Results 20,441-20,460 of 21,356 for speaker:Alan Kelly
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Nursing Homes (5 Mar 2025)
Alan Kelly: I take his word that will happen. I must point out to the Minister of State that the company, Bartra, is advertising 12-month contracts for clinical nurses in Nenagh. If it is advertising for clinical nurses in Nenagh for 12 months, it must expect it is going to stay there a bit longer. By the way, at the end of this I want to see the total amount Bartra was paid for doing this because I...
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Nursing Homes (5 Mar 2025)
Alan Kelly: I will indeed, that is no problem.
- Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht – Questions on Policy or Legislation (5 Mar 2025)
Alan Kelly: There was astonishment among serving and retired Garda members at the Taoiseach's comments on Garda vetting last week in response to a question I had asked. To put back on record what the Taoiseach said, he asked what vetting actually means and what it actually produces. He stated, "It is quite limited in what it actually does." I have been contacted by a number of serving Garda members...
- Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (5 Mar 2025)
Alan Kelly: 132. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of members of the Garda National Technical Bureau who are currently certified in the area of chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear and high-yield explosives (CBRNE). [10080/25]
- Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Community Development Projects (6 Mar 2025)
Alan Kelly: 468. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if there are plans to roll out the community centre investment scheme again this year; if so, when will applications open; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10285/25]
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (19 Mar 2025)
Alan Kelly: Yesterday, again, on "Prime Time", journalist Joe Galvin raised the issue of the Israeli company Cellebrite used by the PSNI to crack the phones of journalists Barry McCaffrey and Trevor Birney. There has been an overlap in personnel between the PSNI from that time and An Garda Síochána since then. It has also been reported that Meta, which owns WhatsApp, announced that up to 100...
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (19 Mar 2025)
Alan Kelly: Absolutely. Agreed.
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (19 Mar 2025)
Alan Kelly: Agreed.
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (19 Mar 2025)
Alan Kelly: Agreed.
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (19 Mar 2025)
Alan Kelly: Really?
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (19 Mar 2025)
Alan Kelly: What about the Garda?
- Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: An Garda Síochána (20 Mar 2025)
Alan Kelly: 115. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he has any concerns about the fact that the latest intake of trainee gardaí are not fully vetted. [12760/25]
- Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: An Garda Síochána (20 Mar 2025)
Alan Kelly: As the Minister is aware, the Garda Commissioner informed his Department last November that full vetting would no longer take place prior to trainees entering the college at Templemore. This sent shock waves across many organisations, including the GRA and other representative bodies, because the Garda do the vetting. If gardaí will not be fully vetted before they enter Templemore, how...
- Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: An Garda Síochána (20 Mar 2025)
Alan Kelly: This is Comical Ali stuff. The Garda Síochána press office has stated: "... the highest standards for all ... Gardaí will be maintained. Vetting standards for Garda trainees remain the same." They do not remain the same. They are different. Similar to the housing statistics, this was done as a political ploy in order to ensure numbers got bumped up and trainees were taken...
- Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: An Garda Síochána (20 Mar 2025)
Alan Kelly: What the Minister said is simply not factually correct. Garda trainees are going into Templemore who have not been vetted to the standard required. That is the bottom line. This was done last November. The Minister is also failing to acknowledge the fact that unattested trainees are often training under supervision but are not fully vetted. The Minister knows that as part of their...
- Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: An Garda Síochána (20 Mar 2025)
Alan Kelly: Not when they enter.
- Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: An Garda Síochána (20 Mar 2025)
Alan Kelly: They can be on the streets unvetted.
- Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: An Garda Síochána (20 Mar 2025)
Alan Kelly: So, standards drop.
- Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: An Garda Síochána (20 Mar 2025)
Alan Kelly: Standards drop.
- Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: An Garda Síochána (20 Mar 2025)
Alan Kelly: They do.