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Public Accounts Committee: 2022 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 26 - Office of Minister for Education (16 May 2024)

John Brady: Fine Gael's policy is anyone over 70 years should not drive any bus. That is chaos.

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (9 May 2024)

John Brady: 121. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if a passport application for a family (details supplied) can be escalated, as the applicants' travel date is imminent and the applications have passed the target issue date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21010/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (9 May 2024)

John Brady: 318. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills what funding and supports are available to students studying psychotherapy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20946/24]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Departmental Licences (8 May 2024)

John Brady: 116. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide an update on an application for a Master 500 captain licence for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20279/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Legislative Measures (8 May 2024)

John Brady: 475. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if, in relation to amendments to the Maternity Protection Act 2004 allowing for the postponement of maternity leave in the case of a cancer diagnosis, he still supports his public commitment to this policy; what actions he is taking to ensure this legislation passes through the relevant stages of the Oireachtas...

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: National Transport Authority (2 May 2024)

John Brady: I welcome all our witnesses. I have had ongoing engagement with Ms Graham and Mr. Creegan on many issues that relate to my constituency, Wicklow. I will follow up on the issue of Go-Ahead Ireland, which will be no surprise to Mr. Creegan and Ms Graham because we have had plenty of conversations on its performance across the State and particularly in Wicklow. The licence was issued to...

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: National Transport Authority (2 May 2024)

John Brady: The contract was issued in 2018.

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: National Transport Authority (2 May 2024)

John Brady: It was initially for five years.

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: National Transport Authority (2 May 2024)

John Brady: The NTA would argue the point, but it is the privatisation of bus routes. I stand over that. The evidence shows that the privatisation of these routes has failed. I will ask about performance-related fines. Does Ms Graham have figures for the fines imposed on Go-Ahead Ireland in 2018?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: National Transport Authority (2 May 2024)

John Brady: Does she have them for 2019?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: National Transport Authority (2 May 2024)

John Brady: Okay, the widely publicised figures are that in 2021 it was just over €437,000. Is that correct?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: National Transport Authority (2 May 2024)

John Brady: The widely publicised figures for 2022 are more than €3 million. Is that correct?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: National Transport Authority (2 May 2024)

John Brady: Yes, Go-Ahead Ireland.

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: National Transport Authority (2 May 2024)

John Brady: Dublin Bus provides many more services than Go-Ahead Ireland. I am focusing solely on Go-Ahead Ireland, which received fines of more than €3 million. Does Ms Graham have the figures for 2023?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: National Transport Authority (2 May 2024)

John Brady: Dublin Bus provides far more routes. Go-Ahead Ireland received fines of nearly €1 million despite ongoing rhetoric-----

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: National Transport Authority (2 May 2024)

John Brady: It was €300,000 and €500,000.

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: National Transport Authority (2 May 2024)

John Brady: Despite all of the rhetoric that Go-Ahead Ireland had issues but was going to improve its services and so on, still we saw a substantial amount of fines being levied on it. Would Ms Graham view those fines as substantial?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: National Transport Authority (2 May 2024)

John Brady: I can speak from a Wicklow perspective. Three routes were handed over to Go-Ahead Ireland - the 185, the 184 and the 45A. Throughout the years since Go-Ahead Ireland has taken them over, there have been consistent failures to provide a service that is fit for purpose. I have given many stories of how it has impacted on different people. For example, they are left waiting for buses that...

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: National Transport Authority (2 May 2024)

John Brady: Absolutely. In 2023, what happened when the five-year contract was up?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: National Transport Authority (2 May 2024)

John Brady: Ms Graham acknowledges the serious failings. There was an opportunity-----