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- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Vote 33 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media
2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 4: Re-allocation of Voted Funding (22 Jun 2023) John Brady: Yes, that has to be welcomed but the outstanding issues need to be resolved. Concerns were expressed in relation to pension payments for those who were identified. Has the issue regarding pension payments been resolved?
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Vote 33 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media
2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 4: Re-allocation of Voted Funding (22 Jun 2023) John Brady: I have already referenced a letter from some of those workers to the Minister, Deputy Catherine Martin, outlining their concerns about the pressure they felt they were under to accept the financial compensation deal that was put to them. Payments were offered in the range of €5,000 to €17,500, depending on the length of service. Workers felt that they were under pressure to...
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Vote 33 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media
2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 4: Re-allocation of Voted Funding (22 Jun 2023) John Brady: She just restated the independence of RTÉ but there was no engagement with the board of RTÉ. Is that correct?
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Vote 33 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media
2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 4: Re-allocation of Voted Funding (22 Jun 2023) John Brady: Has the Department had any engagement with freelancers or contractors within RTÉ who feel they were misclassified as contractors prior to the Revenue and Department of Social Protection audits commencing? Has there been any direct communication between the Department and any of those people?
- Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Challenges Facing Refugee and Migrant Children in Ireland: Discussion (27 Jun 2023)
John Brady: I welcome all our witnesses. I wish to home in specifically on primary education and some of the challenges there. I will pick up on a point that Ms Duggan made in her opening statement. Over the past 12 months, there has been a significant and unprecedented increase in numbers presenting to or being referred to the service. Ms Murphy mentioned a figure in terms of unaccompanied minors...
- Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Challenges Facing Refugee and Migrant Children in Ireland: Discussion (27 Jun 2023)
John Brady: Absolutely. The point was well made when Ms Murphy spoke about the capacity and resource issues that were there prior to this huge increase in unaccompanied minors who have been presenting. I wish to home in on primary schools. I spoke to a number of teachers over the past number of days to see what challenges they experience in dealing with traumatic experiences. Children are coming...
- Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Challenges Facing Refugee and Migrant Children in Ireland: Discussion (27 Jun 2023)
John Brady: I will ask about SUSI grants, particularly for individuals with stamp 4 status who are being denied these grants because, essentially, there is a ban on them. A number of people have been in touch with me on this matter. One instance concerned a 19-year-old woman who was accepted into the first year of an international business course in Dublin City University, DCU. As she was on stamp 3,...
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (27 Jun 2023)
John Brady: 302. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on the status of a transport application for a pupil (details supplied); when a decision will be made on the application; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30890/23]
- Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Car Test (28 Jun 2023)
John Brady: 35. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport how many people are currently waiting on NCT appointments in NCT centres (details supplied); the average waiting times for same once an online booking has been made; and to provide the information in tabular form. [31424/23]
- Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Car Test (28 Jun 2023)
John Brady: 36. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the current timeframes for an NCT appointment date in each testing centre nationwide; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31425/23]
- Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Car Test (28 Jun 2023)
John Brady: 37. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to outline what measures his Department is undertaking to address the lengthy delays motorists are having in obtaining appointments for NCTs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31426/23]
- Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (28 Jun 2023)
John Brady: 38. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of people who are currently awaiting an appointment date to sit their driving test, broken down by test centre, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31427/23]
- Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (28 Jun 2023)
John Brady: 97. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to provide a breakdown of the number of supplementary welfare allowance applications received for 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023 for an area (details supplied), broken down by the number of applications received and how many applications were awarded and were unsuccessful; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (28 Jun 2023)
John Brady: 98. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to provide a breakdown of the number of exceptional needs payment applications received in 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023 for an area (details supplied), broken down by the number of applications received and how many applications were awarded and were unsuccessful; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31420/23]
- Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (28 Jun 2023)
John Brady: 99. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the current timeframes on processing exceptional needs payment applications, broken down by county, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31421/23]
- Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (28 Jun 2023)
John Brady: 100. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the current timeframes on processing new claims for jobseeker’s allowance applications, broken down by county, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31422/23]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (28 Jun 2023)
John Brady: 143. To ask the Minister for Health to provide information on the palliative care service in Wicklow; the hours that this service is available; if there are plans to increase the arrangements to 24 hours a day, 7 days per week; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31415/23]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (28 Jun 2023)
John Brady: 144. To ask the Minister for Health the number of palliative care teams and staff members in CHO6 and CHO7 Wicklow at present; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31416/23]
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation and Expenditure of Public Moneys by RTÉ: Discussion (29 Jun 2023)
John Brady: In the opening statement of the Chair of the RTÉ board, Ms Ní Raghallaigh stated it appeared to her that this was an act designed to deceive. That is the core point. Is that view shared by the entire board?
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation and Expenditure of Public Moneys by RTÉ: Discussion (29 Jun 2023)
John Brady: Is that view shared by the executive?