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Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (5 Oct 2017)

Alan Kelly: -----members will sign off on it next Thursday.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (5 Oct 2017)

Alan Kelly: Agree on amendments as well. I understand what the Deputy means.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (5 Oct 2017)

Alan Kelly: I have very little to say except to ask if we could have representatives of education and training boards, ETBs, in at some point before Christmas.

Public Accounts Committee: IDA - Financial Statement 2016 (5 Oct 2017)

Alan Kelly: That is dangerous.

Financial Resolutions 2018 - Budget Statement 2018 (10 Oct 2017)

Alan Kelly: I was struggling to describe what to call this budget. It is effectively the cup of coffee budget. The Minister of State could wake up and pay a little attention.

Financial Resolutions 2018 - Budget Statement 2018 (10 Oct 2017)

Alan Kelly: I am sorry the Minister of State has been left on his own, although I see another Minister of State has come in to join him. This is the cup of coffee budget for people of my age and, indeed, the Minister of State's age, living around the country, when the mortgage interest relief reduction, the increased cost of commuting and child care costs, which still have not been addressed - the...

Financial Resolutions 2018 - Budget Statement 2018 (10 Oct 2017)

Alan Kelly: -----but in all seriousness, that will be wiped away by the additional costs of living that we all know about. For people with children, because of the excessive costs associated with them, and those living in the Dublin conurbation who commute into the city, this is a negative budget. The tax, including income tax, changes make it a regressive budget; these are regressive moves. The...

Financial Resolutions 2018 - Budget Statement 2018 (10 Oct 2017)

Alan Kelly: I thank my colleague.

Financial Resolutions 2018 - Budget Statement 2018 (10 Oct 2017)

Alan Kelly: There is also Stepaside, but we will return to that in the Committee of Public Accounts. The provision of funding for public transport is paltry; it is ridiculous. I say that as a former Minister of State in the Department who had specific responsibility for public transport when we did not have a bob. We have been talking about the tax breaks that have been given and the few bob being...

Financial Resolutions 2018 - Budget Statement 2018 (10 Oct 2017)

Alan Kelly: Hear, hear.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Grants (10 Oct 2017)

Alan Kelly: 130. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if budget 2018 will reinstate the subsidies for the two mandatory Gaeltacht courses (details supplied) which student primary teachers attend. [42873/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Boards Staff (10 Oct 2017)

Alan Kelly: 117. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide a copy of the advertisements and job specifications for each education and training board, ETB, chief executive's role that has been filled since 2013. [42736/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Boards Data (10 Oct 2017)

Alan Kelly: 118. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the official head offices of all education and training boards, ETbs, here; and the assigned ETB centre of each chief executive for the purposes of claiming expenses. [42737/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Long-Term Illness Scheme Coverage (10 Oct 2017)

Alan Kelly: 377. To ask the Minister for Health when the list of medical conditions that are covered by the long-term illness scheme will be amended (details supplied). [42872/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Charges (11 Oct 2017)

Alan Kelly: 145. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that persons with haemochromatosis require several venesections per year and are paying €80 per venesection; his plans to provide free venesections to persons that have haemochromatosis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43161/17]

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (12 Oct 2017)

Alan Kelly: Could with deal with TII now? I do not think that will be a long session.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (12 Oct 2017)

Alan Kelly: We will try to get all of this correspondence done by 10 o'clock.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (12 Oct 2017)

Alan Kelly: I support the Deputy in her comments.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (12 Oct 2017)

Alan Kelly: I agree with-----

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (12 Oct 2017)

Alan Kelly: One moment, let me finish. I agree with it. I believe there is a time-sensitivity in this regard. We have a couple of issues which will take a couple of hours in this committee - we will be talking about the Garda matter later on. Maybe we could address two or three of these issues on the same day and deal with them.