Results 241-260 of 7,025 for speaker:John Brady
- Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Children in Care (7 Feb 2024)
John Brady: 423. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the reason there is currently no publicly available disaggregation of data related to children in care and young people in aftercare with disabilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5010/24]
- Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Unaccompanied Minors and Separated Children (7 Feb 2024)
John Brady: 424. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the reason there is currently no publicly available disaggregation of data related to separated children seeking international protection; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5011/24]
- Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Children in Care (7 Feb 2024)
John Brady: 425. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the reason there is currently no publicly available disaggregation of data related to children in care and young people in aftercare by ethnicity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5012/24]
- Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Strategies (7 Feb 2024)
John Brady: 426. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide an update on the publication of the National Equality Data Strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5013/24]
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Children in Care (7 Feb 2024)
John Brady: 579. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department has explored the creation of links between higher education institutions' access offices and Tusla aftercare services to ensure that students with care experience are linked in to on-campus supports to promote retention; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5015/24]
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 38 - Health
Report on the Accounts of the Public Services 2022
Chapter 18 - Health Service Executive Funding and Financial Reporting (1 Feb 2024) John Brady: I welcome the rather large delegation in with us this morning. It is certainly one of the largest delegations I have seen for a considerable time. I daresay the recruitment embargo is not impacting negatively on senior management in the Department or the HSE. I will start with a couple of questions posed to Mr. Watt about the secret dossiers compiled by the Department on children with...
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 38 - Health
Report on the Accounts of the Public Services 2022
Chapter 18 - Health Service Executive Funding and Financial Reporting (1 Feb 2024) John Brady: Mr. Watt imagines it was paid. Does he think that fine was severe or that the Department got off lightly?
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
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Chapter 18 - Health Service Executive Funding and Financial Reporting (1 Feb 2024) John Brady: Would Mr. Watt have been briefed by some of his officials that the Department got off lightly and the fine fell far below the maximum that could have been levelled? Would he have been briefed on this aspect by any of his officials?
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 38 - Health
Report on the Accounts of the Public Services 2022
Chapter 18 - Health Service Executive Funding and Financial Reporting (1 Feb 2024) John Brady: Okay. Certainly, I think there were internal submissions saying the Department was facing fines of up to €1 million. Regarding the fine of €22,500 for the compilation of very sensitive information and breaching data protection rules, Mr. Watt's own officials in the Department would say it got off lightly for that unlawful practice. Would he agree?
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
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Chapter 18 - Health Service Executive Funding and Financial Reporting (1 Feb 2024) John Brady: Okay. Regarding any of the issues identified by the Data Protection Commissioner in terms of holding that data, have these practices fully ceased now?
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
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Chapter 18 - Health Service Executive Funding and Financial Reporting (1 Feb 2024) John Brady: The Department is fully compliant with the ruling from the Data Protection Commissioner.
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
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Chapter 18 - Health Service Executive Funding and Financial Reporting (1 Feb 2024) John Brady: Does Mr. Watt think that or is he sure?
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
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Chapter 18 - Health Service Executive Funding and Financial Reporting (1 Feb 2024) John Brady: Mr. Watt hopes the Department is. That is not very convincing.
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
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Chapter 18 - Health Service Executive Funding and Financial Reporting (1 Feb 2024) John Brady: In fairness, Mr. Watt, I am well aware of what the ruling was and what it was for. I am asking you, as the Secretary General, if you can give us assurances that the rulings laid down by the Data Protection Commissioner are now fully enforced and that the Department is fully in line with the ruling from the Data Protection Commissioner.
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
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Chapter 18 - Health Service Executive Funding and Financial Reporting (1 Feb 2024) John Brady: In terms of the families and children directly impacted by having their data unlawfully compiled in these dossiers, has the Department or the Secretary General issued an apology to those families?
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
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Chapter 18 - Health Service Executive Funding and Financial Reporting (1 Feb 2024) John Brady: I am aware. Has Mr. Watt apologised to the families and the children in relation to the unlawful collection of their data?
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
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Chapter 18 - Health Service Executive Funding and Financial Reporting (1 Feb 2024) John Brady: I am very conscious of that. I am asking him a very specific and direct question. Has he apologised to the families for the unlawful collection of the dossiers?
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
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Chapter 18 - Health Service Executive Funding and Financial Reporting (1 Feb 2024) John Brady: Mr. Watt thinks the Department did. The Department of Health has been found by the Data Protection Commissioner to have been breaching data laws and he is not sure as to whether there has been an apology. Will he take the opportunity here now to apologise to those families who were directly impacted?
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 38 - Health
Report on the Accounts of the Public Services 2022
Chapter 18 - Health Service Executive Funding and Financial Reporting (1 Feb 2024) John Brady: I am very conscious of that, but the ruling-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 38 - Health
Report on the Accounts of the Public Services 2022
Chapter 18 - Health Service Executive Funding and Financial Reporting (1 Feb 2024) John Brady: I am sorry, Mr. Watt, the ruling was only made last year by the Data Protection Commissioner. A fine of €22,500 was issued and Mr. Watt's own officials say the Department got off lightly. I am asking him now if he will issue an apology to those families.