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Ceisteanna - Questions: Economic Growth (14 Jul 2020)

Alan Kelly: There is a bit of confusion about the co-ordination committee. Will the Taoiseach tell us exactly who is on it and who can be on it? Is that decided on a case-by-case basis? Who are the defined people who will definitely attend all meetings?

Ceisteanna - Questions: Economic Growth (14 Jul 2020)

Alan Kelly: That has not changed and will not change at all.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Economic Growth (14 Jul 2020)

Alan Kelly: If the Taoiseach is considering changes, will he tell us so now?

Ceisteanna - Questions: Economic Growth (14 Jul 2020)

Alan Kelly: Might be.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Economic Growth (14 Jul 2020)

Alan Kelly: I concur, as somebody who has served in government, not as long as the Taoiseach but more recently. This will not work. There will be confusion all over the place. There is no consistency. The Taoiseach will have competition between committees in respect of funding and actions and it is a recipe for disaster. I asked a number of questions which the Taoiseach ignored regarding young people...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Staff (14 Jul 2020)

Alan Kelly: Rubbish.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Staff (14 Jul 2020)

Alan Kelly: Let us see the order.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Staff (14 Jul 2020)

Alan Kelly: That is a laugh.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Staff (14 Jul 2020)

Alan Kelly: The Taoiseach can tell us the figures.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Economic Growth (14 Jul 2020)

Alan Kelly: 5. To ask the Taoiseach his plans for a special Cabinet committee on restoring jobs lost in the pandemic. [15903/20]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Economic Growth (14 Jul 2020)

Alan Kelly: The July stimulus will be announced next Monday, which will be a key component in the initiation of this committee. As regards the make-up of the committee, the Taoiseach might give further detail as to who will be involved. He keeps talking about specialists. Will he bring in specialists to sit on this committee? When I sat on Cabinet committees, specialists were brought in. The...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Staff (14 Jul 2020)

Alan Kelly: The Taoiseach was not getting off that lightly.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Staff (14 Jul 2020)

Alan Kelly: I thank the Taoiseach for his response. However, there is no transparency. I respect the fact that he has not yet made some decisions, but there seems to be an incredible number of advisers. There will be three people in the Office of the Taoiseach and in the Tánaiste's office as well. It is, frankly, a joke that the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade will cost the taxpayer...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Staff (14 Jul 2020)

Alan Kelly: The Taoiseach was there, I was not.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Staff (14 Jul 2020)

Alan Kelly: That is not the debate.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Staff (14 Jul 2020)

Alan Kelly: The previous Government had no advisers for Ministers of State.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Staff (14 Jul 2020)

Alan Kelly: If the Taoiseach is going to do that, he will have to bring it to the floor of the House and I doubt he will do so. Will Ministers of State have advisers? They did not when the economy collapsed in 2011, and we are probably in a worse situation now. The Taoiseach does not agree with that now because it does not suit him. However, we can go back through the record if he wants to do that. ...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Staff (14 Jul 2020)

Alan Kelly: 3. To ask the Taoiseach to set out the number of advisers who will be employed by the Government; the number of advisers he will be employing in his Department; and the process for the selection of these advisers. [15770/20]

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (14 Jul 2020)

Alan Kelly: There is a concern out there about the leadership of the new version of Government in issues relating to Covid, such as masks, testing, quarantine, the green list and so on. We also have real issues coming down the line regarding trolley numbers in acute hospitals. The numbers released today by the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation in relation to trolley numbers are scary. The total...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (14 Jul 2020)

Alan Kelly: He needs to honour his commitments.