Results 901-920 of 7,447 for speaker:John Brady
- Select Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 37 - Social Protection (Revised) (18 May 2017) John Brady: I am not quite sure whether JobPath comes in here or elsewhere. Reading through the Revised Estimates, it is very unclear. There are only two or three references to JobPath. Any time I ask questions, I am told it is a commercially-sensitive matter and the Department cannot give out figures or statistics or any information on the contracts that are in place with Turas Nua or Seetec. I will...
- Select Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 37 - Social Protection (Revised) (18 May 2017) John Brady: The figures are there, with an increase of 158% on last year, but the ambiguity starts coming in any time questions are asked as to the payments to Turas Nua or Seetec. There is no clarity. For the Minister to compare community employment to Turas Nua and Seetec because it is established on a private company basis is disingenuous. Turas Nua and Seetec are for profit. They are profit...
- Select Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 37 - Social Protection (Revised) (18 May 2017) John Brady: It appears there are bigger issues here, that the State has written off €345 million.
- Select Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 37 - Social Protection (Revised) (18 May 2017) John Brady: What is the point of carrying out the review if we are not going to act on its findings, negative or otherwise?
- Select Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 37 - Social Protection (Revised) (18 May 2017) John Brady: Very briefly.
- Select Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 37 - Social Protection (Revised) (18 May 2017) John Brady: The quarterly report that came out in January to which the Minister referred relates back to 2015.
- Select Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 37 - Social Protection (Revised) (18 May 2017) John Brady: Did the Minister not speak about a quarterly report? Maybe I misheard him. That dates back to 2015. There has been nothing since, so when do these quarterly reports come out? We are looking back to issues dating back to 2015. What monitoring is in place by the Department regarding the type of employment, how the two companies are operating and what type of monitoring is in place?
- Select Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 37 - Social Protection (Revised) (18 May 2017) John Brady: People will have been signed up at different points in that year.
- Select Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 37 - Social Protection (Revised) (18 May 2017) John Brady: What type of monitoring is in place for Turas Nua and Seetec?
- Select Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 37 - Social Protection (Revised) (18 May 2017) John Brady: I have dealt with JobPath. The allocation for Gateway is down 65%. We know the purpose of Gateway and I questioned the Minister on this previously. The Minister said he was hoping to bring forward a replacement or an alternative scheme for local authorities. My preferred choice would be to have staff working directly for councils within councils. There has been no information on that...
- Select Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 37 - Social Protection (Revised) (18 May 2017) John Brady: I will try to be quick. Processing times for domiciliary care allowance payments are notable with only 2% of claims being awarded within six weeks. The current waiting time is 15 weeks for that allowance. What is the Minister doing to address that? I note the Minister's comment earlier that he hopes to increase the back to school clothing and footwear allowance by 25% this year. He...
- Select Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 37 - Social Protection (Revised) (18 May 2017) John Brady: Michael Taft put it very well. He said it was like gardaí estimating how many murders there would be every year if there was no police force. That is what is happening here. These are not real figures. It is notional money and a campaign which is aimed at propping up the Minister. I made that point earlier.
- Select Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 37 - Social Protection (Revised) (18 May 2017) John Brady: The Minister quoted Aristotle to support the rationale for launching the campaign. When he talks about people with beards and wearing make-up, it is nonsense.
- Select Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 37 - Social Protection (Revised) (18 May 2017) John Brady: The Minister mentioned the figure of €506 million. I concur with everything the Chairman said. The figures do not stack up. As the Chairman said, it is not transparent. The Minister said the same formula is used by other countries but I disagree. In 2014, two fraud and error surveys were commenced and the savings generated were much higher than in 2015 when three surveys were...
- Select Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 37 - Social Protection (Revised) (18 May 2017) John Brady: Peace has broken out here.
- Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Proposed Legislation (23 May 2017)
John Brady: 107. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her Department's rationale for not advancing the facilitation of the Coroners Bill 2015; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24039/17]
- Written Answers — Department of Finance: VAT Rebates (23 May 2017)
John Brady: 163. To ask the Minister for Finance if plans will be implemented to allow VAT to be claimed back on the purchase of public access defibrillators; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24042/17]
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (23 May 2017)
John Brady: 203. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the expected timeframe for a permanent school building for a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24040/17]
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Site Acquisitions (23 May 2017)
John Brady: 249. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding locating a suitable site to progress the development of a new school (details supplied) in County Wicklow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24529/17]
- Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: JobPath Implementation (23 May 2017)
John Brady: 336. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if JobPath providers (details supplied) hired 10% of their staff from the live register; if not, the percentage of staff that were hired from the live register, as committed to in a social clause in the contract between the providers and his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24480/17]