Results 181-200 of 786 for long speaker:Alan Kelly

Select Committee on Health: CervicalCheck Tribunal Bill 2019: Committee Stage (3 Jul 2019)

Alan Kelly: ...through another process. It can be dealt with as part of the Bill but I accept the Minister's bona fides on this and if it cannot, there needs to be another mechanism by which it can be done. As long as it is dealt with, I will not die in the ditch for my amendment.

Select Committee on Health: CervicalCheck Tribunal Bill 2019: Committee Stage (3 Jul 2019)

Alan Kelly: ...in which there would be a likelihood of cancer returning and compensating women for that. That is absolutely impossible. I am working 100% with the Minister in this regard, as I have shown for a long time, but I cannot support that because it is impossible. In fact, I do not think it is even a good idea. I have listened to the Minister's comments on the time period and have reflected...

Mental Health Services Reports: Motion [Private Members] (2 Jul 2019)

Alan Kelly: I commend the motion on behalf of the Labour Party. We have tabled an amendment in a genuine attempt to strengthen the motion. The findings made in the Mental Health Commission's report go a long way towards highlighting the significant governance and management problems in services, but the report deals primarily with the top tiers of the pyramid of mental health care services. These...

Public Accounts Committee: Health Service Executive Financial Statements 2018
2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Department of Health
Chapter 16 - Control of Private Patient Activity in Acute Public Hospitals (27 Jun 2019)

Alan Kelly: ...in the HSE? I believe it should happen. When will the recruitment embargo end? It was meant to end this month but now I hear it will be September. It is causing issues that will be felt in the long term. Who is in place in Sláintecare and how much has been put forward in costs? There is an obligation on the Department to keep up to date with what was decided on Sláintecare...

CervicalCheck Tribunal Bill 2019: Second Stage (26 Jun 2019)

Alan Kelly: ...and will still involve cross-examination and many other issues which I will go through in detail. There are a couple of points to make before I go through the Bill in detail. We have come a long way since Vicky Phelan, who I know extremely well at this stage, blew the lid off this issue. We are where we have got to today but many mistakes have been made. I am not here to admonish...

Carers: Motion [Private Members] (26 Jun 2019)

Alan Kelly: ...leave them without an income. We have serious challenges in the country in how we treat carers and must change the way we think about the matter. That is why we need a new national carer strategy with a long-term perspective. As a society, we must make a strong and unambiguous statement on solidarity and appreciation of the work done by carers of all ages. We need to say to carers loud...

Home Help: Motion [Private Members] (25 Jun 2019)

Alan Kelly: ...workers and ensure that they want to work in this area. I know there are people who want to work in this area. They will not, however, because of the craziness of going out for half an hour here and there and having to travel long distances between clients. That is an insane system. This whole service needs to be packaged up and dealt with. The manner in which the CHOs are currently...

Supplementary Report of the Scoping Inquiry into the CervicalCheck Screening Programme: Statements (19 Jun 2019)

Alan Kelly: Why did the secondary report take such a long period of time seen as it was meant to be completed much more quickly? It took nine months.

Supplementary Report of the Scoping Inquiry into the CervicalCheck Screening Programme: Statements (19 Jun 2019)

Alan Kelly: ...as being absolutely essential, including the 50 recommendations. I always had a serious issue with quality assurance in respect of the laboratories and the Minister is aware that I have pursued this issue for a long time. I was disappointed that it took nine months. I do not know why it took nine months to get to the bottom of this. I will have serious questions to ask at the...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Regeneration Projects Funding (13 Jun 2019)

Alan Kelly: ...of the Minister of State that this is what will happen. If I am wrong, he might let me know, but I take it that is the position. I have no problem with his colleagues making the announcement as long as it happens. That is not something I will die in the ditch over. This is important and I appreciate the Minister of State coming back with positive information. I am focused on the...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (16 May 2019)

Alan Kelly: On any other business, a long time ago, we asked for a report into the companies in Cork Institute of Technology. This matter has been going on for years, but we keep getting pushed back. Some months ago, we wrote again asking for the information and were told in response that the report is being compiled. This has been going on since the previous Committee of Public Accounts. We delved...

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána
Chapter 7 - Management of Overtime Expenditure in An Garda Síochána (9 May 2019)

Alan Kelly: ...in IT will result in multiple efficiencies and savings down the road and result in greater outcomes. Take, for instance, the normal Garda sergeant or inspector affected by this. At the end of a long day, he or she has to go back to a station in many cases to input data or do paperwork. This is crazy in 2019. I am trying to help the organisation here. We all know gardaí. A garda...

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána
Chapter 7 - Management of Overtime Expenditure in An Garda Síochána (9 May 2019)

Alan Kelly: ...Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government a number of years ago, I carried out a pilot programme to provide funding for CCTV infrastructure in a number of locations. It took a long time for that to be done. I am a strong supporter of such measures, particularly in the case of high-powered vehicles travelling on motorways. The media highlighted the need for such...

National Children's Hospital Costs: Statements (17 Apr 2019)

Alan Kelly: I thank the Minister for being here. We have been around the houses on this issue for a long time. The real issue is the economic competence of the Government. It is obvious from what has happened in regard to the national broadband plan that it cannot manage big projects. The Minister, Deputy Harris, cannot stand over this overspend. In fairness, I do not expect him to do so because it...

General Practitioner Contractual Reform: Statements (16 Apr 2019)

Alan Kelly: ...estimates to which I refer? I specifically want to discuss GPs in rural Ireland. We have a particular problem in geographically isolated areas. Given that the Government, which does not have long left in office, is intent on implementing Project Ireland 2040, there will be fewer people living in rural areas. As a result, GP contracts in those areas will be less viable. I have no...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Cancer Strategy: Discussion (13 Mar 2019)

Alan Kelly: I have three final questions. I know the Chairman is trying to manage time and it has been a long day. What is the average time for reimbursement for oncology drugs versus the EU average? I ask this because of evidence given here by Mr. Shaun Flanagan some months ago. There seems to be a process whereby we hold out to get a better deal. That is one thing, but obviously time is of the...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (7 Mar 2019)

Alan Kelly: ...I have no issue with that. That was some weeks ago. It goes beyond what is reasonably fair, or the right way in which to act, to send a letter the night before a meeting. We are after spending a long time preparing and expecting that we would have the head of public procurement in Ireland in front of the committee. The Chair has expressed his annoyance at that. Before we start today,...

Public Accounts Committee: Oversight and Implementation of Capital Projects and the Role of Public Officials on State Boards: Department of Public Expenditure and Reform and the Office of Government Procurement (7 Mar 2019)

Alan Kelly: ...somewhere. I have a couple of questions on this. I have gone through all of the emails from the Department of Health to the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform. Why did it take so long for the two Departments to meet to discuss the children's hospital? I do not know these people and I am referencing them only to show who was communicating. There was an email from David Moloney...

Public Accounts Committee: Oversight and Implementation of Capital Projects and the Role of Public Officials on State Boards: Department of Public Expenditure and Reform and the Office of Government Procurement (7 Mar 2019)

Alan Kelly: ...a time [...] In light of the scale of this issue and the fact that the Minister for Health has been aware of it since the end of August or early September, why in the name of God did it take so long to reach that point? We now know Mr. Watt's Minister was aware of it on 9 November. Mr. Jim Breslin made a reference to it during budget negotiations in October. That is acknowledged by an...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Feb 2019)

Alan Kelly: ...." It is a bit worrying that he has not responded already. He should be able to answer these questions pretty quickly. I would have thought they are pretty basic questions. Why has it taken so long? I want to emphasise that as a committee we do not bring Ministers before us. I think that has only happened once. Dealing with this issue is definitely within our remit. Mr. Watt's...