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Committee on Public Petitions: Petition on Justice and Marine Safety: Discussion (22 Feb 2024)

John Brady: None of that, so there was a major failure at that point.

Committee on Public Petitions: Petition on Justice and Marine Safety: Discussion (22 Feb 2024)

John Brady: We know that of 11 ships in total there were issues with three or four of the ships. I am not asking Mr. Pinkster to say there was an inherent failure in that process, and I am not sure as to whether there was fraud going on with regard to the body overseeing the process. I am not asking the witness to comment on that. If that process was carried out as Mr. Pinkster laid out and it was not...

Committee on Public Petitions: Petition on Justice and Marine Safety: Discussion (22 Feb 2024)

John Brady: I thank Mr. Pinkster for that. If the process was adhered to properly this should have been picked up at that stage.

Committee on Public Petitions: Petition on Justice and Marine Safety: Discussion (22 Feb 2024)

John Brady: It raises serious questions of a potentially fraudulent system where the proper safeguards are not being followed or adhered to. That needs further investigation, if it has not been investigated, by the police force in the relevant authority. Mr. Gaffney mentioned a couple of times that he felt at risk, that the Mary Kate was going to capsize. He mentioned some of the detail. Perhaps Mr....

Committee on Public Petitions: Petition on Justice and Marine Safety: Discussion (22 Feb 2024)

John Brady: It was not and we know subsequently the inherent ages. The Gaffney family have been through an exhaustive process with the political lobbying, the courts and all of that. I wish to ask about the lobbying here in this State. The EU Commission has put a solution on the table indicating a fund that could be utilised potentially to compensate and mitigate this. Mr. Gaffney has met many...

Committee on Public Petitions: Petition on Justice and Marine Safety: Discussion (22 Feb 2024)

John Brady: I share Mr. Gaffney's frustration. Politicians have also failed him in this process. He is frustrated at being kicked between the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine and the Department of Transport. I have raised this issue with both Ministers, Deputies McConalogue and Eamon Ryan. Both Departments keep kicking the issue back to the other and no one is taking responsibility. ...

Committee on Public Petitions: Petition on Justice and Marine Safety: Discussion (22 Feb 2024)

John Brady: I will make a final comment. It all adds to the frustration. I have been dealing with this issue and I know Deputy Whitmore has too over recent years. I had hoped there would be a collective approach from the five TDs in Wicklow.

Committee on Public Petitions: Petition on Justice and Marine Safety: Discussion (22 Feb 2024)

John Brady: I initiated a process in the past year to try to pull together the five TDs to push this solution on the Government, given that we have two senior Ministers in the county. Unfortunately, only Deputy Whitmore came back to me and none of the other three even acknowledged my attempt to pull together the five TDs. I sense the frustration. The issue is being kicked to touch and being kicked...

Committee on Public Petitions: Petition on Justice and Marine Safety: Discussion (22 Feb 2024)

John Brady: Thank you, Acting Chair.

Committee on Public Petitions: Petition on Justice and Marine Safety: Discussion (22 Feb 2024)

John Brady: To follow up on that point, and Mr. Gaffney referred to this earlier, other serious issues have arisen in this State. The mica scandal impacted on thousands of people from Donegal right down the western seaboard and in other parts of the State. It was not any fault of any individual homeowner, and was completely outside of their responsibility. The Government devised a scheme - rightly so...

Committee on Public Petitions: Petition on Justice and Marine Safety: Discussion (22 Feb 2024)

John Brady: Europe has handed us a solution. We need to grab it and try to end this nightmare for Mr. Gaffney and his family. There is precedent. The Government just needs to find a way of utilising the offer put forward by the Commission.

Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2022 (Section 4(2)) (Scheme Termination Date) Order 2024: Motion (21 Feb 2024)

John Brady: The Government motion before us today seeks to approve an order to extend the accommodation recognition payment scheme, which is due to expire on 31 March of this year. We very much appreciate the value this scheme has brought by providing shelter to thousands of people fleeing war in Ukraine. I acknowledge the compassion of the thousands of Irish families who have opened up their homes...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (21 Feb 2024)

John Brady: Are audits currently being undertaken in communities where decisions have been taken to place refugees? As far as I can see, none are being carried out. In my own constituency of Wicklow, there are more than 100 Ukrainians now in the small rural village of Carnew, which has a part-time GP service, and it currently takes two to three weeks for people to get an appointment. The local...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (21 Feb 2024)

John Brady: -----and amenities in areas before a decision is taken and addresses any deficit. Otherwise, the Government is failing-----

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (21 Feb 2024)

John Brady: -----communities and indeed refugees.

Paediatric Orthopaedic and Urology Services: Motion [Private Members] (20 Feb 2024)

John Brady: I welcome the families, particularly the children, to the Visitors Gallery. It was great to speak to them outside, listen to the children and see them smile and laugh. However, behind the laughs and cheer there is severe pain. I know because I am the father of a daughter with scoliosis. She has a 45-degree curve in her spine. I know the pain she has to endure day in, day out. Up...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social Welfare Payments (20 Feb 2024)

John Brady: 334. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of times the discretionary top-up for HAP payments was used in 2023, and to date in 2024 in County Wicklow broken down by municipal district; the average percentage amount of this top-up per district; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7458/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social Welfare Payments (20 Feb 2024)

John Brady: 335. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of persons from each municipal district in County Wicklow that are currently in receipt of a HAP payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7459/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Homeless Accommodation (20 Feb 2024)

John Brady: 336. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of 18-24 year-olds that presented as homeless in County Wicklow in 2023 and to date in 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7460/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Homeless Accommodation (20 Feb 2024)

John Brady: 337. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of 18-24 year olds in local authority emergency accommodation in County Wicklow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7461/24]