 Oct 2024)
Róisín Shortall: Good morning everyone. A lot of what Ms Ní Sheaghdha has said seems to be black and white, and it should be straightforward, where decisions were made and undertakings were given. With regard to the judgment or ruling from the WRC in May, what exactly did it say with regard to recalibrating the numbers, and did it instruct that this should be done within a certain timeline?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Staffing Levels in HSE: Discussion (2 Oct 2024)
Róisín Shortall: Was there an acceptance from the HSE that those figures were right? It was not denying the fact that it used the wrong figures.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Staffing Levels in HSE: Discussion (2 Oct 2024)
Róisín Shortall: Okay, so it accepts that there is a need for recalibration.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Staffing Levels in HSE: Discussion (2 Oct 2024)
Róisín Shortall: Does Ms Ní Sheaghdha know what happened the €150 million?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Staffing Levels in HSE: Discussion (2 Oct 2024)
Róisín Shortall: Was that an allocation made by the Department?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Staffing Levels in HSE: Discussion (2 Oct 2024)
Róisín Shortall: Okay, and that has not been implemented. That is another interesting question for us to-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Staffing Levels in HSE: Discussion (2 Oct 2024)
Róisín Shortall: Yes, okay. With regard to the safe staffing framework, what are the implementation arrangements for that?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Staffing Levels in HSE: Discussion (2 Oct 2024)
Róisín Shortall: I am sorry. Is there an oversight mechanism for that implementation?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Staffing Levels in HSE: Discussion (2 Oct 2024)
Róisín Shortall: In the context of the figures relating to the unfilled posts required under the safe staffing framework, is there a schedule of unfilled posts across various services?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Staffing Levels in HSE: Discussion (2 Oct 2024)
Róisín Shortall: Okay.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Staffing Levels in HSE: Discussion (2 Oct 2024)
Róisín Shortall: So much for a move to the community.