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Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2024: Uisce Éireann (6 Nov 2025)

John Brady: It is €100,000 for media monitoring.

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2024: Uisce Éireann (6 Nov 2025)

John Brady: Is it an outside service that provides that?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2024: Uisce Éireann (6 Nov 2025)

John Brady: What is its purpose or how does that feed into the operation?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2024: Uisce Éireann (6 Nov 2025)

John Brady: I have a figure of nearly €104,000 for last year, which is extraordinarily high for a service, if Uisce Éireann was taking it on board. The eyes and ears of a lot of communities are the public representatives. We are the first point of contact. If those issues are not being acted upon, out of frustration it ends up in the media. Do you not think----

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2024: Uisce Éireann (6 Nov 2025)

John Brady: I do not expect you to have the figures for the cost of media monitoring, but you might provide the committee with those costs for previous years also.

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2024: Uisce Éireann (6 Nov 2025)

John Brady: In relation to the EPA, which I made reference to earlier, its annual report was pretty damning. It said that raw sewage discharges into the environment have halved from the previous year up to this year, but it was, in my view, pretty damning. You might give us the number of cases taken by the EPA last year against Irish Water.

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2024: Uisce Éireann (6 Nov 2025)

John Brady: Yes. The figure I have here is that Uisce Éireann has been prosecuted by the EPA on 28 occasions. That was for failing to treat wastewater properly. I would imagine there are a number of other areas of potential prosecutions, not just in relation to wastewater. You do not have any of those specifics or figures in relation to areas outside wastewater that-----

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2024: Uisce Éireann (6 Nov 2025)

John Brady: Do you have any of those figures?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2024: Uisce Éireann (6 Nov 2025)

John Brady: You might get them for us on an annual basis, just to see. Being prosecuted 28 times for wastewater is quite concerning. The EPA also stated that there were 1,080 short-duration or once-off incidents at wastewater treatment plants last year. A number of those were in my constituency of Wicklow. There was one really frustrating case at Corke Abbey, a pumping station that, unfortunately, I...

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2024: Uisce Éireann (6 Nov 2025)

John Brady: Yes. The EPA goes on to say that addressing such issues, which are quite serious in terms of the environmental impact, does not involve major investment.

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2024: Uisce Éireann (6 Nov 2025)

John Brady: The EPA says half of those failures are caused by poor operational management. Referring back to our previous conversation about the bonuses, 93% of staff are in receipt of bonuses, yet I see the Environmental Protection Agency highlighting poor management. The two do not really-----

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2024: Uisce Éireann (6 Nov 2025)

John Brady: My final question is about a parochial issue. It relates to two sewage treatment plants in Wicklow, one being the Murrough in Wicklow town and the other being in Greystones. I have, unfortunately, had to go down the route of referring them to the EPA because of serious ongoing issues in terms of severe levels of really bad odours, above and beyond what would be expected. The EPA has...

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2024: Uisce Éireann (6 Nov 2025)

John Brady: Thank you for that. I think that concludes our engagement with the witnesses this morning. I do not think members have any other questions.

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2024: Uisce Éireann (6 Nov 2025)

John Brady: That is a clarification. Okay. That concludes our engagement today with Uisce Éireann. I thank the chief executive officer and his officials for attending our hearing. I also thank the officials from the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage and the C and AG for their attendance once again. Is it agreed that the clerk seek any follow-up information and carry out...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (4 Nov 2025)

John Brady: The Minister is not representing part of his party when it comes to taxes.

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Recycling Policy (4 Nov 2025)

John Brady: 186. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will clarify the details regarding the unclaimed deposits of €66 million from the deposit return scheme (DRS,) to confirm if this money will be ringfenced; and the purpose; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58732/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Property Registration (4 Nov 2025)

John Brady: 1060. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government Government if he aware that applications are being paused due to an issue with the Tailte Éireann Central Filing Repository; the measures being taken to address this; the timeframe when this service will resume; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58894/25]

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (23 Oct 2025)

John Brady: You are all very welcome to today's meeting of the Committee of Public Accounts. Before we proceed, I have a few housekeeping matters to go through. Members are reminded of the provisions within Standing Order 226 that the committee shall refrain from inquiring into the merits of a policy or policies of the Government or a Minister of the Government or the merits of the objectives of such...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (23 Oct 2025)

John Brady: Can we agree to note the listing of accounts and financial statements? Agreed. They will be published as part of our minutes. We will now consider category B, items of correspondence that have been received from accounting officers and Government bodies. These items were received between 6 October and 14 October 2025. The committee has agreed to note and publish the following: No....

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (23 Oct 2025)

John Brady: I agree with both of those issues. On Tusla, while I will not address the serious issues, at our previous engagement only a couple of weeks ago there was a lot of concern about the use of unregulated accommodation for unaccompanied minors. I think there was expenditure of €56 million.