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Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (23 Feb 2017)

Alan Kelly: Does Mr. Doyle agree with that?

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (23 Feb 2017)

Alan Kelly: It is.

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (23 Feb 2017)

Alan Kelly: Does Mr. Doyle support the use of the PAS?

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (23 Feb 2017)

Alan Kelly: That is okay. Does Mr. Doyle believe that all the Department's agencies should use the PAS?

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (23 Feb 2017)

Alan Kelly: That was not my question. My question is whether Mr. Doyle believes that all the Department's agencies should use the PAS?

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (23 Feb 2017)

Alan Kelly: I am asking for Mr. Doyle's opinion as Secretary General of the Department. It has responsibility for all of these agencies. Does Mr. Doyle believe that all the Department's agencies should use the PAS? It is a "Yes" or "No" answer. There will be no follow up if Mr. Doyle says one or the other.

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (23 Feb 2017)

Alan Kelly: So Mr. Doyle does not believe it should be mandatory for them to use the PAS?

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (23 Feb 2017)

Alan Kelly: If Mr. Doyle gave me a "Yes" or "No" answer, I would have moved on but the fact that he has said that it is up to the agencies is an endorsement of the fact that they wasted €58,500 of taxpayer's money on something that could have been done as well through a public appointments system that is in place for all these organisations and the Department.

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (23 Feb 2017)

Alan Kelly: I understand what Mr. Doyle is getting at but I would expect that Departments would let their agencies know that it would be expected that they would not waste taxpayers' money by hiring private firms to take an inordinate amount of time to fill a vacancy because it has confidence in the system that is already there to fill vacancies, which is the PAS.

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (23 Feb 2017)

Alan Kelly: It is some waste of €58,000.

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (23 Feb 2017)

Alan Kelly: My final question is fairly substantial. When did someone within the Department first discover that in the context of the deal done with Norwegian Airlines to fly into Ireland, which is being announced as we speak and which is welcome in a broad sense, the majority of the flights would be in and out of Dublin? This has been going on for 15 months. There was a good announcement for Cork...

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (23 Feb 2017)

Alan Kelly: Could Mr. Doyle let me know when someone within the Department first found out? I would appreciate it if he could also provide me with correspondence - e-mails or letters - between the Dublin Airport Authority, DAA, and the Department about this matter over the past 15 months? There might not be much material but I would appreciate it if we could receive it. The DAA, which is an agency...

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (23 Feb 2017)

Alan Kelly: I welcome Norwegian Airlines coming in. The issue for me is very simple. The Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government is driving down to Cork today to welcome this. I welcome the fact that there will be three flights into one destination and not into Boston or New York, as was said. I believe they are going to Providence. This was sold as a game changer and it is a...

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (23 Feb 2017)

Alan Kelly: All the correspondence, please.

Industrial Relations (Right to Access) (Amendment) Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (22 Feb 2017)

Alan Kelly: In June, a Labour Party motion on workers' rights was passed by the House but the Government has done nothing to implement what was passed.

Industrial Relations (Right to Access) (Amendment) Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (22 Feb 2017)

Alan Kelly: The motion was passed by everyone in the House except those in government. The foundation of my party is inextricably linked with the trade union movement. We have argued throughout our history that the best means of strengthening the hand of workers and their unions is through co-operation of both organised and political labour. This means that we have been unwavering in our support for...

Industrial Relations (Right to Access) (Amendment) Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (22 Feb 2017)

Alan Kelly: I will do so in a moment. As the president of SIPTU, Jack O'Connor, stated that this is the only country in the entire OECD in which legislative protections were put in place for workers during the financial meltdown. Those protections improved workers' rights during those crisis years. Ireland is the only country in the OECD in which that happened.

Industrial Relations (Right to Access) (Amendment) Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (22 Feb 2017)

Alan Kelly: Deputy Crowe is right. It is Jack O'Connor of the Labour Party. As a former SIPTU shop steward-----

Industrial Relations (Right to Access) (Amendment) Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (22 Feb 2017)

Alan Kelly: Can I have this time back?

Industrial Relations (Right to Access) (Amendment) Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (22 Feb 2017)

Alan Kelly: As a former SIPTU shop steward for many years, I know of the campaigns of intimidation and anti-union tactics that can go on in workplaces. I stand here as one of the few people who knows what it is to take workers out on strike. A young organiser told me recently that he invited some fellow workers to join his union but they asked him why they would do that because they want to be promoted...