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Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff Recruitment (7 Jul 2016)

Alan Kelly: 208. To ask the Minister for Health if the Health Service Executive has plans to ensure an Ehlers-Danlos syndrome specialist is in place in any hospital here. [20112/16]

Public Accounts Committee: Work Programme (7 Jul 2016)

Alan Kelly: Mr. McCarthy said his office experiences resource difficulties from time to time. Will this affect any of the work in which we are involved? What difficulties are there? Do they impinge on the Comptroller and Auditor General doing his job in any way? From talking to those who were members of the Committee of Public Accounts before and colleagues, I am conscious that the volume of...

Public Accounts Committee: Work Programme (7 Jul 2016)

Alan Kelly: To clarify, the meeting of 15 July will deal with-----

Public Accounts Committee: Work Programme (7 Jul 2016)

Alan Kelly: I understand it is proposed that the meeting with the HSE will deal with the issue of the letter in respect of section 38 and Console and we will dig into the issue of section 38 and 39 agreements and the service level agreements between the HSE and voluntary organisations. We will also discuss top-ups in respect of St. John of God and, no doubt, other organisations.

Public Accounts Committee: Work Programme (7 Jul 2016)

Alan Kelly: I agree with Deputy Madigan. Her proposal would be useful and it would close the circle on this issue. It would be helpful to fit that somewhere into our programme. It would also be timely because part of the legislation has yet to be commenced. Deputy Cassells and others made the point that as we speak here about what is one of the most talked about issues in Ireland, there is concern...

Public Accounts Committee: Work Programme (7 Jul 2016)

Alan Kelly: Some of us have already been asked for it.

Public Accounts Committee: Work Programme (7 Jul 2016)

Alan Kelly: When will it be circulated?

Public Accounts Committee: Work Programme (7 Jul 2016)

Alan Kelly: Is it in hard copy form?

Public Accounts Committee: Work Programme (7 Jul 2016)

Alan Kelly: Will it be distributed in hard copy and soft copy form?

Public Accounts Committee: Work Programme (7 Jul 2016)

Alan Kelly: Will the first speaker nominated have the opportunity to meet the Chairman and the clerk beforehand?

Public Accounts Committee: Work Programme (7 Jul 2016)

Alan Kelly: That is why I asked.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Charitable and Voluntary Organisations (12 Jul 2016)

Alan Kelly: 4. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an up-to-date list of section 38 entities which receive funding from the HSE and the amount of funding each organisation received from 2013 to 2015, inclusive; if he will publish all HSE audits of section 38 organisations; and if he will consider a policy of seeking to ensure a representative of the HSE serves on the board of each of these entities...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Charitable and Voluntary Organisations (12 Jul 2016)

Alan Kelly: I have just left my office after reading some very concerning documentation related to the HSE and a section 39 organisation that will be discussed on Friday at the Committee of Public Accounts, of which I am Vice Chairman. There is a crisis in the transparency of funding organisations under sections 38 and 39. I listened to the Minister's response to Deputy John Browne and the...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Charitable and Voluntary Organisations (12 Jul 2016)

Alan Kelly: I thank the Minister for his reply and look forward to the provision of the documentation. I remind him that I asked a considerable number of questions as part of the Estimates process. A number of weeks have passed and I have yet to receive any response. I hope this question will be answered within the timeline suggested by the Minister. The supervision of the agencies in question is...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Charitable and Voluntary Organisations (12 Jul 2016)

Alan Kelly: Agreed.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Other Questions: Mental Health Services Provision (12 Jul 2016)

Alan Kelly: The admission of young people to adult facilities is a scandal. In fairness, funding is now ring-fenced for mental health arising from action taken by the Minister of State's predecessor. The figures are also being addressed. The Minister of State is doing her best and any support she needs she will certainly get from our side of the House because community intervention is necessary....

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Other Questions: Mental Health Services Provision (12 Jul 2016)

Alan Kelly: What about Jigsaw? I apologise, but my question was not answered-----

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Other Questions: Home Help Service (12 Jul 2016)

Alan Kelly: Deputy Troy is right. I welcome the €40 million, but there is a gap period and we are not seeing this funding on the ground. HSE officials tell me that when it is distributed it will only bring the hours back up to a certain level, which is only a drop in the ocean. That is what the Minister of State's officials are saying. I am telling her the truth. I know of a lady in...

Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2016: Report Stage (12 Jul 2016)

Alan Kelly: I am delighted to be able to speak on this amendment relating to the committee. This is a unique moment because, as I stand here, I agree with Deputy Paul Murphy on this issue. This is a unique moment.

Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2016: Report Stage (12 Jul 2016)

Alan Kelly: The eureka moment is that he used a phrase I was going to use, which is that the setting up of this committee is a sham. I am coming at it from a totally different perspective but it is a sham. It is a sham because-----