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Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2021: Inland Fisheries Ireland (6 Jul 2023)

John Brady: Can I ask about the Minister's move to remove the three remaining board members? On what basis was that done, and why? We are being told there was no basis and that it was on a no-fault basis. Why were they removed?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2021: Inland Fisheries Ireland (6 Jul 2023)

John Brady: Okay.

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2021: Inland Fisheries Ireland (6 Jul 2023)

John Brady: Have many protected disclosures been made to the Minister?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2021: Inland Fisheries Ireland (6 Jul 2023)

John Brady: I have a question about dormant accounts funding. An allocation of €30,000 was refunded to the Dormant Accounts Fund due to governance issues with the grant process. Does IFI review all grant applications as a result of the disclosure or only a sample? What processes have been put in place on foot of the governance issues that were highlighted and in terms of the €30,000 that...

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2021: Inland Fisheries Ireland (6 Jul 2023)

John Brady: I have a question about Aasleagh Lodge. The property was leased to a staff member on an informal basis. It has come to light that it was being operated as a guest house. Are these two statements correct?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2021: Inland Fisheries Ireland (6 Jul 2023)

John Brady: I ask for a "Yes" or a "No" on those points first.

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2021: Inland Fisheries Ireland (6 Jul 2023)

John Brady: How many properties similar to that would IFI have?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2021: Inland Fisheries Ireland (6 Jul 2023)

John Brady: I want to move on to the fraud investigation by An Garda Síochána that Mr. O'Donnell alluded to. I am very conscious that it is a live investigation. Without identifying any individuals, is Mr. O'Donnell in a position to provide some context around the various issues relating to the alleged fraud?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2021: Inland Fisheries Ireland (6 Jul 2023)

John Brady: Mr. O'Donnell only reported the incidents to An Garda Síochána after a second review was carried in September 2022. Is that correct?

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Fire Service (6 Jul 2023)

John Brady: The Minister has been found wanting. The Government, and successive Governments, have been found wanting for more than 20 years, because this crisis has not just evolved over the last weeks or months. This has been a crisis for 20 years or more. The Minister talks about politicising an issue but it has been politicised because of the successive failures of the political establishment,...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Fire Service (6 Jul 2023)

John Brady: 3. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide an update on his efforts to resolve the issues of pay, recruitment, retention and rosters in the retained firefighters service. [33420/23]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Fire Service (6 Jul 2023)

John Brady: This question is to ask the Minister to provide an update on any efforts he is taking to address the recruitment and retention crisis in the retained fire service that has resulted in industrial action and strike action, which is currently suspended and now before the Workplace Relations Commission, WRC. What actions is the Minister taking now to address these key issues that affect the...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Fire Service (6 Jul 2023)

John Brady: It was the Minister's failure to address the recruitment and retention crisis that destabilised the retained fire service right across the State and forced these retained firefighters into having no alternative but to initiate industrial and strike action. This is down to the Minister and his consistent failure. We know the key issues here. We know the constraints that have been placed on...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Jul 2023)

John Brady: Last week, it was stated that the chief financial officer was only in the role for three days when the 2017, 2018 and 2019 top talent earnings were released on 20 January 2021. In the opening statement from Ms O’Keeffe, she questioned that and said that information was incorrect.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Jul 2023)

John Brady: Again, in Ms O’Keeffe's opening statement, she states that she was advised by either the DG or the head of content that a commercial arrangement had been proposed. Does Ms O’Keeffe know who that proposal was from?

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Jul 2023)

John Brady: Ms O’Keeffe said in her opening statement that either the DG or the head of content proposed the commercial arrangement. This is when negotiations had essentially broken down, the agent representing Mr. Tubridy had rejected the proposal that was on the table and it then emerged that a commercial arrangement had been proposed. Does Ms O’Keeffe know who that was proposed by?

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Jul 2023)

John Brady: Okay, so one of those proposed this commercial agreement.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Jul 2023)

John Brady: The initial commercial arrangement. With regard to Ms O’Keeffe's role as CFO, I appreciate she is no longer in the position. In terms of the oversight of the expenditure on the barter account, I know she has stated that she had financial control. What does financial control mean? Ms O’Keeffe had access to expenditure and if there was an item there that needed clarity, is...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Jul 2023)

John Brady: Would Ms O’Keeffe have got an itemised expenditure list?

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Jul 2023)

John Brady: No. It was not that level of financial control. Okay.