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Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (30 Jun 2022)

Alan Kelly: I second that.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (30 Jun 2022)

Alan Kelly: I thank Deputy Hourigan for raising this. I am sorry that I was not available when witnesses were in. I am quite familiar with the issues raised about Cork. It is a good example to bring us into a larger issue. This is a topic that we should get our teeth into. In the analysis, you will probably see that some regions are very different from others, which is not acceptable. That means...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (30 Jun 2022)

Alan Kelly: Whatever. In fairness to Deputy Hourigan, she sparked this. Mental health is probably the one. Maybe we could go from there. That is what I would suggest as an add-on.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (30 Jun 2022)

Alan Kelly: What was agreed?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (30 Jun 2022)

Alan Kelly: In fairness and just to be clear, I thought we said we were going to narrow it down to mental health. Are we narrowing it down to one CHO or two CHOs?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (30 Jun 2022)

Alan Kelly: Then can we name the two CHOs, just to be clear?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (30 Jun 2022)

Alan Kelly: In fairness, the spark here was down in Cork, so obviously that is one CHO. If we are adding a second one, let us agree to it.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (30 Jun 2022)

Alan Kelly: It is not a question of whether we request but of who we request. Basically, we should be requesting those who are responsible at CHO level. If we have two of them in here, or three, if we decide that, we can do-----

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (30 Jun 2022)

Alan Kelly: In 2015, in a previous life, I commissioned the only ever analysis and review of An Bord Pleanála. There was quite a volume of recommendations. I have been keeping an eye on the recommendations and the number that have actually been actioned and implemented. In advance of the meeting on 14 July, we should ask the secretariat to write to An Bord Pleanála so it can give us, a week...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (30 Jun 2022)

Alan Kelly: No. Treble that, I would say.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (30 Jun 2022)

Alan Kelly: It is not that detailed a piece of work. I and other Deputies have looked for status updates over years; so it is a rolling thing. An Bord Pleanála has this work - Deputies should trust me when I say that - but it should, in advance of the meeting, update the schedule. Then we can all, in a timely manner, look at all the recommendations to date and see why An Bord Pleanála has not...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (30 Jun 2022)

Alan Kelly: It was actually an independent review.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (30 Jun 2022)

Alan Kelly: Yes

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (30 Jun 2022)

Alan Kelly: Yes.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (30 Jun 2022)

Alan Kelly: I suggest we come back and-----

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (30 Jun 2022)

Alan Kelly: As regards bringing focus to this, having the regulator before us subsequently would be better. We want to differentiate, but it would be a good idea to have the regulator before us post 14 July.

Consumer Rights Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (29 Jun 2022)

Alan Kelly: I will speak briefly. The spirit of this contribution refers to where people sign up to broadband contracts, etc., and are not receiving the full broadband speed but are still paying the full premium price. Our request is that we have a way of dealing with this. We suggest that if there is a certain number of transmission dropouts, etc., these consumers are compensated for the lack of...

Consumer Rights Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (29 Jun 2022)

Alan Kelly: I move amendment No. 14: In page 107, between lines 18 and 19, to insert the following: “(1) (a) Without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing, where a trader supplies a service to subscribers, it is an unfair term of the contract under which the service is provided if the trader, in relation to provision of the same or substantially the same service, charges consumers who...

Consumer Rights Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (29 Jun 2022)

Alan Kelly: I thank the Minister of State for the thoughtful way in which he has dealt with this. I appreciate that this has to be across Departments and that it was not all going to come within his remit, and I appreciate the time constraints. I was going to ask why the Government did not table its own amendment but, in fairness to the Minister of State, he is after proposing that he will table such...

Consumer Rights Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (29 Jun 2022)

Alan Kelly: I move amendment No. 4: In page 33, between lines 23 and 24, to insert the following: “Rights in relation to diagnosis, maintenance and repair of electronic equipment 26.(1) In relation to digital electronic equipment sold in the State, a manufacturer shall make available, for the purposes of diagnosis, maintenance or repair of the equipment— (a) to independent...