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Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
An Bord Pleanála - Financial Statements 2020
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (14 Jul 2022)

Alan Kelly: Okay. I have one final question.

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
An Bord Pleanála - Financial Statements 2020
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (14 Jul 2022)

Alan Kelly: One very brief question. When I was on the previous Committee of Public Accounts, an issue arose relating to a decision made regarding a hotel in south Kerry that was given planning permission and then turned down by the board. It was revealed-----

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
An Bord Pleanála - Financial Statements 2020
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (14 Jul 2022)

Alan Kelly: I will not get into that. It is on the record anyway. One of the submissions turned out to be fictitious, if the witnesses remember that. It got all the way up to the end of the planning process. This was acknowledged. In fairness, An Bord Pleanála responded to the issue at the time. To me, that means the decision-making process is not correct, because a component of that decision...

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
An Bord Pleanála - Financial Statements 2020
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (14 Jul 2022)

Alan Kelly: It still did not-----

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
An Bord Pleanála - Financial Statements 2020
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (14 Jul 2022)

Alan Kelly: I believe it needs to be more robust.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Horse Racing Industry (14 Jul 2022)

Alan Kelly: I thank the Minister of State for his reply. I have a concern over how equitable the media rights contract is. Appearing before the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Agriculture, Food and Marine on 15 June, the CEO of HRI said that it is taking the market rate. I believe this is incorrect. Since the transfer from the Turf Club, its take has more than doubled from 7% to 16%. The corresponding...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Horse Racing Industry (14 Jul 2022)

Alan Kelly: We need to dig deeper into this and consider smaller racecourses such as Thurles and Kilbeggan. The reality is that HRI has mainly used racecourse revenue received through the media rights fixture charge on capital programmes on the four largest racecourses, two of which it owns, at the expense of smaller rural racecourses. The Minister previously gave the direction that 50% should be used...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Horse Racing Industry (14 Jul 2022)

Alan Kelly: Some €8,000.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Horse Racing Industry (14 Jul 2022)

Alan Kelly: 2. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps that he is taking to ensure that equitable funding is being given to the smaller horse racing tracks in Ireland; and his views on whether all current tracks are viable into the future. [38833/22]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Horse Racing Industry (14 Jul 2022)

Alan Kelly: What actions is the Minister taking to ensure the equitable funding of smaller horse race courses, in particular?. There are serious concerns for their future viability. Are they viable? There are concerns about data and media rights and how they are being distributed and whether that is equitable. What actions are being taken to ensure that there is equity in the distribution of funding,...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Renewable Energy Generation (14 Jul 2022)

Alan Kelly: 208. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to develop green hydrogen in the next five years. [38943/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Service Executive (14 Jul 2022)

Alan Kelly: 704. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 419 of 10 February 2022, if he has ever directed the HSE to fund any capital project in the State since he assumed office. [38942/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes (13 Jul 2022)

Alan Kelly: 367. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans, if any, to review the rates of pay for community employment supervisors who have not seen a pay increase in over 13 years (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38482/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Infrastructure (7 Jul 2022)

Alan Kelly: 166. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to support the development of any new pumped storage stations in Ireland; and his views on whether such facilities are warranted. [36875/22]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Greenways Provision (7 Jul 2022)

Alan Kelly: 170. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the construction of the south Kerry greenway will commence; and the funding that has been set aside by his Department for same. [36877/22]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Tourism Policy (7 Jul 2022)

Alan Kelly: 196. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans to develop the Lough Derg region in counties Tipperary, Clare and Galway as a tourism destination. [36879/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (7 Jul 2022)

Alan Kelly: 232. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the construction of the new school (details supplied) in Roscrea will commence. [36878/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (7 Jul 2022)

Alan Kelly: 316. To ask the Minister for Health when ultrasound general practitioner referrals will be returning to Nenagh Hospital. [36876/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Admissions (7 Jul 2022)

Alan Kelly: 317. To ask the Minister for Health the longest period that any inpatient has stayed in one admission in each acute hospital in the country over the past ten years in tabular form. [36880/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Constituency Commission (6 Jul 2022)

Alan Kelly: 75. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when a constituency commission will be set up; if he will confirm that under Part II of Electoral Act 1997 Section 5 that a constituency commission shall be established once the Central Statistics Office publishes a Census report setting out the population of the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36536/22]