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Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 20 - Garda Síochána - Internal Audit Report on Garda College, Templemore (4 May 2017)

Alan Kelly: I am not putting words in the Commissioner's mouth when I say that if she accepts the report written by Mr. Kelly, whose opinion is that the law has been broken, by extension she is accepting what he is saying.

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 20 - Garda Síochána - Internal Audit Report on Garda College, Templemore (4 May 2017)

Alan Kelly: I am not putting words in the Commissioner's mouth.

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 20 - Garda Síochána - Internal Audit Report on Garda College, Templemore (4 May 2017)

Alan Kelly: No. I am not saying it is. It is an interim report. The auditor who wrote the report has said in response to numerous questions that it is absolutely his view that certain laws and Acts were broken. He has been very clear in his evidence. The Garda Commissioner has said she accepts his report.

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 20 - Garda Síochána - Internal Audit Report on Garda College, Templemore (4 May 2017)

Alan Kelly: Hold on a second. The interim audit report by the auditor has been accepted by the Commissioner. The auditor has stated quite clearly on the record of the Committee of Public Accounts that he believes laws and Acts - it is obvious to all of us what they are - have been broken. The Commissioner has accepted the report.

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 20 - Garda Síochána - Internal Audit Report on Garda College, Templemore (4 May 2017)

Alan Kelly: I think it is clear for the record of the committee what that means. I call Deputy Connolly.

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 20 - Garda Síochána - Internal Audit Report on Garda College, Templemore (4 May 2017)

Alan Kelly: Was anyone else who is here as a witness aware of it? That might help the Deputy.

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 20 - Garda Síochána - Internal Audit Report on Garda College, Templemore (4 May 2017)

Alan Kelly: It is the Department of Justice and Equality.

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 20 - Garda Síochána - Internal Audit Report on Garda College, Templemore (4 May 2017)

Alan Kelly: The Deputy is a barrister.

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 20 - Garda Síochána - Internal Audit Report on Garda College, Templemore (4 May 2017)

Alan Kelly: I know that. It was for information.

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 20 - Garda Síochána - Internal Audit Report on Garda College, Templemore (4 May 2017)

Alan Kelly: Before we conclude, I seek clarification. On what date did Mr. Kelly become aware of Mr. Barrett's document, the report he produced in June-July 2015, or was it May?

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 20 - Garda Síochána - Internal Audit Report on Garda College, Templemore (4 May 2017)

Alan Kelly: Because it is something that concerns me will the Commissioner confirm in writing to us that between June 2015 and the date on which Mr. Kelly found out about it there was no correspondence, emails or documentation in the organisation which stated the report should not be brought to light, sent on or distributed or that people should not be made aware of it? Will the Commissioner verify in...

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 20 - Garda Síochána - Internal Audit Report on Garda College, Templemore (4 May 2017)

Alan Kelly: Absolutely. I could not agree more. May we have Mr. Barrett's documentation in the next 24 hours? Much of it hangs on his documentation. On behalf of the Committee of Public Accounts, I thank all of the witnesses, including the Garda Commissioner and her staff and all those sitting patiently at the back; the representatives of the Department of Justice and Equality and the Comptroller...

Maternity Services: Motion [Private Members] (3 May 2017)

Alan Kelly: Now he should follow through on the sentiments of what he said three years ago and come back with the right answer in a month's time. I want the Minister to address a number of questions. We know that Mr. Thomas Lynch, the CEO of the Ireland East Hospitals Group, warned the Department of Health that this could transpire. I have asked the Minister this question publicly. Why did he not heed...

Maternity Services: Motion [Private Members] (3 May 2017)

Alan Kelly: This needs to be clarified. Did his Secretary General get a warning? Did the Minister's officials get a warning? Was any documentation transferred from Mr. Thomas Lynch, or did he orally say anything to anyone in the Minister's Department about concerns about this? Let us get this clarified once and for all. I have asked this question numerous times and have not got any clarity. If the...

Maternity Services: Motion [Private Members] (3 May 2017)

Alan Kelly: The initial part of this motion deals with the lack of obstetricians, midwives and other specialists within our maternity care sector. Those of us who serve in the health committees have discussed this at length. If one looks at Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, OECD, levels with regard to the number of clinicians across this area, we are way down, and it is an area of...

Maternity Services: Motion [Private Members] (3 May 2017)

Alan Kelly: I welcome the opportunity to speak on the motion as the Labour Party's spokesperson on health. I wish I had much more time than I do because this is a very important issue for all of us. In the time I have I want to focus on the need for independence of the new maternity hospital and the lack of staffing in maternity services, which the Minister knows is an issue about which I speak quite...

Mental Health (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (2 May 2017)

Alan Kelly: I will speak in favour of this Bill on behalf of the Labour Party. I congratulate and thank Deputy Browne and his colleagues on bringing it forward. It is very good legislation and it is a matter in which the Deputy has a keen interest and which he pursues consistently. The Bill seeks to integrate provisions of the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act with the treatment of patients...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Equality Issues (2 May 2017)

Alan Kelly: 101. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to introduce legislation which demands a mandatory statutory retirement age in the private sector; the expected timelines for enactment of same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19148/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Meetings (2 May 2017)

Alan Kelly: 141. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of meetings her officials have had both internally and externally in relation to the financial management of Templemore Training College, in tabular form. [19634/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Reading Recovery Programme (2 May 2017)

Alan Kelly: 326. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there will continue to be a teacher leader for Reading Recovery in a centre (details supplied). [19626/17]