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An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (14 Feb 2023)

Alan Kelly: We seek clarification.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (14 Feb 2023)

Alan Kelly: In fairness, the Minister answered.

Inshore Fishing: Motion [Private Members] (25 Jan 2023)

Alan Kelly: I thank the Rural Independents for this motion, which we will support. I come from a land-locked county but it does not take much analysis to know fishermen in our country have been let down. I have met people from west Cork and south Kerry, where I have many connections, as well as west Clare and further up the west coast. We are seeing negative change and you would feel for them. The...

Forestry Sector: Motion [Private Members] (24 Jan 2023)

Alan Kelly: I am sharing time with Deputy Sherlock. I had a bit of déjà vu when I found out about this proposal. To be fair, I am not sure how, in a sleepwalking way, it just appeared in front of the Government. I appreciate Coillte is autonomous but it has to report to the Minister and the Minister of State. I predict this will not happen because I can sense a public outcry building up...

Appointment of Ordinary Members of An Coimisiún Toghcháin: Motion (14 Dec 2022)

Alan Kelly: I welcome this day and it is something for which I have been advocating for a long time, as the Minister and his officials are aware. I have one issue however. It is five months since the Dáil passed the Electoral Reform Act 2022 and we only now have appointed the four ordinary members. As the Minister told the Dáil on 13 July that it was intended that the Electoral Commission be...

Patient Safety (Notifiable Patient Safety Incidents) Bill 2019: Report Stage (7 Dec 2022)

Alan Kelly: I welcome the Minister's change of tack. It does not happen often, so fair play to him. One issue has been raised this evening that I raised on a previous occasion. I refer to anonymisation. I have spent hours outside of the Chamber because I have been speaking to people trying to get some sort of compromise. Politically, it would be the best if we could all sign up to this. I am sure...

Patient Safety (Notifiable Patient Safety Incidents) Bill 2019: Report Stage (7 Dec 2022)

Alan Kelly: To be fair, the House has a responsibility to get this right. Amendments in the Seanad involve a different process. We need to do it here. I am asking that even if we do not deal with the matter next week, we take time and allow for consultation with people to provide proper amendments that will help the Minister. I would rather the Bill go into January and get it right than bring it back...

Patient Safety (Notifiable Patient Safety Incidents) Bill 2019: Report Stage (7 Dec 2022)

Alan Kelly: I welcome the fact that this legislation is before us. In fairness, this has gone on for a long time and I acknowledge that the Taoiseach made a commitment when Vicky Phelan passed away that it would be done. I also acknowledge the Minister's officials and the people who work with him. They met us earlier and went through my concerns and those of others and, in fairness, addressed some of...

Horse and Greyhound Racing Fund Regulations 2022: Motion (30 Nov 2022)

Alan Kelly: The Labour Party also has an amendment. Traditionally the Labour Party has supported this fund but as the years go on, we need to look at how it is functioning. It is out of place with how the budgetary process works. It was put in at a certain time. The formula by which the calculations are made are locked from that time. In this year of all years the Minister needs to look at it before...

Drugs Policy: Motion [Private Members] (30 Nov 2022)

Alan Kelly: I am sharing time with Deputy Bacik. This is an incredibly important motion and I commend my party colleague Deputy Ó Ríordáin on bringing so many people along with him on this over the years. It has been a passion of his and something for which he has been fighting for many years in our Labour Party based on his knowledge and personal experience. It is now on the floor of...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (27 Oct 2022)

Alan Kelly: All energy customers across the country are conditioned to receive higher bills, but how do we know they are not being additionally ripped off during this crisis? The reason I raise this with the Tánaiste is because a number of people have been on to me concerned that their bills are even more inflated. One customer had to engage in quite a number of emails and phone calls with Energia...

National Tourism Development Authority (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage (18 Oct 2022)

Alan Kelly: I support this legislation and the increase in the total capital investment. I would say that because if I did not, my former colleagues in Fáilte Ireland who are looking at me would probably be on the phone in a few minutes. I had the pleasure of being part of the union team that negotiated the creation of Fáilte Ireland. I ended up as a manager in the organisation, having...

Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2022: Second Stage (21 Sep 2022)

Alan Kelly: I have a huge interest in this area originating from a previous occupation I had before I made the crazy decision to get involved in politics. This is very important legislation, for example in the context of the way the world is now. I have a 12-year-old and a ten-year-old. As parents, we try to control the platforms they watch and where they get information but, as the ads on the radio...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Horse Racing Industry (14 Jul 2022)

Alan Kelly: I thank the Minister of State for his reply. I have a concern over how equitable the media rights contract is. Appearing before the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Agriculture, Food and Marine on 15 June, the CEO of HRI said that it is taking the market rate. I believe this is incorrect. Since the transfer from the Turf Club, its take has more than doubled from 7% to 16%. The corresponding...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Horse Racing Industry (14 Jul 2022)

Alan Kelly: We need to dig deeper into this and consider smaller racecourses such as Thurles and Kilbeggan. The reality is that HRI has mainly used racecourse revenue received through the media rights fixture charge on capital programmes on the four largest racecourses, two of which it owns, at the expense of smaller rural racecourses. The Minister previously gave the direction that 50% should be used...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Horse Racing Industry (14 Jul 2022)

Alan Kelly: Some €8,000.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Horse Racing Industry (14 Jul 2022)

Alan Kelly: 2. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps that he is taking to ensure that equitable funding is being given to the smaller horse racing tracks in Ireland; and his views on whether all current tracks are viable into the future. [38833/22]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Horse Racing Industry (14 Jul 2022)

Alan Kelly: What actions is the Minister taking to ensure the equitable funding of smaller horse race courses, in particular?. There are serious concerns for their future viability. Are they viable? There are concerns about data and media rights and how they are being distributed and whether that is equitable. What actions are being taken to ensure that there is equity in the distribution of funding,...

Consumer Rights Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (29 Jun 2022)

Alan Kelly: I will speak briefly. The spirit of this contribution refers to where people sign up to broadband contracts, etc., and are not receiving the full broadband speed but are still paying the full premium price. Our request is that we have a way of dealing with this. We suggest that if there is a certain number of transmission dropouts, etc., these consumers are compensated for the lack of...

Consumer Rights Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (29 Jun 2022)

Alan Kelly: I move amendment No. 14: In page 107, between lines 18 and 19, to insert the following: “(1) (a) Without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing, where a trader supplies a service to subscribers, it is an unfair term of the contract under which the service is provided if the trader, in relation to provision of the same or substantially the same service, charges consumers who...