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Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Financial Statements of the Office of the Data Protection Commissioner (26 Sep 2019)

Alan Kelly: This is the last issue I will raise. The Data Protection Commission received 4,113 complaints in 2018, which was a 56% increase on 2017. This indicates that this is moving in a certain direction. After the commission's findings it will require additional resources, and I support resourcing the commission's work. With regard to the European Data Protection Board, the Data Protection...

Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Financial Statements of the Office of the Data Protection Commissioner (26 Sep 2019)

Alan Kelly: It is a real issue.

Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Financial Statements of the Office of the Data Protection Commissioner (26 Sep 2019)

Alan Kelly: It is an interesting topic. We might return to it again.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (25 Sep 2019)

Alan Kelly: I thank the Minister for her generic response. I remember the Hanley report and the Teamwork report. They were the reports that were put in place to justify creating the model 4 hospital in Limerick. The issue was the resources and the capital required were never put into it. The amount of funding for staff such as doctors, nurses and health professionals was never in tandem with what was...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (25 Sep 2019)

Alan Kelly: He has heard it already.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (25 Sep 2019)

Alan Kelly: Another review. It is not about processes. It is about resources.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (25 Sep 2019)

Alan Kelly: He knows.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (25 Sep 2019)

Alan Kelly: My colleague, Deputy Jan O'Sullivan, and I come from the mid-west. Those us across the House, both in government and opposition, who come from counties Limerick, Clare and Tipperary, as well as from north Cork, depend on the University of Limerick Hospital Group. On Monday, 23 September, 81 patients were on trolleys in University Hospital Limerick. Can the Minister imagine what it will be...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff Recruitment (24 Sep 2019)

Alan Kelly: 297. To ask the Minister for Health when it is planned to fill two vacancies that have existed for some time in order to address the lack of psychology services in north County Tipperary. [38402/19]

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (19 Sep 2019)

Alan Kelly: Is this going up on the screen as on previous occasions?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (19 Sep 2019)

Alan Kelly: I mean as the Chairman is going through the correspondence.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (19 Sep 2019)

Alan Kelly: No. I was just wondering about the screen in front of us. It is easier to see it on the screen in front of us.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (19 Sep 2019)

Alan Kelly: No bother.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (19 Sep 2019)

Alan Kelly: I originally raised this issue. It is bizarre. We have got University College Cork and Cork Institute of Technology, CIT, competing against one another and costing the taxpayer money. I understand the point being made by the Secretary General but can we also ask the Department of Education and Skills to send us a copy of the circular it will issue, according to this letter, as soon as possible?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (19 Sep 2019)

Alan Kelly: Can we write to the Department of Education and Skills asking for a copy of it?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (19 Sep 2019)

Alan Kelly: The guidelines that will be issued.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (19 Sep 2019)

Alan Kelly: I am very happy to publish it. I have had an amount of correspondence with the Department of Health on this matter. I am not satisfied with the responses I have received. I received further information on this issue at the health committee yesterday. The jigsaw is coming together gradually but I am happy to publish the letter.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (19 Sep 2019)

Alan Kelly: I will; the Chairman need not worry.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (19 Sep 2019)

Alan Kelly: I will not take up too much time because this is going to be a long day but this is garbage. The HSE has for decades been providing advanced loans to supplement the organisations because they are not being funded appropriately. This is a play on language.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (19 Sep 2019)

Alan Kelly: These organisations simply would not be able to operate without these loans. They provide vital services for many people in vulnerable situations. This is a play on language. Everyone in the HSE working in this area knows what is going on. All of the section 38 organisations relying on these loans, and there are many, know they could not operate without them. This is not correct and...