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- Public Accounts Committee: An Bord Pleanála - Financial Statements 2021 (27 Apr 2023)
John Brady: Thirty-five cases were conceded and nine cases were lost. Obviously, lessons need to be learned. I accept that Ms Buckley said every point has to be won in a court of law. Have all of the costings for the nine cases that the board lost come in yet?
- Public Accounts Committee: An Bord Pleanála - Financial Statements 2021 (27 Apr 2023)
John Brady: Would Ms Buckley agree with me in regard to the colossal legal bill of €10 million, which was taxpayers’ money? From what Ms Buckley is saying, the vast majority of that was certainly not money well spent. The decision was taken to legally challenge many of these cases on unsound planning grounds. Whatever about external legal people, and whatever about the decision that was...
- Public Accounts Committee: An Bord Pleanála - Financial Statements 2021 (27 Apr 2023)
John Brady: May I make a brief point? Deputy Verona Murphy commented that these apartments could only be afforded by approved housing bodies and local authorities and that they would turn into the ghettos of the future. I hope she was not referring to current or approved developments by local authorities and housing bodies as "ghettos".
- Public Accounts Committee: An Bord Pleanála - Financial Statements 2021 (27 Apr 2023)
John Brady: We have many local authority estates in my constituency. Approved housing bodies-----
- Public Accounts Committee: An Bord Pleanála - Financial Statements 2021 (27 Apr 2023)
John Brady: Yes, we do.
- Public Accounts Committee: An Bord Pleanála - Financial Statements 2021 (27 Apr 2023)
John Brady: They are certainly not ghettos.
- Public Accounts Committee: An Bord Pleanála - Financial Statements 2021 (27 Apr 2023)
John Brady: I represent many people who live in those and they would take serious offence at being described as living in ghettos.
- Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes (27 Apr 2023)
John Brady: 303. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if there is an obligation on a participant of a CE scheme to continue to engage with Turas Nua whilst being on the scheme if they are working 19 hours per week; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20068/23]
- Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Emergency Accommodation (4 May 2023)
John Brady: 213. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide a list of the properties which his Department currently has lease arrangements for the provision of direct provision and other accommodation for those seeking asylum; if he will provide a corresponding list of the service providers in each of these properties; and if he will make a statement...
- Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Overseas Development Aid (3 May 2023)
John Brady: 39. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide details of any aid the Government gives to organisations in Uganda; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20556/23]
- Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs (3 May 2023)
John Brady: 120. To ask the Minister for Finance if consideration will be given to increasing the allowances for those who qualify for vehicle registration tax, VRT, and VAT relief for the purchase of a specially adapted vehicle under the disabled drivers and disabled passengers scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20701/23]
- Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: General Scheme of the Child Care (Amendment) Bill 2023: Discussion (9 May 2023)
John Brady: The proposed Bill is important legislation and represents a significant attempt to upgrade the existing Child Care Act 1991. I acknowledge that and welcome many aspects of it. I will pick up on a point made by Dr. McAuley in her opening statement. She stated: “Overall, however, the general scheme appears to us to be lacking in sufficient vision and ambition.” I ask her to...
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Financial Statements 2021: HSE
Special Report No. 114 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Emergency Procurement of Ventilators by the HSE
Vote 38 - Health (11 May 2023) John Brady: I welcome everyone to discuss what is a very important topic. Much of what we have discussed and will discuss, in hindsight will point out a lot of failures but it is important to portray the backdrop to what was happening. As Mr. Mulvany alluded to himself, everyone was looking at the images. There were horrific scenes in Italy where military trucks were carrying coffins and that was...
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Financial Statements 2021: HSE
Special Report No. 114 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Emergency Procurement of Ventilators by the HSE
Vote 38 - Health (11 May 2023) John Brady: Was it only in late March, as part of the surge capacity planning, that it was identified that 326 additional ventilators would be required?
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Financial Statements 2021: HSE
Special Report No. 114 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Emergency Procurement of Ventilators by the HSE
Vote 38 - Health (11 May 2023) John Brady: At that stage, arrangements had been made with 18 private hospitals to utilise them as part of the HSE's response. Is that correct?
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Financial Statements 2021: HSE
Special Report No. 114 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Emergency Procurement of Ventilators by the HSE
Vote 38 - Health (11 May 2023) John Brady: How many ventilators were available within those 18 private hospitals?
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Financial Statements 2021: HSE
Special Report No. 114 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Emergency Procurement of Ventilators by the HSE
Vote 38 - Health (11 May 2023) John Brady: Were they taken into consideration in the HSE's analysis?
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Financial Statements 2021: HSE
Special Report No. 114 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Emergency Procurement of Ventilators by the HSE
Vote 38 - Health (11 May 2023) John Brady: The HSE identified through the established supplier of ventilators that it was able to procure 581 ventilators.
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Financial Statements 2021: HSE
Special Report No. 114 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Emergency Procurement of Ventilators by the HSE
Vote 38 - Health (11 May 2023) John Brady: On 21 March, the Department sanctioned the purchase of 1,900 ventilators. Is that correct?
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Financial Statements 2021: HSE
Special Report No. 114 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Emergency Procurement of Ventilators by the HSE
Vote 38 - Health (11 May 2023) John Brady: Was a business case prepared by the HSE for the procurement of 1,900?