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Michael McGrath
THERE were a total of 2,177 applications in Cork / Kerry under the Fair Deal nursing home support scheme up to the end of June 2010, according to information released by the HSE to Cork South Central TD Michael McGrath.
Deputy McGrath was also informed of the HSE’s estimate that in excess of 1,608, or 74 per cent, of the Cork / Kerry applications have been finalised to date. €40 million has been committed by the HSE in respect of new applicants under the scheme for Cork / Kerry.
Michael McGrath
MICHAEL McGrath, Fianna Fáil T.D. for Cork South Central and Vice Chairperson of the Oireachtas Finance Committee, has today repeated a call he made last April for the analysis of the different options for the future of Anglo Irish Bank to be published.
According to Deputy McGrath, “In the interests of public accountability, the analysis of the different options considered for the future of Anglo Irish Bank should be now made available by the bank for public and expert scrutiny. In recent days, the Bank’s Chairperson, Mr. Alan Dukes, has said that a detailed analysis of the different options for Anglo has been completed and the Bank favours a split into a good bank / bad bank.”
Michael McGrath
FRAUD control activity carried out by the Department of Social Protection (Southern Region) in 2009 resulted in 29,642 claims being reviewed and savings of €14.45 million being achieved, according to Cork South Central TD Michael McGrath.
The Southern Region covers Cork, Kerry and Limerick. Reviews undertaken and savings arising from activity in the Department’s Headquarters are not included. The Department does not record this data by County.
“The Department’s Southern Region has confirmed to me that 29,642 individual reviews were carried out in 2009, resulting in almost €14.5 million of savings. The majority of the reviews related to jobseeker’s allowance / benefit with 23,626 cases reviewed.
Michael McGrath
FIGURES released by the HSE to Cork South Central TD Michael McGrath show that there are currently 2,276 children in Cork City and County waiting for orthodontic treatment. In addition, there are a further 3,309 children waiting to be assessed for eligibility for HSE orthodontic treatment.
“The HSE has confirmed to me that a total of 5,585 children are currently on orthodontic waiting lists in Cork City and County. This effectively means that a child joining the waiting list today is likely to be waiting many years for treatment. At present, the reality is there is no light at the end of the tunnel for many children on the public orthodontic waiting list.
CORK South Central TD Michael McGrath has been informed in writing by the Chief Executive of the NRA that the authority expects to have sufficient funding in 2011 to proceed with the construction of the Bandon road and Sarsfield road flyovers as planned.
Deputy McGrath wrote to the NRA’s Chief Executive Fred Barry last month following media reports that the two flyovers were at risk due to funding constraints.
