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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Safeguarding Policies and Procedures within the Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (24 Sep 2025)

Alan Kelly: Yes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Safeguarding Policies and Procedures within the Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (24 Sep 2025)

Alan Kelly: I accept that. My issue here is that a number of people now have raised the same issue, because it is obviously from the same location. So there is obviously either an explanation required, or a process issue or a communication issue. I am not aware which it is but it is just falling down somewhere.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Safeguarding Policies and Procedures within the Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (24 Sep 2025)

Alan Kelly: I understand that but obviously there is some issue here that people coming through this process are not aware of it, or there is some other issue. I thank all our witnesses for coming in. I want to sum up on a few issues before we conclude. There was a request from Senator Ní Chuilinn - she referenced Swim Ireland - in relation to how organisations deal with this issue, which we...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Safeguarding Policies and Procedures within the Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (24 Sep 2025)

Alan Kelly: Yes, just to see if there were any changes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Safeguarding Policies and Procedures within the Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (24 Sep 2025)

Alan Kelly: I just want a timeline. A complaint was issued, that was initiated. That is fine. From then to now, what has the FAI done? I do not want any specifics, I just want to know what the FAI has done. I want to make sure that the process that was used there is robust.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Safeguarding Policies and Procedures within the Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (24 Sep 2025)

Alan Kelly: Well, there are two weeks, so whatever. Finally, there may have been other requests which have slipped or which I have not taken a note of, but we will write to you, through the clerk, if there is. From our perspective, there were a lot of issues and concern on behalf of the committee in relation to where we ended up today. It is unprecedented. I hope we never have to have this type of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Safeguarding Policies and Procedures within the Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (24 Sep 2025)

Alan Kelly: Very quickly. The Deputy O'Sullivan might ask it now and then let the witnesses respond.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Safeguarding Policies and Procedures within the Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (24 Sep 2025)

Alan Kelly: Chronology and a timeline.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Safeguarding Policies and Procedures within the Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (24 Sep 2025)

Alan Kelly: I call Deputy O'Sullivan.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Safeguarding Policies and Procedures within the Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (24 Sep 2025)

Alan Kelly: As the guardian of this committee, I need the witnesses to accept something. I welcome this question and I will give time back to the Deputy. Obviously, as a committee, we completely reject and do not accept Mr. Courell's statement on that. Go ahead, Deputy.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Safeguarding Policies and Procedures within the Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (24 Sep 2025)

Alan Kelly: In fairness, Deputy Cleere is asking a question which is pretty generic. He is not asking about any individual case.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Safeguarding Policies and Procedures within the Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (24 Sep 2025)

Alan Kelly: I understand that. My point is whether they ever go to other members of the senior management team or directorate, or whatever, for a period of time before they come to you?

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Nursing Homes (23 Sep 2025)

Alan Kelly: The Minister of State is one of the more diligent Ministers of State when it comes to trying to be genuine in his answers. I have been asking parliamentary questions for months looking for a date for when this is to be opened. The Minister has not provided me with that and it is the Minister who is responsible, not the HSE. The Minister is answerable to this Dáil in this Chamber and...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Nursing Homes (23 Sep 2025)

Alan Kelly: So do I.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Nursing Homes (23 Sep 2025)

Alan Kelly: I am glad to see the Minister of State back in here because we spoke about this in March so I am sure he is fully on top of it and has some good news for me. This issue is very personal for me. I have said here before that I fought for this. St. Conlon's Nursing Home was very personal for me. Many members of my family had their last days there. It provided an incredible service and the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Home Affairs and Migration: International Protection Accommodation Service: Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration (23 Sep 2025)

Alan Kelly: I want to revert to the issue of children. I acknowledge the changes that the Minister has introduced and I support many of them. There were serious issues in relation to the onslaught of the number of people coming here. The initial process by which contracts were given for accommodation left a lot to be desired. It did need to be cleaned up. The vast amounts of money being spent were...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Home Affairs and Migration: International Protection Accommodation Service: Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration (23 Sep 2025)

Alan Kelly: I acknowledge that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Home Affairs and Migration: International Protection Accommodation Service: Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration (23 Sep 2025)

Alan Kelly: Yes, so do I. That is my point. What happens in those cases?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Home Affairs and Migration: International Protection Accommodation Service: Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration (23 Sep 2025)

Alan Kelly: I agree with the Minister on that, and I accept that changes have been made to the number of people being brought in, etc. However, in scenarios and cases like that, should we not be looking at them differently? Eventually, with all the Minister's work, it will get to the point where all of these cases are being dealt with in a speedy way and we will not have this issue. However, I am...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Home Affairs and Migration: International Protection Accommodation Service: Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration (23 Sep 2025)

Alan Kelly: I am not saying that. I am saying we need some form of rule whereby after whatever amount of time it is, we accept we have failed as a State in regard to how we process these people and, as a result of that failure-----