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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Tribunals of Inquiry (5 Dec 2017)

Alan Kelly: 257. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his views on a matter relating to answers to parliamentary questions (details supplied); and if he plans to make changes to those replies. [51907/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Tribunals of Inquiry (5 Dec 2017)

Alan Kelly: 258. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the date and the ways in which his attention was drawn to the concerns expressed regarding the operation of the Charleton liaison committee at the Committee of Public Accounts on 23 November 2017; the actions he took regarding these concerns as a result; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51908/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Tribunals of Inquiry (5 Dec 2017)

Alan Kelly: 259. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the Garda Commissioner communicated concerns regarding the operation of the Charleton liaison committee recently; if so, when he will act on such concerns; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51909/17]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Commissions of Investigation (6 Dec 2017)

Alan Kelly: 3. To ask the Taoiseach the reason, during Leaders' Questions on both 14 and 15 November 2017, he stated the Department of Justice and Equality was informed of the legal strategy of the then Garda Commissioner at the O'Higgins commission after the cross-examination of a person (details supplied) had taken place, in view of the fact that this cross-examination took place on 18 May 2015 and the...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Commissions of Investigation (6 Dec 2017)

Alan Kelly: I thank the Taoiseach for the reply and correcting the record. It was an important point. There is an element of denial about what is going on. I spent a period of time at the Joint Committee on Justice and Equality this morning and genuinely ask the Taoiseach to ask his colleagues, Deputy Colm Brophy and Senator Martin Conway, who made good contributions about what happened. It was...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Commissions of Investigation (6 Dec 2017)

Alan Kelly: That is fair enough. I suggest that the Taoiseach asks his party colleagues about it.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Commissions of Investigation (6 Dec 2017)

Alan Kelly: Eight days to be precise.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Commissions of Investigation (6 Dec 2017)

Alan Kelly: We were asking about the section 41 letter.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Commissions of Investigation (6 Dec 2017)

Alan Kelly: On a point of order, is the Taoiseach sure that it is a protected disclosure? The section 41 letter is from the acting Commissioner and is based on information that was provided to him internally. I was never aware that it was a protected disclosure.

Topical Issue Debate: Medicinal Products Availability (6 Dec 2017)

Alan Kelly: The Minister is aware of my views on this issue. I have spoken with him and raised it numerous different ways with the HSE and with his office. I spoke about orphan drugs at a committee. Last Friday was, for personal reasons, probably one of the angriest days of my life in politics. I was quite upset. A neighbour of mine, Marion Kelly, passed away. She was one of the two people who...

Topical Issue Debate: Medicinal Products Availability (6 Dec 2017)

Alan Kelly: I accept everything the Minister said but, to be honest with him, the families and those involved do not and cannot accept it. It is nothing personal, but they cannot. They do not care about this inter-wrangling or the politics involved. I agree with the Minister about the drug company's behaviour. I assume the HSE is doing its best. I accept all of that. However, these people do not...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Functioning of the Department of Justice and Equality: Department of Justice and Equality (6 Dec 2017)

Alan Kelly: I thank the Chairman and witnesses. I wish the acting Secretary General the best of luck in her role, as I have done already. It is certainly a very challenging role. I have a number of questions and I will jump from area to area. I had been listening and watching some of the committee proceedings earlier. I could not watch it all unfortunately. I refer to the four parliamentary...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Functioning of the Department of Justice and Equality: Department of Justice and Equality (6 Dec 2017)

Alan Kelly: Does Ms McPhillips accept it is not credible to say this information, not given to the tribunal initially, could not be found and given to the tribunal? Thereafter, all of a sudden, once a few defined parliamentary questions were asked, the information was found and eventually given to the tribunal.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Functioning of the Department of Justice and Equality: Department of Justice and Equality (6 Dec 2017)

Alan Kelly: Let us go through this. A small number of people are at high level in the policing section in the Department of Justice and Equality. I am a former information technology manager. I know questions were asked in respect of clients for email servers. However, it is not credible that in a discovery phase, in searches for "O'Higgins" and "McCabe", information could not have been initially...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Functioning of the Department of Justice and Equality: Department of Justice and Equality (6 Dec 2017)

Alan Kelly: I do not buy that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Functioning of the Department of Justice and Equality: Department of Justice and Equality (6 Dec 2017)

Alan Kelly: I do not believe that. I honestly cannot-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Functioning of the Department of Justice and Equality: Department of Justice and Equality (6 Dec 2017)

Alan Kelly: It is no excuse to say that just because there are specific discovery orders, that we did not provide information. In fact-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Functioning of the Department of Justice and Equality: Department of Justice and Equality (6 Dec 2017)

Alan Kelly: Yes, I apologise. I appreciate that. To clarify, it is not acceptable that because there were specific discovery orders, the Department did not provide the information.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Functioning of the Department of Justice and Equality: Department of Justice and Equality (6 Dec 2017)

Alan Kelly: That is very alarming. I am jumping into this committee today - albeit for a reason - but each member is finding out from the Department of Justice and Equality that, effectively, it did not provide the information because it was not asked for it. That is why I had to ask the questions that I did and ended in the situation that we did-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Functioning of the Department of Justice and Equality: Department of Justice and Equality (6 Dec 2017)

Alan Kelly: That is what I am surmising.