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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Provision (31 Jan 2017)

Alan Kelly: 219. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the agency or Government body which has oversight and responsibility for hospitality and tourism skills development policy here. [4310/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Services Provision (31 Jan 2017)

Alan Kelly: 610. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to open up more minor-injury units in order to alleviate the overcrowding in accident and emergency departments. [4411/17]

Nursing Home Support Scheme (Amendment) Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (26 Jan 2017)

Alan Kelly: With reformed family friendly hours?

Nursing Home Support Scheme (Amendment) Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (26 Jan 2017)

Alan Kelly: I welcome the Bill and I thank Deputy O'Dea for putting it forward. It is timely. I had a brief opportunity to speak to Deputy O'Dea about the Bill yesterday. In fairness, I thank the Minister of State as well for the time she gave me this week to discuss the matter. The legislation is timely because of the situation in which we find ourselves. We need a comprehensive plan. I am...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Killing of Mr. Michael Dwyer in Bolivia: Discussion (26 Jan 2017)

Alan Kelly: I thank the Chairman for inviting me to speak. I have been following the case for eight years along with Ms Caroline Dwyer and Ms Heaney. They are very welcome today, along with Ms Aisling Dwyer. The Dwyer family live in Ballinderry, County Tipperary. They are an incredible family and very well thought of. They need the committee's support. I have no questions, given that I have been...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (26 Jan 2017)

Alan Kelly: I approve.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (26 Jan 2017)

Alan Kelly: The caveat is that it is another case that may be before the courts. We need to confirm that there will not be another appeal.

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 35 – Army Pensions
Vote 36 - Department of Defence
Chapter 8 – Disposal of the Government Jet (26 Jan 2017)

Alan Kelly: I welcome the witnesses to the meeting. My first questions will relate to the disposal of the Government jet. I will then ask about Vote 36, to be followed by questions on Vote 35. The Comptroller and Auditor General's report on the sale of the Government jet points out that since 1992 the jet had been maintained in accordance with the original manufacturer's recommended maintenance and...

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 35 – Army Pensions
Vote 36 - Department of Defence
Chapter 8 – Disposal of the Government Jet (26 Jan 2017)

Alan Kelly: What is the difference between the two?

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 35 – Army Pensions
Vote 36 - Department of Defence
Chapter 8 – Disposal of the Government Jet (26 Jan 2017)

Alan Kelly: Presumably the unanticipated costs were based on the fact that the jet was so old. Those costs were growing. Was that not something that would be scoped? How did the Department arrive at the figure of €400,000 that was allowed for? It had to be surpassed on one occasion. Was there any point in having that figure in the first place if it had to be surpassed and the Department knew...

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 35 – Army Pensions
Vote 36 - Department of Defence
Chapter 8 – Disposal of the Government Jet (26 Jan 2017)

Alan Kelly: Is there a correlation between the intensity of use and the level of maintenance and repairs? Is there a correlation between those two?

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 35 – Army Pensions
Vote 36 - Department of Defence
Chapter 8 – Disposal of the Government Jet (26 Jan 2017)

Alan Kelly: Is there a correlation between the intensity of use of the aircraft and the level of maintenance?

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 35 – Army Pensions
Vote 36 - Department of Defence
Chapter 8 – Disposal of the Government Jet (26 Jan 2017)

Alan Kelly: Mr. Quinn said that he does not agree that the recommended discount cash flow analysis of life cycle costs should have been undertaken in this case because of particular and extenuating circumstances. While it seems that the Department was somewhat over a barrel given the situation that it found itself in with regard to the jet's condition and where it was located in this case, could Mr....

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 35 – Army Pensions
Vote 36 - Department of Defence
Chapter 8 – Disposal of the Government Jet (26 Jan 2017)

Alan Kelly: The witness stated that the cost-benefit analysis was carried out in an informal manner. Can he detail how informal that was?

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 35 – Army Pensions
Vote 36 - Department of Defence
Chapter 8 – Disposal of the Government Jet (26 Jan 2017)

Alan Kelly: For possibly just two years.

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 35 – Army Pensions
Vote 36 - Department of Defence
Chapter 8 – Disposal of the Government Jet (26 Jan 2017)

Alan Kelly: So effectively, we would have had to spend €1.34 million to get the jet back in the air for two years.

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 35 – Army Pensions
Vote 36 - Department of Defence
Chapter 8 – Disposal of the Government Jet (26 Jan 2017)

Alan Kelly: The jet was taken to Savannah and opened up. It was realised that the repair costs of it were not worth it, given the amount of time it was going to be available to the State, or furthermore, given the cost it would take to actually get it airborne in the US, which were costs of €1.34 million or €1.8 million respectively, as the witness said. The Department was left to make...

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 35 – Army Pensions
Vote 36 - Department of Defence
Chapter 8 – Disposal of the Government Jet (26 Jan 2017)

Alan Kelly: I accept that the Department was caught in a very difficult situation, given perceived value versus actual value and given that the jet had been opened up. I am interested, though, in the actual sale because the process by which the sale went through is not out there in the public. There is a very closed environment. I can understand that because of the nature of who the Department was...

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 35 – Army Pensions
Vote 36 - Department of Defence
Chapter 8 – Disposal of the Government Jet (26 Jan 2017)

Alan Kelly: Of course.

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 35 – Army Pensions
Vote 36 - Department of Defence
Chapter 8 – Disposal of the Government Jet (26 Jan 2017)

Alan Kelly: What were they? Were they serious costs?