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- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation and Expenditure of Public Moneys by RTÉ (Resumed): Discussion (12 Oct 2023)
John Brady: I will conclude on this, Chair. We know a number of workers have been given a month to decide on whether they will accept a payment of €2,500 up to €17,500. I think that is about-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation and Expenditure of Public Moneys by RTÉ (Resumed): Discussion (12 Oct 2023)
John Brady: Okay, but may I just get a response to that?
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation and Expenditure of Public Moneys by RTÉ (Resumed): Discussion (12 Oct 2023)
John Brady: No problem, Chair.
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation and Expenditure of Public Moneys by RTÉ (Resumed): Discussion (12 Oct 2023)
John Brady: I want to return to that issue of bogus self-employment, going right back to the Eversheds review and the 157 who were deemed to be akin to staff of RTÉ. Some 82 of those 157 were offered contracts with RTÉ, although I think only 79 took that up. It has been reported that an offer has been made and this is outside the €1.2 million settlement with Revenue and the Department...
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation and Expenditure of Public Moneys by RTÉ (Resumed): Discussion (12 Oct 2023)
John Brady: Sorry, I am conscious of time. Of those 79, I think they were given a month to make a decision as to whether they would accept that payment or not. Is that right?
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation and Expenditure of Public Moneys by RTÉ (Resumed): Discussion (12 Oct 2023)
John Brady: That month is due to expire.
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation and Expenditure of Public Moneys by RTÉ (Resumed): Discussion (12 Oct 2023)
John Brady: How many of those 79 agreed to that?
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation and Expenditure of Public Moneys by RTÉ (Resumed): Discussion (12 Oct 2023)
John Brady: For the 20% who did not, have they been escalated to the WRC or what is the position?
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation and Expenditure of Public Moneys by RTÉ (Resumed): Discussion (12 Oct 2023)
John Brady: Returning to the scope review and the 695 cases, it is astonishing and shameful to say that that process is going to take 15 years.
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation and Expenditure of Public Moneys by RTÉ (Resumed): Discussion (12 Oct 2023)
John Brady: Fifteen years. The cases go back to the 1980s.
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation and Expenditure of Public Moneys by RTÉ (Resumed): Discussion (12 Oct 2023)
John Brady: That is a 40-year timeframe. I imagine a lot of the people who were part of that review have retired. I imagine some have-----
- 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: Appropriation and Expenditure of Public Moneys by RTÉ (Resumed): Discussion (12 Oct 2023)
John Brady: -----will pass away without having their entitlements or potential entitlements being addressed or properly acknowledged. That 15-year estimate is totally unacceptable.
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation and Expenditure of Public Moneys by RTÉ (Resumed): Discussion (12 Oct 2023)
John Brady: I think it needs to be accelerated dramatically-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation and Expenditure of Public Moneys by RTÉ (Resumed): Discussion (12 Oct 2023)
John Brady: -----to avoid having staff within RTÉ or, indeed, the Department of Social Protection engaged in a process for 15 years.
- Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (11 Oct 2023)
John Brady: 45. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of a passport application (details supplied) given the application has passed the target issue date and the applicants travel date is imminent; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44306/23]
- Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (10 Oct 2023)
John Brady: 82. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide an update on plans for the electrification of the rail service to Wicklow town; to outline plans for the development of battery charging facilities for the trains in Wicklow town; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44130/23]
- Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (10 Oct 2023)
John Brady: 83. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide an update on the public consultation process for the DART+ Coastal South project; if he will provide a timeframe for the project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44131/23]
- Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Coastal Erosion (10 Oct 2023)
John Brady: 84. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide details on the implementation of the recommendations from the east coast erosion study; if he will provide a timeframe for the project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44132/23]
- Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Infrastructure Ireland (10 Oct 2023)
John Brady: 85. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide a copy of the document compiled by Transport Infrastructure Ireland, titled ‘Briefing Note to the Department of Transport on the Consequences of the Funding Scenarios for 2023’; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44142/23]