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- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage
Local Government Fund Account 2021
2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 6: Central Government Funding of Local Authorities (1 Jun 2023) John Brady: It was stated at the Chief Fire Officers Association conference last year or the year before that the retained service is simply no longer fit for purpose. Is that a view shared by the Department?
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage
Local Government Fund Account 2021
2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 6: Central Government Funding of Local Authorities (1 Jun 2023) John Brady: The report Mr. Doyle referred to, which I think was published in December, makes 13 key recommendations. I am not sure whether Mr. Doyle is aware of the recommendations.
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage
Local Government Fund Account 2021
2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 6: Central Government Funding of Local Authorities (1 Jun 2023) John Brady: All have been accepted. Okay. Mr. Doyle will be aware that the breakdown in negotiations between the Local Government Management Agency, LGMA, and representatives of the retained fire services a couple of weeks ago was because of a failure to move forward on some of these recommendations around remuneration. Am I correct in saying that?
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage
Local Government Fund Account 2021
2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 6: Central Government Funding of Local Authorities (1 Jun 2023) John Brady: I believe agreement was reached in principle, and on foot of that, the LGMA put a proposal to the Department of Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform. That is where the problem arose. That Department essentially refused to provide funding to implement what the LGMA proposed and what came out of the negotiations.
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage
Local Government Fund Account 2021
2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 6: Central Government Funding of Local Authorities (1 Jun 2023) John Brady: As it stands, negotiations have broken down. Firefighters will initiate industrial action stemming from a vote they took last year when more than 90% of them said "enough is enough". That stemmed from the results of a previous survey of firefighters that stated 60% of them do not see a future because of the work-life balance and all the other issues. As we currently sit here, negotiations...
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage
Local Government Fund Account 2021
2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 6: Central Government Funding of Local Authorities (1 Jun 2023) John Brady: Is Mr. Doyle aware of the proposal for funding that went to the Department of Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform?
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage
Local Government Fund Account 2021
2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 6: Central Government Funding of Local Authorities (1 Jun 2023) John Brady: It would be useful if we could get some of the specifics. Essentially a figure has been put on bringing the retained fire services into the 21st century. Ultimately, that is what needs to happen. It would be useful if Mr. Doyle could get the proposal that was brought to the Department of Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform, including the cost of the...
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage
Local Government Fund Account 2021
2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 6: Central Government Funding of Local Authorities (1 Jun 2023) John Brady: Unfortunately-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage
Local Government Fund Account 2021
2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 6: Central Government Funding of Local Authorities (1 Jun 2023) John Brady: Unfortunately, the issue of the retained fire service has not been given priority by the Government. In my constituency of Wicklow in 2005, the station officer, Mr. Brian Murray, led a walkout of the fire station in Bray citing huge issues within the service. He said that someone would die because of the major issues there and a year later, himself and his colleague, Mr. Mark O'Shaughnessy,...
- Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (23 May 2023)
John Brady: 153. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to provide an update on the status of a passport application (details supplied) as the applicant’s travel date is imminent and all requested supporting documentation has been submitted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24836/23]
- Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Rights of the Child (30 May 2023)
John Brady: 53. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will respond to the fact that the Office of the Ombudsman for Children has stated that Ireland is falling behind on children’s rights; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26082/23]
- Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Youth Services (30 May 2023)
John Brady: 94. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the measures that his Department is planning to take to address the extent of social and economic challenges facing young people today; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26086/23]
- Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (30 May 2023)
John Brady: 115. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide an update on the status of a passport application (details supplied), as the applicant's travel date is imminent and all requested supporting documentation has been submitted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25714/23]
- Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (30 May 2023)
John Brady: 116. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide an update on the status of a passport application (details supplied), as the applicant's travel date is imminent and all requested supporting documentation has been submitted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25715/23]
- Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (30 May 2023)
John Brady: 124. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of a passport application (details supplied) as the applicant's travel date is imminent; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26223/23]
- Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (30 May 2023)
John Brady: 125. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of a passport application (details supplied) as the applicants travel date is imminent; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26224/23]
- Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (31 May 2023)
John Brady: 5. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide an update on the status of the passport application for a child (details supplied), as the applicant’s travel date is imminent and all requested supporting documentation has been submitted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26598/23]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (1 Jun 2023)
John Brady: 53. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a reply to the recent response to the report from the Ombudsman for Children’s Office on Child Mental Health titled ‘A Piece of My Mind’; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26081/23]
- Retained Fire Services: Motion [Private Members] (13 Jun 2023)
John Brady: I acknowledge the members of the retained fire service who have travelled here from throughout the State. I acknowledge this is the last place they want to be. I also acknowledge the many more hundreds who are on picket lines across the State and would like to be here. They do not want to be on picket lines and they do not want to be here. They want the Minister to do his job. I also...
- Retained Fire Services: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (13 Jun 2023)
John Brady: There is no trust.