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Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Departmental Strategies (7 Nov 2023)

John Brady: Absolutely, I appreciate that but when I talk about youth homeless figures of more than 1,500, I think the Minister will acknowledge that does not actually give the real figures because many young people - again, I hate to use statistics - are living longer at home and they are not captured by these figures. Nor do the figures include many young people who are sofa surfing. Young people who...

Housing: Motion [Private Members] (7 Nov 2023)

John Brady: No single issue excites a greater sense of anger with the Government than housing. Nothing illustrates the failure of the Government to deliver for ordinary workers and families as the housing crisis or the housing disaster. The arithmetic of this failure is absolutely astounding. House prices have increased by 28% and by an average of €70,000 since the Government took office....

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage
2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 3: Central Government Funding of Local Authorities
Chapter 4: Accountability of the Central Funding of Local Authorities. (26 Oct 2023)

John Brady: Okay, but there are no assurances. I will move on to the issue of voids in local authority housing. It is a crime to have any local authority houses vacant at any point. I would cite my own constituency of Wicklow where there are currently 145 local authority houses boarded up right across the county. What are the figures overall for the State for local authority voids or boarded-up...

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage
2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 3: Central Government Funding of Local Authorities
Chapter 4: Accountability of the Central Funding of Local Authorities. (26 Oct 2023)

John Brady: At the moment.

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage
2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 3: Central Government Funding of Local Authorities
Chapter 4: Accountability of the Central Funding of Local Authorities. (26 Oct 2023)

John Brady: Okay, well, I would suggest there is a failure then in terms of communicating if there is a low uptake, which certainly there is. We know where the homes are and they have been identified. I would, therefore, suggest a re-look at how that communication takes place.

Situation in the Middle East and the Occupied Palestinian Territories: Statements (18 Oct 2023)

John Brady: Once again, words fail to convey the sense of anguish and frustration that is felt not just here in Ireland but globally at the tragedy that is befalling the Palestinian people. The butcher's bill for Israel's ongoing campaign against Gaza continues to rise. To date, we can add the names of UN workers, journalists, nurses and doctors, and children to those thousands of Palestinians who...

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation and Expenditure of Public Moneys by RTÉ (Resumed): Discussion (12 Oct 2023)

John Brady: All right. I return to the €150,000 payment Ryan Tubridy said at this committee he would furnish back. The former chief financial officer, Richard Collins, described it as a potentially fraudulent payment in that invoices were furnished and - we have it in the Grant Thornton report - that the invoices had the description "Consultancy Fees". It is evidenced there that: "'Consultancy...

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation and Expenditure of Public Moneys by RTÉ (Resumed): Discussion (12 Oct 2023)

John Brady: Okay, so at this stage RTÉ is willing to allow that €150,000 to just sail off into the sunset.

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation and Expenditure of Public Moneys by RTÉ (Resumed): Discussion (12 Oct 2023)

John Brady: According to the analysis carried out, this review could take 15 years. It is totally unacceptable that we are looking at individuals here who have retired. Some have passed away and I am sure that over the next 15 years a number of those, given the nature of life-----

Public Accounts Committee: Health Service Executive: Financial Statements 2023 (5 Oct 2023)

John Brady: ...Mr. Gloster finished, which is the high-end earners within the HSE. He said they are working to address the issue. He cited a number of grossly overpaid staff in the HSE. My first concern is that the number of high-end earners seems to be increasing rather than what he said, which is that they are working to address the issue. Looking at the financial statements for 2021, the number of...

Public Accounts Committee: Health Service Executive: Financial Statements 2023 (5 Oct 2023)

John Brady: These individuals would be carrying out operations and life-saving procedures. Who oversees the number of hours to ensure the hours being worked are safe? If we look at, for example, truck drivers, there is a very robust system in place called the tacograph system to ensure that they operate within safe working hours and times. What procedures are in place to govern consultants who carry...

Public Accounts Committee: Health Service Executive: Financial Statements 2023 (5 Oct 2023)

John Brady: We are probably close to rock bottom. There are not too many left to jump out of the scheme. The counterargument would be that we are at rock bottom and the impact on my constituents and constituents right across the State is they can not get a dentist for love nor money. That is the crux of the issue. Where are we in the negotiations with dentists and representative organisations to...

Public Accounts Committee: Health Service Executive: Financial Statements 2023 (5 Oct 2023)

John Brady: I know a fairly lengthy process is involved. Looking at my own constituency, there are a number of properties there. I am very conscious that there are over 12,600 homeless people in the State and that up to 400 State-owned properties that are lying vacant. Is there a value on the portfolio of vacant properties?

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2023.
Vote 40 - Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (Supplementary). (4 Oct 2023)

John Brady: I thank the Minister. There has been a huge increase in funding, which is understandable given the major pressures the State is under in terms of the need to accommodate internationally displaced people and people fleeing the war in Ukraine. Part of the problem with funding is the for-profit system we have. Key players are providing accommodation and are making extraordinary amounts of...

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2023.
Vote 40 - Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (Supplementary). (4 Oct 2023)

John Brady: Does someone else wish to come in first? No. Regarding the numbers, I outlined that the Parliamentary Budget Office estimated, I think, 110,000 may be here in the early months of next year. I do not know what analysis was done. It is difficult to do. What kind of figures are we looking at? There are challenges and it is not a good situation where anyone has to be housed in a tent. What...

Public Accounts Committee: NAMA Financial Statements 2022 and Special Report 116 of the Comptroller and Auditor General (28 Sep 2023)

John Brady: Okay, and that had been strongly resisted. What was the apartment complex valued at?

Public Accounts Committee: NAMA Financial Statements 2022 and Special Report 116 of the Comptroller and Auditor General (28 Sep 2023)

John Brady: What was it valued at?

Public Accounts Committee: NAMA Financial Statements 2022 and Special Report 116 of the Comptroller and Auditor General (28 Sep 2023)

John Brady: That was not reported to the Garda at the time, was it?

Public Accounts Committee: NAMA Financial Statements 2022 and Special Report 116 of the Comptroller and Auditor General (28 Sep 2023)

John Brady: I probably will not be here. I ask that the minutes of the board meeting convened to sign off on this final sale and at which this report was given be furnished to the committee. Could we also be furnished with any reports relating to investigations by An Garda Síochána going back to 2012 and the report given at that board meeting with regard to intimidation and the rationale for...

Situation in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory: Statements (13 Jul 2023)

John Brady: On 3 July the Israeli military began its largest and most violent raid on the heavily-populated Jenin refugee camp in the West Bank in over 20 years. Its forces came with tanks, planes, missiles and killer drones. They killed at least a dozen people, displaced thousands and, according to the deputy governor of Jenin, they destroyed, burned or damaged at least 80% of homes in the refugee...