Results 14,701-14,720 of 21,111 for speaker:Alan Kelly
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (26 Sep 2019)
Alan Kelly: Absolutely.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (26 Sep 2019)
Alan Kelly: I have a small issue to raise. I refer to Pobal. Does it come under the Comptroller and Auditor General's remit?
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (26 Sep 2019)
Alan Kelly: Have representatives from Pobal appeared before the committee?
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (26 Sep 2019)
Alan Kelly: I ask that we put that on the agenda.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (26 Sep 2019)
Alan Kelly: There is a specific issue with the criteria that are being used in the context of funding applications. The criteria were changed in respect of the current round of funding. There are serious questions in that regard.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (26 Sep 2019)
Alan Kelly: Do we have a date for it yet?
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (26 Sep 2019)
Alan Kelly: Good.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (26 Sep 2019)
Alan Kelly: That is the very matter I have issues with.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Financial Statements of the Office of the Data Protection Commissioner (26 Sep 2019)
Alan Kelly: I very much welcome each and every one of the witnesses. Well done to them on their work to date. It is incredibly important in the times we live in. My questions concern three different areas. I have some questions about the PSC; some questions about finance and funding, which I have concerns about, scale being the big issue; and then some questions about aspects of the Data Protection...
- Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Financial Statements of the Office of the Data Protection Commissioner (26 Sep 2019)
Alan Kelly: It contains approximately 25 words.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Financial Statements of the Office of the Data Protection Commissioner (26 Sep 2019)
Alan Kelly: But not for everything else.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Financial Statements of the Office of the Data Protection Commissioner (26 Sep 2019)
Alan Kelly: That is quite clear and explained precisely. My next question is to the most senior witness from the Department. I do not know who that is but perhaps it is Mr. Fallon. The Office of the Data Protection Commissioner is independent but until next year the parent Department is the Department of Justice and Equality. That is the parent relationship rather than funding and day-to-day matters....
- Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Financial Statements of the Office of the Data Protection Commissioner (26 Sep 2019)
Alan Kelly: Mr. Fallon is dancing around the edge, so I will ask the question again. Does the Department of Justice and Equality accept fully the findings of the Data Protection Commissioner on this issue?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Financial Statements of the Office of the Data Protection Commissioner (26 Sep 2019)
Alan Kelly: I am not asking Mr Fallon to do that. I presume, however, that he would have anticipated this question when preparing to come before the committee.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Financial Statements of the Office of the Data Protection Commissioner (26 Sep 2019)
Alan Kelly: Is the following statement inaccurate? The Department of Justice and Equality does not accept the findings of the Data Protection Commission on this issue. It is a "Yes" or "No" answer.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Financial Statements of the Office of the Data Protection Commissioner (26 Sep 2019)
Alan Kelly: I am asking whether that statement is inaccurate.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Financial Statements of the Office of the Data Protection Commissioner (26 Sep 2019)
Alan Kelly: Let me rephrase that.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Financial Statements of the Office of the Data Protection Commissioner (26 Sep 2019)
Alan Kelly: I am not asking Mr. Fallon to do that. It is my interpretation of the answers given by him that the Department does not accept the findings of the Data Protection Commissioner on this. That is a statement of my view.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Financial Statements of the Office of the Data Protection Commissioner (26 Sep 2019)
Alan Kelly: What I am asking Mr. Fallon is whether it is inaccurate.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Financial Statements of the Office of the Data Protection Commissioner (26 Sep 2019)
Alan Kelly: I thank Mr. Fallon for that comment because it is helpful. With regard to the wider aspects of the Department's work - it is the parent Department and that is why I am asking these questions - I presume it will not be requiring the public services card to be used for anything it is responsible for administering.