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Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Estimates for Public Services 2018
Votes 11 - Public Expenditure and Reform (Revised)
Vote 12 - Superannuation and Retired Allowances (Revised)
Vote 14 - State Laboratory (Revised)
Vote 15 - Secret Service (Revised)
Vote 17 - Public Appointments Service (Revised)
Vote 18 - National Shared Services Office (Revised)
Vote 19 - Office of the Ombudsman (Revised)
Vote 39 - Office of Government Procurement (Revised) (22 Feb 2018)

Alan Kelly: I know what the Minister is hinting at.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Estimates for Public Services 2018
Votes 11 - Public Expenditure and Reform (Revised)
Vote 12 - Superannuation and Retired Allowances (Revised)
Vote 14 - State Laboratory (Revised)
Vote 15 - Secret Service (Revised)
Vote 17 - Public Appointments Service (Revised)
Vote 18 - National Shared Services Office (Revised)
Vote 19 - Office of the Ombudsman (Revised)
Vote 39 - Office of Government Procurement (Revised) (22 Feb 2018)

Alan Kelly: Thanks.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Estimates for Public Services 2018
Votes 11 - Public Expenditure and Reform (Revised)
Vote 12 - Superannuation and Retired Allowances (Revised)
Vote 14 - State Laboratory (Revised)
Vote 15 - Secret Service (Revised)
Vote 17 - Public Appointments Service (Revised)
Vote 18 - National Shared Services Office (Revised)
Vote 19 - Office of the Ombudsman (Revised)
Vote 39 - Office of Government Procurement (Revised) (22 Feb 2018)

Alan Kelly: Absolutely. Why does the Minister think I am asking the question?

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Estimates for Public Services 2018
Votes 11 - Public Expenditure and Reform (Revised)
Vote 12 - Superannuation and Retired Allowances (Revised)
Vote 14 - State Laboratory (Revised)
Vote 15 - Secret Service (Revised)
Vote 17 - Public Appointments Service (Revised)
Vote 18 - National Shared Services Office (Revised)
Vote 19 - Office of the Ombudsman (Revised)
Vote 39 - Office of Government Procurement (Revised) (22 Feb 2018)

Alan Kelly: I will briefly mention some of the issues that were raised last week. The chief executive officer was appointed without open competition. Questions were asked about whether the tenders and contracts that were awarded met public procurement requirements. Benefacts is not covered by the 2016 code of governance. I will not take up the time of the committee by mentioning the other queries...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Estimates for Public Services 2018
Votes 11 - Public Expenditure and Reform (Revised)
Vote 12 - Superannuation and Retired Allowances (Revised)
Vote 14 - State Laboratory (Revised)
Vote 15 - Secret Service (Revised)
Vote 17 - Public Appointments Service (Revised)
Vote 18 - National Shared Services Office (Revised)
Vote 19 - Office of the Ombudsman (Revised)
Vote 39 - Office of Government Procurement (Revised) (22 Feb 2018)

Alan Kelly: That is correct.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Estimates for Public Services 2018
Votes 11 - Public Expenditure and Reform (Revised)
Vote 12 - Superannuation and Retired Allowances (Revised)
Vote 14 - State Laboratory (Revised)
Vote 15 - Secret Service (Revised)
Vote 17 - Public Appointments Service (Revised)
Vote 18 - National Shared Services Office (Revised)
Vote 19 - Office of the Ombudsman (Revised)
Vote 39 - Office of Government Procurement (Revised) (22 Feb 2018)

Alan Kelly: That is right.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Estimates for Public Services 2018
Votes 11 - Public Expenditure and Reform (Revised)
Vote 12 - Superannuation and Retired Allowances (Revised)
Vote 14 - State Laboratory (Revised)
Vote 15 - Secret Service (Revised)
Vote 17 - Public Appointments Service (Revised)
Vote 18 - National Shared Services Office (Revised)
Vote 19 - Office of the Ombudsman (Revised)
Vote 39 - Office of Government Procurement (Revised) (22 Feb 2018)

Alan Kelly: I note that the Minister has said he has no concerns about Benefacts.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Estimates for Public Services 2018
Votes 11 - Public Expenditure and Reform (Revised)
Vote 12 - Superannuation and Retired Allowances (Revised)
Vote 14 - State Laboratory (Revised)
Vote 15 - Secret Service (Revised)
Vote 17 - Public Appointments Service (Revised)
Vote 18 - National Shared Services Office (Revised)
Vote 19 - Office of the Ombudsman (Revised)
Vote 39 - Office of Government Procurement (Revised) (22 Feb 2018)

Alan Kelly: Again, the Minister has not said he has any concern; therefore, he has no concerns about the project.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Estimates for Public Services 2018
Votes 11 - Public Expenditure and Reform (Revised)
Vote 12 - Superannuation and Retired Allowances (Revised)
Vote 14 - State Laboratory (Revised)
Vote 15 - Secret Service (Revised)
Vote 17 - Public Appointments Service (Revised)
Vote 18 - National Shared Services Office (Revised)
Vote 19 - Office of the Ombudsman (Revised)
Vote 39 - Office of Government Procurement (Revised) (22 Feb 2018)

Alan Kelly: I encourage the Minister to do so.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Ministerial Meetings (27 Feb 2018)

Alan Kelly: 209. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the meetings he or officials of his Department have had with an association (details supplied) in 2017 and 2018; the nature of these meetings; and the persons who attended these meetings. [9441/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (27 Feb 2018)

Alan Kelly: 492. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to roll-out the Sligo post-cataract scheme to help alleviate waiting lists in adult eye care. [9983/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (27 Feb 2018)

Alan Kelly: 493. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to address the gap in eye-care provision for persons aged 12 to 16 years of age (details supplied). [9984/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (27 Feb 2018)

Alan Kelly: 494. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to introduce a free annual eye exam for all children up to 16 years of age (details supplied). [9985/18]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Commemorative Events (28 Feb 2018)

Alan Kelly: 50. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans to implement the decision to name a day as national famine commemoration day; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10023/18]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Digital Archiving (28 Feb 2018)

Alan Kelly: 51. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans to digitise national collections as mentioned in the national development plan; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10024/18]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Homicide Statistics: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Mar 2018)

Alan Kelly: Brevity is not my strong point.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Homicide Statistics: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Mar 2018)

Alan Kelly: We can stretch it for a few minutes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Homicide Statistics: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Mar 2018)

Alan Kelly: I will do my best. I will cut half of my questions and will not overlap. I thank the witnesses for their attendance. They are the two best witnesses I have seen at a committee in my time flitting in and out of here over the past decade. I have seen all of their evidence, having watched the beginning in my office and been in attendance for the second half. I am a member of the Committee...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Homicide Statistics: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Mar 2018)

Alan Kelly: Does Ms West need another way of answering Deputy Wallace's question?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Homicide Statistics: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Mar 2018)

Alan Kelly: Ms West spoke earlier about how something changed in mid-September. What happened? Was it that certain individuals knew that this would probably explode, reputational damage could not be subdued anymore and they had to adopt a different tactic, or was there something else?