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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Workforce Planning in the Irish Health Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Nov 2019)

Alan Kelly: Absolutely.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Workforce Planning in the Irish Health Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Nov 2019)

Alan Kelly: The INMO was not consulted at all?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Workforce Planning in the Irish Health Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Nov 2019)

Alan Kelly: In previous years, has the INMO been consulted?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Workforce Planning in the Irish Health Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Nov 2019)

Alan Kelly: It is common sense.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Workforce Planning in the Irish Health Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Nov 2019)

Alan Kelly: It is not sustained.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Reorganisation (12 Nov 2019)

Alan Kelly: 256. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the date his Department was first informed by An Garda Síochána of its new regional and divisional headquarters as part of the latest restructuring programme under its new operating model; if his Department was provided with previous iterations of the regional and divisional headquarters prior to this; if so, the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Home Accommodation Provision (12 Nov 2019)

Alan Kelly: 314. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to build a new nursing home to replace a home (details supplied) and maintain the provision of long-stay beds in Roscrea, County Tipperary; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46102/19]

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (7 Nov 2019)

Alan Kelly: My apologies. I came in literally two minutes after the Chairman finished with this item. I was caught in traffic. This has been going on for a long time. I have been asking questions about this since before last summer. To provide a little bit of context, this information was previously given out in response to parliamentary questions. When I looked for a subsequent update on the...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (7 Nov 2019)

Alan Kelly: -----one does not have to declare and the payment will not be made public. Consequently, were Sean Fleming a sole trader who was giving advice or doing anything for the State, we will never know how much he is being paid because the GDPR will prevent us from knowing, which is insane. This is not the reason GDPR exists. I must thank three journalists, namely, Danny McConnell, political...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (7 Nov 2019)

Alan Kelly: To conclude, I will make two points. I have been at this for six months now. The Data Protection Commissioner and the Information Commissioner have effectively stated, in layman's terms, that this is rubbish and should not be done. The latter cited two examples of how this situation could be addressed. The Data Protection Commissioner, who appeared before us not so long ago, cited...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (7 Nov 2019)

Alan Kelly: The Data Protection Commission, DPC, is giving us information on who is representing it in cases and how much they are being paid post GDPR, yet the Attorney General is saying the opposite.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (7 Nov 2019)

Alan Kelly: This is ridiculous.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (7 Nov 2019)

Alan Kelly: Absolutely.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (7 Nov 2019)

Alan Kelly: Yes.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (7 Nov 2019)

Alan Kelly: I thank the Chair for his advice. I appreciate it. We will write to the DPC and travel a road in respect of this matter. When I first started asking these questions, my motivation related to the two-payment situation. I know of many good people who have served on boards and worked in other public service jobs who adhered to the non-second payment principle. That is fine – they...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (7 Nov 2019)

Alan Kelly: It reads: “As reported to the Public Accounts Committee in January 2019 and in May 2019, there are a number of exceptions that have always been”. That is the bit that gets me. I do not remember it. It states: "...always been outside of the approved budget, and for which there cannot be price certainty at this point, or for the duration of the project." There can be any price...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (7 Nov 2019)

Alan Kelly: The public deserves to know on an ongoing basis all of the costs related to this. We must remember when we spoke about this previously we were told the costs that were outlined, which had been signed off by the Government - and the Taoiseach put the figure in the public domain - were outside of issues such as fit-out and IT. A significant number of months ago I stated the project cost...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (7 Nov 2019)

Alan Kelly: First of all I think the clerk should forward this correspondence to the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health because there is an element of crossover here. Second, with regard to the section 38 and section 39 organisations, which I have been raising for over a year, this is complete and utter garbage. It is actually riddling the books. A number of these organisations are on the edge and...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (7 Nov 2019)

Alan Kelly: It needs to take out the table and send it on to us.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (7 Nov 2019)

Alan Kelly: That is fair enough.