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Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (7 Nov 2019)

Alan Kelly: To both.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (7 Nov 2019)

Alan Kelly: We might consider the sports capital programme at a future date. It is, I hope, very cost-effective, but I do not know if we have ever looked at the process by which it is operated or the application process or conducted an analysis of the outcomes. The programme has been ongoing for a significant period of time. I do not expect to go back forever in time, but perhaps we might look at how...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (7 Nov 2019)

Alan Kelly: That is one of the issues about which I have a concern, that the process continues for such a period when there is a change. The second point concerns how the application process works and we ensure grants are disbursed. I want to examine both the process and outcomes.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (7 Nov 2019)

Alan Kelly: Thank you. That is appreciated.

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Cultural Policy (6 Nov 2019)

Alan Kelly: 31. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the progress she has made towards establishing pilot projects to help identify the way in which a night-time culture initiative will work; the local authorities her Department has approached to participate in the pilot projects; when the pilot projects will commence; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45458/19]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Business of Joint Committee (6 Nov 2019)

Alan Kelly: Yes. I thank the Chairman for facilitating me. A report this morning by Cian McCormack regarding St. Joseph's dementia care centre in Shankill is deeply worrying. This committee needs to write to the Minister and the Department regarding this. It is a private not-for-profit organisation but the impact of its potential closure will be catastrophic. St. Joseph's has outlined the position...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Business of Joint Committee (6 Nov 2019)

Alan Kelly: I will happily provide the Chairman with those letters. I will speak to the person concerned and it is contingent on that person giving me permission. I presume there will not be a problem with that. I will then send those letters to the Chairman. People have be in touch with me about this matter and I dearly ask that we request an urgent response from the Department and HSE because this...

Illegal Drugs: Motion [Private Members] (5 Nov 2019)

Alan Kelly: I welcome tonight's motion from Fianna Fáil and I know Deputy Curran is passionate about the area. I appreciate that the motion has been put forward with real sincerity. I was very much struck by a headline last month in The Irish Timesindicating that the average consumer of cocaine is a farmer or a nurse. I am from Tipperary, which is a pretty rural county with many small and...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Garda Divisional Headquarters (5 Nov 2019)

Alan Kelly: In fairness, I lost a minute so I ask for a little latitude. There is also a lack of consultation. The Garda Representative Association in the county has made valid points about the lack of resources in Tipperary. The Garda Commissioner was unable to tell us how many extra gardaí would result from this changeover. I asked the Commissioner a question the other day but he did not...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Garda Divisional Headquarters (5 Nov 2019)

Alan Kelly: I never said anything of the sort.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Garda Divisional Headquarters (5 Nov 2019)

Alan Kelly: I believe in modernisation of An Garda Síochána. I also believe that we need to see considerable change. I am not one of those who come to the Chamber to practise NIMBYism, as my track record will show. I do not believe in political policing. I believe in transparency in decision-making. Where a decision such as this is made and it is not transparent across the criteria, it has...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Garda Divisional Headquarters (5 Nov 2019)

Alan Kelly: I acknowledge the presence of the Minister. As he is aware, I raised this matter before and there was no Minister or Minister or State available to take it. I appreciate the advice of the Ceann Comhairle and the Department contacted me to apologise for the fact that no Minister or Minister of State was available, although a Minister of State came to the Chamber immediately afterwards.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Garda Divisional Headquarters (5 Nov 2019)

Alan Kelly: I was not referring to the Minister.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Garda Divisional Headquarters (5 Nov 2019)

Alan Kelly: I was not referring to the Minister at all.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Garda Divisional Headquarters (5 Nov 2019)

Alan Kelly: That is fine. It is not the issue. I do not see the point of the Minister's comments.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Garda Divisional Headquarters (5 Nov 2019)

Alan Kelly: A Minister of State was outside the door who then came into the Chamber. It was not the Minister, Deputy Flanagan, but a Minister of State at the Department. The Ceann Comhairle acknowledged that fact to me in writing. Perhaps the Ceann Comhairle could allow me some latitude as I have lost a minute with the Minister's intervention.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Garda Divisional Headquarters (5 Nov 2019)

Alan Kelly: There was no Minister of State provided to answer the debate. A Minister of State from a different Department was sent in.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Garda Divisional Headquarters (5 Nov 2019)

Alan Kelly: Okay. That is even more worrying.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Garda Divisional Headquarters (5 Nov 2019)

Alan Kelly: It is.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Garda Divisional Headquarters (5 Nov 2019)

Alan Kelly: Excuse me. I tabled this topic for debate. I did not mean for this to kick off but I put down this topic for debate, as I am entitled to do.