Results 7,841-7,860 of 20,884 for speaker:Alan Kelly

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Bord na gCon Staff (28 Mar 2017)

Alan Kelly: 495. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason so many extra staff have been hired by the Irish Greyhound Board during a period when it was evidently struggling financially. [15344/17]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Bord na gCon Administration (28 Mar 2017)

Alan Kelly: 496. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason it has taken five years to get a new laboratory when the Irish Greyhound Board was made aware in 2012 that the laboratory did not test for oil-based stanazol. [15345/17]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Bord na gCon Expenditure (28 Mar 2017)

Alan Kelly: 497. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason it costs the Irish Greyhound Board €1.8 million annually to carry out its testing procedures when the GBGB carries out its testing procedures for £300,000 sterling. [15347/17]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Bord na gCon Administration (28 Mar 2017)

Alan Kelly: 498. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason for the delay in 2015 Irish Greyhound Board accounts being published in view of the fact they were published in 2017. [15358/17]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Bord na gCon (28 Mar 2017)

Alan Kelly: 499. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason the legal fees for Irish Greyhound Board were €1.2 million in 2016. [15359/17]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Bord na gCon (28 Mar 2017)

Alan Kelly: 500. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the details of the legal fees for the Irish Greyhound Board for 2016; and if this figure can be obtained from the management accounts. [15361/17]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Industry (28 Mar 2017)

Alan Kelly: 501. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the greyhound industry uniting as was requested by the Minister of State with responsibility for food, forestry and horticulture at the last forum. [15367/17]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Bord na gCon (28 Mar 2017)

Alan Kelly: 504. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason there has been such a dramatic decrease in turnover from €60 million in 2004 to €28 million in 2015 with regard to the Irish Greyhound Board. [15373/17]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Bord na gCon (28 Mar 2017)

Alan Kelly: 505. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the revenue the deal with a company (details supplied) brings into the Irish Greyhound Board annually. [15375/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Departmental Expenditure (28 Mar 2017)

Alan Kelly: 564. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the estimated and actual outturn on the A1 section of the departmental Vote for each of the years 2011 to 2016 and to date in 2017. [15515/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Departmental Staff Recruitment (28 Mar 2017)

Alan Kelly: 565. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of vacancies notified to the management board and human resources department in his Department in relation to posts in the Coast Guard, AAIU, RAIU and MAIU for each of the years 2011 to 2016 and to date in 2017; and the number of posts sanctioned and the number of posts filled across each organisation, on a quarterly yearly...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Legislative Process (28 Mar 2017)

Alan Kelly: 568. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the reason for the delay and the proposed timeframe for the Companies (Accounting) Bill 2016 being enacted. [15447/17]

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (30 Mar 2017)

Alan Kelly: This is an unfortunate situation. The Committee of Public Accounts has to be beyond reproach and beyond politicisation and we need to embrace that from now on. I wanted to see unity in regard to reports and it was unfortunate it came down to literally one word. We have a lot of serious work to do and we need to deal with what happened yesterday and move on. We had some very serious issues...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (30 Mar 2017)

Alan Kelly: Did the Chairman say "senior people"?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (30 Mar 2017)

Alan Kelly: I do not need the Chairman to name names but are we talking TDs or Ministers?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (30 Mar 2017)

Alan Kelly: In other words, senior people-----

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (30 Mar 2017)

Alan Kelly: -----who administer the committee process.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (30 Mar 2017)

Alan Kelly: Just for clarity of information-----

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (30 Mar 2017)

Alan Kelly: I want to run through a few things before we conclude. There were a couple of references to old boys' club, I know it is irrelevant but the gender of the two individuals to me is absolutely irrelevant to this discussion, whether it is old boys' club or old girls' club.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (30 Mar 2017)

Alan Kelly: The Chairman said that when the senior official gave advice and was being helpful, but obviously he thought it was hostile or threatening in some way.