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Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects (17 Jun 2025)

John Brady: 220. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he intends on progressing the N11/M11 upgrade, as provided for in the National Development Plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32211/25]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: An Garda Síochána (17 Jun 2025)

John Brady: 316. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide a timeline for when works to Garda stations (details supplied) will be completed by the Office of Public Works; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31996/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals (17 Jun 2025)

John Brady: 559. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an appeal by a person (details supplied) which was submitted to the Social Welfare Appeals Office in September 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32235/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Closed-Circuit Television Systems (17 Jun 2025)

John Brady: 615. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he has plans for works to be carried out to upgrade CCTV cameras in a location (details supplied); if so, when these works will commence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32194/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (17 Jun 2025)

John Brady: 705. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she will provide a timeline for the roll out of an adult disability service in Wicklow Town; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32190/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (17 Jun 2025)

John Brady: 773. To ask the Minister for Health if she will make the drug givinostat available to all who are diagnosed with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy; if so, whether she will provide a timeline for the rollout of this drug; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31934/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (17 Jun 2025)

John Brady: 765. To ask the Minister for Health if she plans to develop an oral immunotherapy service for those with severe allergies; and if so, the timeline for this rollout; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31910/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (19 Jun 2025)

John Brady: 398. To ask the Minister for Health to provide a breakdown of the amount of funding allocated by the HSE for respite beds in a hospital (details supplied) for the years 2020 to 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33298/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (19 Jun 2025)

John Brady: 399. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the number of respite beds in a hospital (details supplied) has decreased in recent years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33299/25]

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (19 Jun 2025)

John Brady: I welcome the members to the committee. I wish to remind all of those in attendance to ensure that their mobile phones are on silent mode or switched off. Before we proceed, I have a few housekeeping matters to go through. I remind members of the constitutional requirement that in order to participate in public meetings they must be physically present within the confines of the Leinster...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (19 Jun 2025)

John Brady: Are those accounts agreed? Agreed. Do we agree to note the listing of accounts and financial statements? Agreed. The listing of accounts and financial statements will be published as part of our minutes. Correspondence between 5 June and 12 June was issued to members in advance. We had some discussion on category B items at our private session. I am not sure whether members want to...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (19 Jun 2025)

John Brady: Is that agreed? Agreed. We will consider category C items. No. R0136 is correspondence from the Peter McVerry Trust, which was due to be called in for today's meeting. A number of members have flagged this. I call Deputy Connolly and then Deputy McAuliffe.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (19 Jun 2025)

John Brady: Absolutely.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (19 Jun 2025)

John Brady: I fully agree with members. There is a real level of dissatisfaction and anger among members, myself included. There have been attempts over the past year to get representatives of the Peter McVerry Trust to appear before the Oireachtas joint committee on housing. Different arguments had been given as to why they could not or would not appear before the committee. We have the ultimate...

Public Accounts Committee: 2023 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage
Report on the Accounts of the Public Services 2023
Chapter 2 - Central Government Funding of Local Authorities
Chapter 11 - Exceptional State Funding of the Peter McVerry Trust
Chapter 12 - Local Infrastructure Housing Activation Fund
Local Government Fund - Account 2023 (19 Jun 2025)

John Brady: This morning we will engage with the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage to discuss its appropriation accounts for 2023. We welcome the following officials from the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Mr. Graham Doyle, Secretary General; Mr. Fintan Towey, assistant secretary of the water division; Ms Caroline Timmons, assistant secretary of the housing...

Public Accounts Committee: 2023 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage
Report on the Accounts of the Public Services 2023
Chapter 2 - Central Government Funding of Local Authorities
Chapter 11 - Exceptional State Funding of the Peter McVerry Trust
Chapter 12 - Local Infrastructure Housing Activation Fund
Local Government Fund - Account 2023 (19 Jun 2025)

John Brady: I thank Mr. McCarthy. We will now move to the opening statements of our other witnesses as set out in the letter of invitation. They will have five minutes. I ask Mr. Graham Doyle to make his opening statement on behalf of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage.

Public Accounts Committee: 2023 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage
Report on the Accounts of the Public Services 2023
Chapter 2 - Central Government Funding of Local Authorities
Chapter 11 - Exceptional State Funding of the Peter McVerry Trust
Chapter 12 - Local Infrastructure Housing Activation Fund
Local Government Fund - Account 2023 (19 Jun 2025)

John Brady: I thank Mr. Doyle. I will now open the floor to members. The lead speaker today is Deputy McAuliffe, who will have 15 minutes for questions and answers. All other members will have ten minutes. We will take a ten- to 15-minute break at around 12 noon and will then resume the session. I will allow members back in for a second round of questions if time permits later. I open the floor to...

Public Accounts Committee: 2023 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage
Report on the Accounts of the Public Services 2023
Chapter 2 - Central Government Funding of Local Authorities
Chapter 11 - Exceptional State Funding of the Peter McVerry Trust
Chapter 12 - Local Infrastructure Housing Activation Fund
Local Government Fund - Account 2023 (19 Jun 2025)

John Brady: I thank Deputy McAuliffe. The C and AG wants to make a brief comment.

Public Accounts Committee: 2023 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage
Report on the Accounts of the Public Services 2023
Chapter 2 - Central Government Funding of Local Authorities
Chapter 11 - Exceptional State Funding of the Peter McVerry Trust
Chapter 12 - Local Infrastructure Housing Activation Fund
Local Government Fund - Account 2023 (19 Jun 2025)

John Brady: Thanks Mr. Doyle. Deputy Séamus McGrath is our next speaker.