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- Appointment of Taoiseach and Nomination of Members of Government: Motion (6 May 2016)
Alan Kelly: Now we have a Government with the support of 59 Deputies, which was being negotiated literally until the very last few minutes. There is no real trust here. There is no common platform or purpose. Colleagues, we are all here to represent the public interest, so what about the public interest? Negotiating sweetheart deals around the country to stay in Government is simply not in the public...
- Appointment of Taoiseach and Nomination of Members of Government: Motion (6 May 2016)
Alan Kelly: We have often heard in here that decisions on Garda stations, schools, hospital wards, etc., should be based on objective expertise and be in the national interest.
- Appointment of Taoiseach and Nomination of Members of Government: Motion (6 May 2016)
Alan Kelly: How can the deals that the Independents stroked out of a weary, desolate and desperate Fine Gael be in the public interest?
- Appointment of Taoiseach and Nomination of Members of Government: Motion (6 May 2016)
Alan Kelly: For example, I hear, through the media, that we are getting a second cardiac unit in Waterford. That may be welcome and that is fine.
- Appointment of Taoiseach and Nomination of Members of Government: Motion (6 May 2016)
Alan Kelly: However, I wonder how the people of the north west, particularly the Deputies who represent Sligo, feel today, given that they do not have even one permanent one in their area. These grubby little deals will all have to be published in full so that the public and this House can see every single detail down to the last comma. If any Independent comes in here and says something else that is...
- Appointment of Taoiseach and Nomination of Members of Government: Motion (6 May 2016)
Alan Kelly: I wish those Ministers the very best. The second issue I have relates to the community section of the Department. Why did the last Government spend so much time trying to integrate all the community organisations with local government when it is now gone? Similarly, while I support the concept of a housing Minister in principle, it is not yet clear whether the new housing Minister will...
- Appointment of Taoiseach and Nomination of Members of Government: Motion (6 May 2016)
Alan Kelly: I put it to my colleagues in Sinn Féin that just because they keep saying Sinn Féin is the main party of Opposition does not actually mean it is true. They may keep repeating it, but we will see in future.
- Appointment of Taoiseach and Nomination of Members of Government: Motion (6 May 2016)
Alan Kelly: I have highlighted several issues. Above all, I object to the blatant betrayal by my former colleagues of those who did their legal and civic duty and paid their water bills as well as their treasonable betrayal, along with those in Fianna Fáil, of the long-term national interest of delivering a modern water infrastructure that is fit for purpose, rather than pumping hundreds of tonnes...
- Appointment of Taoiseach and Nomination of Members of Government: Motion (6 May 2016)
Alan Kelly: For that reason and all the other reasons I have adverted to, the Labour Party cannot support this coalition of puppetry involving Fianna Fáil, Fine Gael and Independents. Unfortunately, it is doomed to failure.
- Appointment of Taoiseach and Nomination of Members of Government: Motion (6 May 2016)
Alan Kelly: Twice.
- Priority Questions: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (24 May 2016)
Alan Kelly: 31. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will deliver the target of 17,000 social housing units in 2016, as set out in the social housing output report published in January 2016, the categories under which he will deliver them, and the quantity to be delivered. [11883/16]
- Workers' Rights: Motion [Private Members] (31 May 2016)
Alan Kelly: Hear, hear.
- Workers' Rights: Motion [Private Members] (31 May 2016)
Alan Kelly: Well said.
- Workers' Rights: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (1 Jun 2016)
Alan Kelly: I am proud to speak on behalf of the Labour Party in supporting our motion to enhance the rights of workers and to provide greater employment protections for those in precarious and low-paid work. I welcome the former Clerys workers, including Susie McGowan, and our trade union brothers and sisters who are present as well as those from Labour Youth, including Grace Williams, who led a...
- Workers' Rights: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (1 Jun 2016)
Alan Kelly: We call on the Government to legislate for the protection of workers in these "informal insolvency" and collective redundancy situations. Tesco is seeking to rewrite the contracts of some of its workers without adequate justification or the agreement of their representatives. I welcome that Tesco has recently chosen to negotiate with Mandate as the representative body of the workers where...
- Workers' Rights: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (1 Jun 2016)
Alan Kelly: Further, it is my fundamental belief as a former SIPTU shop steward that people have a right to feel safe and secure in their workplaces. The Government must legislate to provide statutory redress for the victims of workplace bullying. I wish to highlight the rights of workers beyond PAYE employees. We must support small businesses, local enterprises and the self-employed but this...
- Workers' Rights: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (1 Jun 2016)
Alan Kelly: It is clear that Sinn Féin would rather party political point scoring than meaningful engagement on this issue-----
- Workers' Rights: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (1 Jun 2016)
Alan Kelly: This speaks to Sinn Féin's true intentions. While the Labour Party in the Republic is trying to form a coalition of political thought and trade unions to tackle if-and-when and zero-hour contracts-----
- Workers' Rights: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (1 Jun 2016)
Alan Kelly: -----Sinn Féin in government in Northern Ireland stands over one of the highest proliferation rates of zero-hour contracts of anywhere in the whole world.
- Workers' Rights: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (1 Jun 2016)
Alan Kelly: Let me repeat that: anywhere in the whole world.