Results 641-660 of 21,759 for speaker:Alan Kelly

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (24 Jun 2025)

Alan Kelly: 429. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will support the retention of the mild general learning difficulties class in a school (details supplied) that has been in existence since the 1970s and now is being closed despite the requirement for it and the fact that children with Downes syndrome and other children with learning difficulties will now have to travel over 40km each...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Water Services (24 Jun 2025)

Alan Kelly: 503. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he can give any direction to Uisce Éireann in relation to capital and/or operational matters. [33839/25]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Data (24 Jun 2025)

Alan Kelly: 528. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if an organisation (details supplied) is a solvent company. [34060/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Data (24 Jun 2025)

Alan Kelly: 605. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality how well the State is prepared for a chemical, biological or radioactive attack or event. [34522/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Reports (24 Jun 2025)

Alan Kelly: 636. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to provide details of any internal reports his Department has conducted in the past five years regarding the possibility of using vacant State-owned properties to house IPAS or Ukrainian refugees. [34061/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (24 Jun 2025)

Alan Kelly: 676. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the year in which his Department was made aware of the review of asbestos surveys of Garda buildings by the Office of Public Works, An Garda Síochána and State Claims Agency. [34519/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (24 Jun 2025)

Alan Kelly: 677. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when was the number of times the Garda Commissioner has reported to him matters under section 41 of the Garda Siochana Act 2005. [34520/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (24 Jun 2025)

Alan Kelly: 678. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of times a matter has been reported to a minister under section 41 of the Garda Síochána Act 2005 in each of the years 2016-2025 inclusive, in tabular form. [34521/25]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (19 Jun 2025)

Alan Kelly: Under section 41 of the Garda Síochána Act 2005, the Garda Commissioner must inform the Minister for justice about any major issues. On 1 June, Evan Fitzgerald tragically and very publicly took his own life after getting bail on being charged after an undercover Garda operation. Why did the Garda Commissioner not brief the Minister for justice on the details of this case and the...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Network (19 Jun 2025)

Alan Kelly: 223. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to ask TII the materials went into the road surface in the area for one kilometre either side of junction 27 in Birdhill on the M7. [33375/25]

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: An Garda Síochána (18 Jun 2025)

Alan Kelly: That is very condescending.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: An Garda Síochána (18 Jun 2025)

Alan Kelly: After the confusion of last week, I thank the Minister for coming in himself to deal with this issue. There are a range of issues relating to resources for An Garda Síochána that I discussed with the GRA and the AGSI yesterday. Today, I specifically ask about the resource the public knows as our Garda stations. In particular, is the Minister aware of the report done by the Office...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: An Garda Síochána (18 Jun 2025)

Alan Kelly: It is very difficult for there to be claims when there is no awareness. How could there be claims if people were not aware that these buildings had high levels of asbestos? How could there be claims? How did they even know? I repeat that the head of the State Claims Agency said that unless remedial work was undertaken, the State Claims Agency would be unable to defend future claims....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: General Scheme of the Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Jun 2025)

Alan Kelly: We have received apologies from Deputy Brian Brennan and Senator Ní Chuilinn. Today, we continue our pre-legislative scrutiny of the revised general scheme of the broadcasting (amendment) Bill. This meeting has been convened with representatives from TG4, Screen Producers Ireland, the Community Television Association and Virgin Media Television to continue the committee's scrutiny of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: General Scheme of the Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Jun 2025)

Alan Kelly: We will now have Mr. Bill Tyson and Mr. Eddie Noonan from the Community Television Association.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: General Scheme of the Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Jun 2025)

Alan Kelly: The Deputy is mad for a sports channel in Ireland.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: General Scheme of the Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Jun 2025)

Alan Kelly: By way of explanation for those who cannot see, Gavan Reilly is in the Gallery.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: General Scheme of the Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Jun 2025)

Alan Kelly: It probably depends on how we change the legislation for the better.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: General Scheme of the Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Jun 2025)

Alan Kelly: Absolutely.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: General Scheme of the Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Jun 2025)

Alan Kelly: I will ask a couple of questions. I am conscious that my colleagues want to get in, so I might not use all the time. We are caught for time. Unfortunately, Oireachtas committees now do not last as long because there are too many of them. A lot of other committees are suffering as a result. All of my questions have been asked, some of them multiple times. I want to get a little bit...