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

John Brady: Okay, so, the claims figure is going up-----

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

John Brady: -----but the number of dentists continues to go down.

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: It is not working. What is happening is that ordinary people, who do not have the means or resources, are having to pay out considerable amounts of money to private practitioners to address-----

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

John Brady: There clearly are serious failures there that need to be immediately addressed. I want to move on to another area for the last few minutes, namely, the portfolio of properties held by the HSE across the State. We know there is a considerable portfolio of over 4,000 properties across the State, but I want to focus on derelict and vacant properties held by the HSE. How many properties in...

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

John Brady: Are they vacant?

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

John Brady: About 400.

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

John Brady: Is the database listing those vacant properties publicly accessible?

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

John Brady: On average, how many hours per week would those high-end earners be working? Would Mr. Mulvany have those figures?

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

John Brady: I ask that the committee is furnished with an itemised breakdown of where those properties are in each county across the State, and how long those properties have been vacant.

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?

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

John Brady: Okay, so there is no value on the assets that are vacant.

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

John Brady: Can that be furnished to the committee?

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

John Brady: Can we also get details on the square footage or area in square metres of the assets that are vacant? Can that information be provided to the committee?

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

John Brady: The HSE is trying its best. Mr. Mulvany said it is linked in with the OPW in a process. Surely that information is centrally held. I referenced the figure of 12,691 people who are homeless in the State. There are people who have come to this country for international protection who are living in tents, and there are 400 properties that are held by the HSE in a derelict or vacant state.

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

John Brady: Just one last question.

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

John Brady: I have one last question on the information that the HSE is going to furnish to the committee. I also ask that details are provided of the cost in terms of how much it is for the upkeep of those vacant properties, including security provided, to keep them.

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...

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 know the Department carried out its own analysis on social welfare payments to Ukrainians. What is the view on that? Has a decision been made in respect of that matter? Can the report compiled by the Department be published? It would be extremely useful.