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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Arts Council Grant Management IT System: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Jul 2025)

Alan Kelly: Potentially what Mr. Ó Coigligh is saying is that in fairness to those in the Arts Council they were engaging with the Department.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Home Affairs and Migration: General Scheme of the Guardianship of Infants (Amendment) Bill 2025: Discussion (1 Jul 2025)

Alan Kelly: I thank David for coming in and I am sorry for his loss. His advocacy has been incredible and there is no doubt the law is going to change. This is just about ensuring we get it pristine and right. This is what this format is for. I was taken by several of the submissions. These can sometimes be quite technical, and sometimes it is about the order in which things happen too. Many of the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Home Affairs and Migration: General Scheme of the Guardianship of Infants (Amendment) Bill 2025: Discussion (1 Jul 2025)

Alan Kelly: The legislation has a specific timeline. Is Mr. French's concern here that someone could go to a higher court and try to interrupt this process or stop the clock from starting?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Home Affairs and Migration: General Scheme of the Guardianship of Infants (Amendment) Bill 2025: Discussion (1 Jul 2025)

Alan Kelly: I am trying to tease out if Mr. French has specific concerns.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Home Affairs and Migration: General Scheme of the Guardianship of Infants (Amendment) Bill 2025: Discussion (1 Jul 2025)

Alan Kelly: Yes. I will turn to the whole role of Tusla. Based on what Deputy Gannon said, we will be engaging with the Department on the report and all of that process separately, so I do not want to necessarily go into that aspect now because we will have other time to do so. Mr. French said there are - I am sorry, but the statistics matter - about seven cases a year. Am I right?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Home Affairs and Migration: General Scheme of the Guardianship of Infants (Amendment) Bill 2025: Discussion (1 Jul 2025)

Alan Kelly: Mr. French also said that he "would recommend an independent unit within the organisation submit the application to suspend guardianship". What Mr. French is specifically saying is that within the organisation there should be a unit that is almost land-locked away from what he just said.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Home Affairs and Migration: General Scheme of the Guardianship of Infants (Amendment) Bill 2025: Discussion (1 Jul 2025)

Alan Kelly: In other words, a small unit would be able to deal with the necessity of all of these cases.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Home Affairs and Migration: General Scheme of the Guardianship of Infants (Amendment) Bill 2025: Discussion (1 Jul 2025)

Alan Kelly: It can extend.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Home Affairs and Migration: General Scheme of the Guardianship of Infants (Amendment) Bill 2025: Discussion (1 Jul 2025)

Alan Kelly: It can extend.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Home Affairs and Migration: General Scheme of the Guardianship of Infants (Amendment) Bill 2025: Discussion (1 Jul 2025)

Alan Kelly: Mr. French also said in his opening statement: "Tusla should not be involved unnecessarily [and I took that word 'unnecessarily' as very deliberate] when the children are not already in care, so there should also be a way for guardianship to be suspended on the initiative of another guardian or the children's relatives." The words or phrases in that I focused on were "unnecessarily" and "on...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Home Affairs and Migration: General Scheme of the Guardianship of Infants (Amendment) Bill 2025: Discussion (1 Jul 2025)

Alan Kelly: Let us say there are no guardians. Let us paint that picture.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Home Affairs and Migration: General Scheme of the Guardianship of Infants (Amendment) Bill 2025: Discussion (1 Jul 2025)

Alan Kelly: The initiative of another family member should be able to deal with it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Home Affairs and Migration: General Scheme of the Guardianship of Infants (Amendment) Bill 2025: Discussion (1 Jul 2025)

Alan Kelly: That is what I thought.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Home Affairs and Migration: General Scheme of the Guardianship of Infants (Amendment) Bill 2025: Discussion (1 Jul 2025)

Alan Kelly: I have one comment to make. We will come back to this with the Department officials but my observation is that the proposed Bill is complex but short. When we engage with the witnesses on the Bill separately after we get back, we might go through the issues relating to Tusla. We will want more definitive answers, rather than us going back to them all the time. It is not a very long Bill....

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Departmental Meetings (1 Jul 2025)

Alan Kelly: 164. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government for details of the dates and attendees of all meetings if the Biomethane Implementation Group, which is implementing the national biomethane strategy, chaired by his Department. [35315/25]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Environmental Policy (1 Jul 2025)

Alan Kelly: 165. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when planning guidelines will be put in place as part of the national biomethane strategy for biogas plants. [35316/25]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Environmental Policy (1 Jul 2025)

Alan Kelly: 166. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government whether the targets under the national biomethane strategy, which aims to have approximately 200 anaerobic digestion plants and 5.7Twh of renewable gas in place by 2030, are realistic. [35317/25]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Departmental Meetings (1 Jul 2025)

Alan Kelly: 167. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he has met with a group (details supplied); and if not, if he will do so in the coming months. [35320/25]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Departmental Meetings (1 Jul 2025)

Alan Kelly: 168. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government to list the dates and attendees of all meetings he and or his Department officials have had with the Environmental Protection Agency since he took office. [35322/25]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: An Garda Síochána (1 Jul 2025)

Alan Kelly: 294. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when an assessment was last made by the OPW of the levels of asbestos in Garda stations across the country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35720/25]