Results 14,601-14,620 of 21,111 for speaker:Alan Kelly
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (19 Sep 2019)
Alan Kelly: I say this with some knowledge. We had the section 38 organisations before the health committee, so much of this information came from a different committee.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (19 Sep 2019)
Alan Kelly: It is possible to see the trajectory.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (19 Sep 2019)
Alan Kelly: I could not agree more. I have been harping on about this for years. There are two critical issues. First, an employment order is needed to bring up the level of wages because there are not enough employees in the area and people will not work in it.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (19 Sep 2019)
Alan Kelly: For all of them.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (19 Sep 2019)
Alan Kelly: I know, but an order is needed for all the agency workers, all the other workers. Second, we need to just cop ourselves on. The more people we can get home help to the more money will be saved in the health service, so it should be demand-led. That is what we discussed in the health committee but, alas, the Department listens sometimes and does not at other times.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (19 Sep 2019)
Alan Kelly: We will send the Chairman all of our passport applications from now on.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (19 Sep 2019)
Alan Kelly: We could take a rain check and tackle the outstanding issues later.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (19 Sep 2019)
Alan Kelly: Is the Irish National Accreditation Board, INAB, audited by the Comptroller and Auditor General?
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (19 Sep 2019)
Alan Kelly: They come under NSAI but they are a separate entity. INAB reports to the Department of Business, Enterprise and Innovation.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (19 Sep 2019)
Alan Kelly: INAB has come to our attention, because of issues in Dr. Gabriel Scally's report.
- Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon Financial Statement 2017 (19 Sep 2019)
Alan Kelly: We are at a critical juncture for the industry. As somebody who supports greyhound owners, trainers and those who act in a responsible way, I believe we are at a crossroads for the industry and the future of the industry is at stake. For those who participate in it and those who do everything appropriately and properly and look after the welfare of dogs, I would like this industry to be...
- Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon Financial Statement 2017 (19 Sep 2019)
Alan Kelly: Was the forthcoming meeting with the Committee of Public Accounts discussed?
- Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon Financial Statement 2017 (19 Sep 2019)
Alan Kelly: What about confidence?
- Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon Financial Statement 2017 (19 Sep 2019)
Alan Kelly: When did Dr. Smyth find out about the Preferred Results report?
- Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon Financial Statement 2017 (19 Sep 2019)
Alan Kelly: On 24 May.
- Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon Financial Statement 2017 (19 Sep 2019)
Alan Kelly: No problem. Nobody in the Department, past or present, had ever heard of this report.
- Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon Financial Statement 2017 (19 Sep 2019)
Alan Kelly: Was Dr. Smyth surprised that people did not know about it?
- Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon Financial Statement 2017 (19 Sep 2019)
Alan Kelly: It cost the taxpayer €130,000. Does Dr. Smyth not think that, regardless of whether it was accepted or rejected, it should at least have been communicated to the Department?
- Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon Financial Statement 2017 (19 Sep 2019)
Alan Kelly: I do not want to put words in Dr. Smyth's mouth, but he believes it should have been communicated to the Department.
- Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon Financial Statement 2017 (19 Sep 2019)
Alan Kelly: Does Dr. Smyth want to qualify the term "useful"?