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Other Questions: Job Creation Targets (15 Jun 2016)

Alan Kelly: The Minister has stated funding of up to €250 million is available. As I hate the phrase "up to", what is the figure? Is it €250 million? Will all of it be spent? I am sure the Minister will say, "Yes," but will she tell us how it will be spent? "Up to €250 million" could mean €5, €250 million or anywhere in between. A bugbear of mine, about which...

Other Questions: Job Creation Targets (15 Jun 2016)

Alan Kelly: If the Minister digs deep, she will find out that is not true.

Estimates for Public Services 2016 (16 Jun 2016)

Alan Kelly: I wish the Minister and the Minister of State, Deputy McEntee, well in what is a very difficult area. This is their first engagement of many and I congratulate them on their appointments. Their combined age is probably younger than some of their predecessors singular.

Estimates for Public Services 2016 (16 Jun 2016)

Alan Kelly: With regard to the Estimates, most of us who observe these things knew this day would come and the €500 million is obviously necessary now. This has been going on for decades under Fianna Fáil and other Governments. It is like a figure is picked from the sky for the health budget and it is constantly supplemented, as everyone knows. We cannot continue like this. Collectively,...

Estimates for Public Services 2016 (16 Jun 2016)

Alan Kelly: It cannot continue. If it does, I do not know where we will end up. There must be some provision in this regard. The average cost for somebody who is training to be a doctor is about €16,000 to €18,000. If one multiplies that by five years, one can see what the cost is for them. The issue is also a societal one because it is my belief that if mammy and daddy or somebody...

Estimates for Public Services 2016 (16 Jun 2016)

Alan Kelly: I am concluding, in case the Chair jumps in again. There was one such famous incident. The issue is that the hospital is in such a state that it really needs direct intervention. I have never in my life heard of representatives from HIQA going into a hospital and things being so bad that they suspended their visit and contacted the CEO of the hospital group in order to have issues...

Estimates for Public Services 2016 (16 Jun 2016)

Alan Kelly: Chelsea.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Ministerial Appointments (21 Jun 2016)

Alan Kelly: 162. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will appoint a new chair of the Higher Education Authority as a matter of urgency given that the authority has been without a chair since January 2016; and if and when he will fill the vacancies that currently exist on the board of the Higher Education Authority. [16761/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: University Governance (21 Jun 2016)

Alan Kelly: 163. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of universities that currently provide a residence for their president; if he is aware of any universities in the process of purchasing such properties; if such expenditure is an appropriate use of public funds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16762/16]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Tolls (21 Jun 2016)

Alan Kelly: 529. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount of variable operational payments paid by the National Roads Authority and Transport Infrastructure Ireland in respect of under usage of the N18 Limerick Tunnel in each year to date in 2016; the future cost for the duration of the public private partnership based on projected future usage levels; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: EU Directives (21 Jun 2016)

Alan Kelly: 552. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she intends to transpose the European Union audit directive by the deadline of 17 June 2016; and the practical consequences of not having it transposed by the deadline. [16853/16]

Select Committee on the Future of Healthcare: Election of Chairman (23 Jun 2016)

Alan Kelly: I congratulate the Chairperson on her appointment. I know she will be excellent in the Chair because when I served in government with her, she was very passionate about this topic. It will be a difficult task but I am looking forward to working on this committee. There is a number of points that we need to get out in the open. In our discussions, when the word "we" is used, it should not...

Select Committee on the Future of Healthcare: Election of Chairman (23 Jun 2016)

Alan Kelly: In correlation with the Dáil.

Select Committee on the Future of Healthcare: Election of Chairman (23 Jun 2016)

Alan Kelly: How many members here are on the other health committee?

Select Committee on the Future of Healthcare: Election of Chairman (23 Jun 2016)

Alan Kelly: When is it meeting?

Select Committee on the Future of Healthcare: Election of Chairman (23 Jun 2016)

Alan Kelly: Also bear in mind it is better if it is a Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday if possible, but Thursdays look difficult now.

Select Committee on the Future of Healthcare: Election of Chairman (23 Jun 2016)

Alan Kelly: To be practical, it is virtually impossible for a public representative to say that we will not end up talking to somebody somewhere. We need to separate our hats and draw a distinction between being public representatives and being on this committee. We are not on the committee to represent them but to express views based on the data that will be before the committee. We should not negate...

Select Committee on the Future of Healthcare: Election of Chairman (23 Jun 2016)

Alan Kelly: I know the clerk is more knowledgeable about this than the rest of us, but in this unique situation the volume of material will be incredible. If we do not have an actual physical structure so that organisations document what they want in a structured manner, rather than firing in everything in their submission, we will be at naught.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Institutions (28 Jun 2016)

Alan Kelly: 115. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total amount spent by each university on taxi hire in each of the years 2013, 2014 and 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18032/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Institutions (28 Jun 2016)

Alan Kelly: 116. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total amount spent on taxi hire in each of the years 2013, 2014 and 2015 in respect of each of the State's institutes of technology; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18033/16]