Results 6,101-6,120 of 20,758 for speaker:Alan Kelly
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (19 Sep 2019)
Alan Kelly: INAB has come to our attention, because of issues in Dr. Gabriel Scally's report.
- Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon Financial Statement 2017 (19 Sep 2019)
Alan Kelly: We are at a critical juncture for the industry. As somebody who supports greyhound owners, trainers and those who act in a responsible way, I believe we are at a crossroads for the industry and the future of the industry is at stake. For those who participate in it and those who do everything appropriately and properly and look after the welfare of dogs, I would like this industry to be...
- Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon Financial Statement 2017 (19 Sep 2019)
Alan Kelly: Was the forthcoming meeting with the Committee of Public Accounts discussed?
- Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon Financial Statement 2017 (19 Sep 2019)
Alan Kelly: What about confidence?
- Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon Financial Statement 2017 (19 Sep 2019)
Alan Kelly: When did Dr. Smyth find out about the Preferred Results report?
- Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon Financial Statement 2017 (19 Sep 2019)
Alan Kelly: On 24 May.
- Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon Financial Statement 2017 (19 Sep 2019)
Alan Kelly: No problem. Nobody in the Department, past or present, had ever heard of this report.
- Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon Financial Statement 2017 (19 Sep 2019)
Alan Kelly: Was Dr. Smyth surprised that people did not know about it?
- Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon Financial Statement 2017 (19 Sep 2019)
Alan Kelly: It cost the taxpayer €130,000. Does Dr. Smyth not think that, regardless of whether it was accepted or rejected, it should at least have been communicated to the Department?
- Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon Financial Statement 2017 (19 Sep 2019)
Alan Kelly: I do not want to put words in Dr. Smyth's mouth, but he believes it should have been communicated to the Department.
- Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon Financial Statement 2017 (19 Sep 2019)
Alan Kelly: Does Dr. Smyth want to qualify the term "useful"?
- Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon Financial Statement 2017 (19 Sep 2019)
Alan Kelly: Were they all sent to the Department?
- Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon Financial Statement 2017 (19 Sep 2019)
Alan Kelly: This one was not.
- Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon Financial Statement 2017 (19 Sep 2019)
Alan Kelly: I understand there were 14 or 15 meetings held between the Department and the board of Bord na gCon between the time it received the report and Dr. Smyth found out about it and that it never once mentioned it. Dr. Smyth has said it should have told him about it. Given the relationship between any Department and any State body which reports to that Department, that is deeply worrying. That...
- Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon Financial Statement 2017 (19 Sep 2019)
Alan Kelly: I am asking Dr. Smyth if he has ever considered it.
- Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon Financial Statement 2017 (19 Sep 2019)
Alan Kelly: I am asking if Dr. Smyth has ever considered it. I am not asking for a basis-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon Financial Statement 2017 (19 Sep 2019)
Alan Kelly: I will move on to Mr. Dollard. There have been many organisational changes, as stated in the annual report. The CEO is the same, but the CFO has changed due to natural turnover. The director of tote and IT is also the same. I understand Mr. Peake has had two promotions and is now deputy chief executive, on which I offer him my congratulations. Is the director of racing governance and...
- Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon Financial Statement 2017 (19 Sep 2019)
Alan Kelly: I am not asking Mr. Dollard to do so. I am asking whether the same person is still working there day to day.
- Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon Financial Statement 2017 (19 Sep 2019)
Alan Kelly: For how long?
- Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon Financial Statement 2017 (19 Sep 2019)
Alan Kelly: I do not want to know the details, but for how long has the person been on leave?