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Public Accounts Committee: Transport Infrastructure Ireland: Financial Statements 2016 (12 Oct 2017)

Alan Kelly: Why? I used to be a Minister of State in that Department and I know what it does. This is not a departmental question. These roads connect on the network with the roads managed by TII. Should TII not keep an eye as regards continuity on how that money is being spent and whether it is being used as effectively as it should?

Public Accounts Committee: Transport Infrastructure Ireland: Financial Statements 2016 (12 Oct 2017)

Alan Kelly: I understand that.

Public Accounts Committee: Transport Infrastructure Ireland: Financial Statements 2016 (12 Oct 2017)

Alan Kelly: I know the TII does not have a remit but surely in the context of its decision-making on the projects that it puts forward, it is a little pointless if the connecting roads have not been brought up to a certain standard before they begin. This is a hypothetical scenario. Is this a factor in TII decision-making? Many local authorities do not have enough money and, therefore, this has been a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking Sector in Ireland (Resumed): Savings Banks Foundation for International Cooperation, Irish Rural Link and Public Banking Forum of Ireland (12 Oct 2017)

Alan Kelly: No I am-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking Sector in Ireland (Resumed): Savings Banks Foundation for International Cooperation, Irish Rural Link and Public Banking Forum of Ireland (12 Oct 2017)

Alan Kelly: It might as well be part of Tipperary for electoral purposes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking Sector in Ireland (Resumed): Savings Banks Foundation for International Cooperation, Irish Rural Link and Public Banking Forum of Ireland (12 Oct 2017)

Alan Kelly: I thank the Chairman for facilitating me. I have a significant interest in this issue. I left the meeting of the PAC to attend this meeting because I want to support the process. I have been following the issue, along with my colleague, Deputy Penrose, who has also taken a big interest in this and has written about it and raised it in the Dáil. He expressed his love of the Department...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking Sector in Ireland (Resumed): Savings Banks Foundation for International Cooperation, Irish Rural Link and Public Banking Forum of Ireland (12 Oct 2017)

Alan Kelly: I am sorry. I do not wish to be rude but I have another question. I was very much taken by what was said about the impact on other banks - by the way, I love that. Could the witnesses explain it? When the model was rolled out, the foundation wiped the floor with the banks that were in the region and by the sound of things, they left. Did they just get out of the market the foundation was...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking Sector in Ireland (Resumed): Savings Banks Foundation for International Cooperation, Irish Rural Link and Public Banking Forum of Ireland (12 Oct 2017)

Alan Kelly: That is usually the reason.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking Sector in Ireland (Resumed): Savings Banks Foundation for International Cooperation, Irish Rural Link and Public Banking Forum of Ireland (12 Oct 2017)

Alan Kelly: That is a good answer.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking Sector in Ireland (Resumed): Savings Banks Foundation for International Cooperation, Irish Rural Link and Public Banking Forum of Ireland (12 Oct 2017)

Alan Kelly: Mr. Boland might answer the question on the post office.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking Sector in Ireland (Resumed): Savings Banks Foundation for International Cooperation, Irish Rural Link and Public Banking Forum of Ireland (12 Oct 2017)

Alan Kelly: That is good.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking Sector in Ireland (Resumed): Savings Banks Foundation for International Cooperation, Irish Rural Link and Public Banking Forum of Ireland (12 Oct 2017)

Alan Kelly: That is a great idea and I would support the Chairman 100%.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Update On Health Issues: Discussion (18 Oct 2017)

Alan Kelly: This is a quick-fire round. It appears that the capital programme will be eaten up by the children's hospital. Will there be provision to progress the maternity strategy, which I have spoken about numerous times? The mid-west is waiting for a couple of million euro just to keep things ticking over and cannot seem to get funding. I note the internal letter on opening up the new accident...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Update On Health Issues: Discussion (18 Oct 2017)

Alan Kelly: Freudian.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Update On Health Issues: Discussion (18 Oct 2017)

Alan Kelly: No. These are the statistics showing the pressure that the mid-west is under compared with other areas.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Update On Health Issues: Discussion (18 Oct 2017)

Alan Kelly: The profile of over 65 year olds in the area is much greater. The Minister is right about discharges, but how and to where would people be discharged? Intermediate vehicles and ambulances are not present to do the job. Of course Ennis and Nenagh hospitals have bed capacity, but they do not have the necessary transport capacity. I have been raising this issue for a considerable time....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Update On Health Issues: Discussion (18 Oct 2017)

Alan Kelly: Glad to hear that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Update On Health Issues: Discussion (18 Oct 2017)

Alan Kelly: One would-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Update On Health Issues: Discussion (18 Oct 2017)

Alan Kelly: We will try anything.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Update On Health Issues: Discussion (18 Oct 2017)

Alan Kelly: Can I get an answer from Mr. O'Brien on HIQA and Ennis?