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- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage
Local Government Fund Account 2021
2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 6: Central Government Funding of Local Authorities (1 Jun 2023) John Brady: Has anyone from the Department contacted Dublin City Council on foot of this? I find it astonishing that the head of this body described the situation more than a year ago as a national emergency and the Secretary General is not aware of that. I find that extraordinary. Since he found out about the email via a newspaper article, has Mr. Doyle contacted Dublin City Council to see what has...
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage
Local Government Fund Account 2021
2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 6: Central Government Funding of Local Authorities (1 Jun 2023) John Brady: I have referenced two major failures. We only need to look across the water to see the disaster that took place in Grenfell Tower. Some 72 people lost their lives because of serious failures. What analysis has been carried out in of high-rise buildings throughout the State to ensure what happened in London cannot and will not happen in this State? Is Mr. Doyle aware of any audits of...
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage
Local Government Fund Account 2021
2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 6: Central Government Funding of Local Authorities (1 Jun 2023) John Brady: I am conscious of time constraints. The Minister has said there are up to 37,000 homes at various stages of construction across the State. The head of the building control office stated there is a national emergency. Is Mr. Doyle concerned that a year has elapsed and nobody in the Department is aware that the situation was described as a national emergency? There is a lack of resources...
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage
Local Government Fund Account 2021
2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 6: Central Government Funding of Local Authorities (1 Jun 2023) John Brady: I specifically asked Mr. Doyle five minutes ago who from the Department has reached out to the office. Mr. Doyle told me nobody had done so.
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage
Local Government Fund Account 2021
2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 6: Central Government Funding of Local Authorities (1 Jun 2023) John Brady: I asked had anyone from the Department reached out.
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage
Local Government Fund Account 2021
2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 6: Central Government Funding of Local Authorities (1 Jun 2023) John Brady: Mr. Doyle will be aware of the crisis in the retained fire service and the unfortunate circumstances that have led to retained firefighters being forced to initiate industrial action, which will start next week on 6 June. It will quickly escalate from there to a rolling strike from 13 June and an all-out strike from 20 June unless meaningful solutions are found to the crisis in the retained...
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage
Local Government Fund Account 2021
2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 6: Central Government Funding of Local Authorities (1 Jun 2023) John Brady: I am aware of that. I will get to it in a minute. The Department believes there is a recruitment and retention issue.
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage
Local Government Fund Account 2021
2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 6: Central Government Funding of Local Authorities (1 Jun 2023) John Brady: It was stated at the Chief Fire Officers Association conference last year or the year before that the retained service is simply no longer fit for purpose. Is that a view shared by the Department?
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage
Local Government Fund Account 2021
2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 6: Central Government Funding of Local Authorities (1 Jun 2023) John Brady: The report Mr. Doyle referred to, which I think was published in December, makes 13 key recommendations. I am not sure whether Mr. Doyle is aware of the recommendations.
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage
Local Government Fund Account 2021
2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 6: Central Government Funding of Local Authorities (1 Jun 2023) John Brady: All have been accepted. Okay. Mr. Doyle will be aware that the breakdown in negotiations between the Local Government Management Agency, LGMA, and representatives of the retained fire services a couple of weeks ago was because of a failure to move forward on some of these recommendations around remuneration. Am I correct in saying that?
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage
Local Government Fund Account 2021
2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 6: Central Government Funding of Local Authorities (1 Jun 2023) John Brady: I believe agreement was reached in principle, and on foot of that, the LGMA put a proposal to the Department of Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform. That is where the problem arose. That Department essentially refused to provide funding to implement what the LGMA proposed and what came out of the negotiations.
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage
Local Government Fund Account 2021
2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 6: Central Government Funding of Local Authorities (1 Jun 2023) John Brady: As it stands, negotiations have broken down. Firefighters will initiate industrial action stemming from a vote they took last year when more than 90% of them said "enough is enough". That stemmed from the results of a previous survey of firefighters that stated 60% of them do not see a future because of the work-life balance and all the other issues. As we currently sit here, negotiations...
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage
Local Government Fund Account 2021
2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 6: Central Government Funding of Local Authorities (1 Jun 2023) John Brady: Is Mr. Doyle aware of the proposal for funding that went to the Department of Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform?
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage
Local Government Fund Account 2021
2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 6: Central Government Funding of Local Authorities (1 Jun 2023) John Brady: It would be useful if we could get some of the specifics. Essentially a figure has been put on bringing the retained fire services into the 21st century. Ultimately, that is what needs to happen. It would be useful if Mr. Doyle could get the proposal that was brought to the Department of Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform, including the cost of the...
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage
Local Government Fund Account 2021
2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 6: Central Government Funding of Local Authorities (1 Jun 2023) John Brady: Unfortunately-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage
Local Government Fund Account 2021
2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 6: Central Government Funding of Local Authorities (1 Jun 2023) John Brady: Unfortunately, the issue of the retained fire service has not been given priority by the Government. In my constituency of Wicklow in 2005, the station officer, Mr. Brian Murray, led a walkout of the fire station in Bray citing huge issues within the service. He said that someone would die because of the major issues there and a year later, himself and his colleague, Mr. Mark O'Shaughnessy,...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (1 Jun 2023)
John Brady: 53. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a reply to the recent response to the report from the Ombudsman for Children’s Office on Child Mental Health titled ‘A Piece of My Mind’; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26081/23]
- Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (31 May 2023)
John Brady: 5. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide an update on the status of the passport application for a child (details supplied), as the applicant’s travel date is imminent and all requested supporting documentation has been submitted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26598/23]
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Youth Services (30 May 2023)
John Brady: I am being told that intermittent and inadequate funding is a key challenge. Funding has been beset with delays and difficulties and that has had a real impact on the delivery of youth services and the ability to recruit and retain staff right across the sector. That is imposing severe challenges on youth service providers. Youth Work Ireland, YWI, has submitted a business plan to the...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Youth Services (30 May 2023)
John Brady: The Minister spoke about the budget and I also referenced the €73 million in funding. However, to put that in context, the Government provided €111 million to fund private schools, which is an interesting comparison in terms of prioritisation. The organisations are saying that the 2023 youth services budget was a mere 1.2% of the overall budget for the Department, which is a...