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Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Civil Liability (Amendment) Bill 2017: Committee Stage (29 Jun 2017)

Alan Farrell: When is that?

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Civil Liability (Amendment) Bill 2017: Committee Stage (29 Jun 2017)

Alan Farrell: Are we not sitting next week?

Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Second Stage (Resumed) (28 Jun 2017)

Alan Farrell: I understand the purpose of the Judicial Appointments Commission Bill and I welcome the fact that the Bill fulfils another objective of A Programme for a Partnership Government. I am aware, however, that a number of aspects of the Bill have received a great deal of attention, both inside and outside this Chamber. In particular, I refer to the membership of the new judicial appointments...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Employment Investment Incentive Scheme (28 Jun 2017)

Alan Farrell: 91. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason the approval process for employment and investment incentive, EII, applications is apparently backlogged by up to four months; if he will provide additional resources to address this matter in view of the fact that this is adversely impacting on businesses pitching to prospective investors and on their fundraising ability; and if he will make a...

Questions on Promised Legislation (21 Jun 2017)

Alan Farrell: I welcome the decision of the previous Cabinet under Deputy Enda Kenny to award medals of bravery to members of A Company, 35th Battalion of the Army, in regard to the events of September 1961 in the Congo. I understand legislation is required to award those medals to the survivors of that particular incident and the families of those who have sadly passed. I understand legislation is to be...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Disability Allowance Applications (21 Jun 2017)

Alan Farrell: 257. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the action she will take to address the situation whereby a person (details supplied) was refused a disability allowance approved in April 2017 and has yet to receive payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29199/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Transport Authority Funding (20 Jun 2017)

Alan Farrell: 1887. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the funds provided and projects funded under the National Transport Authority's sustainable grants programme in 2016 in each of the seven greater Dublin area local authorities; the projects approved but not implemented in the Fingal local authority area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28891/17]

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 20 - Garda Síochána - Internal Audit Report on Garda College, Templemore (Resumed) (31 May 2017)

Alan Farrell: It was said earlier that it was the "firm belief" of Mr. Barrett that there were more accounts.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 May 2017)

Alan Farrell: I shall wait.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 May 2017)

Alan Farrell: For what purpose are private sessions recorded?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 May 2017)

Alan Farrell: But they can be transcribed. If they are not available to the courts-----

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 May 2017)

Alan Farrell: Why are private sessions recorded?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 May 2017)

Alan Farrell: I do not understand the Chairman’s point. The Comptroller and Auditor General has made the position very clear.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 May 2017)

Alan Farrell: I am sorry, but I listened precisely to what the Comptroller and Auditor General said.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 May 2017)

Alan Farrell: That is not what the Comptroller and Auditor General said.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 May 2017)

Alan Farrell: I would like to state my full agreement with the remarks of Deputy Cullinane. It is a rare thing. The issue that we face is a process issue. We need to determine what this process is going to be. More important, we need to determine what it will be from the professional end of the process in terms of investigating what precisely went on and the manner of the investigation. I would...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 May 2017)

Alan Farrell: I want him to clarify his remark about a special investigation. I think that rather than saying he was not able to do such an investigation, he was inferring that it would take too long.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 May 2017)

Alan Farrell: Yes, that is fine.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 May 2017)

Alan Farrell: It is a fact, Chair.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 May 2017)

Alan Farrell: I was going to say something similar to Deputy Connolly's remarks. She is completely correct. I appreciate the correction and clarification and the suggestion of putting it out publicly. In the terminology I used this morning, this has highlighted how charged this subject matter is and how quickly media outlets and, indeed, ourselves will seize upon issues that are liable to cause...