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Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 21 - Prisons (17 Jan 2019)

Alan Kelly: I am referring to catering in the prison being used for outside events. For example, equipment and foodstuffs belonging to a prison being taken outside. The prison’s rice is eaten outside the prison.

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 21 - Prisons (17 Jan 2019)

Alan Kelly: Mr. O’Driscoll will take on board what I said about the issue of the internal audit and mediation. Several committee members met this individual. What I have said in this regard should be taken on board in a generous way. An apology was given by Mr. O’Driscoll’s predecessor. I have read the judge’s findings on the matter several times. However, it went to...

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 21 - Prisons (17 Jan 2019)

Alan Kelly: It is at a stalemate. Something must unlock it.

Nurses and Midwives: Motion [Private Members] (16 Jan 2019)

Alan Kelly: The Labour Party will be 100% supporting the nurses in their action. I welcome the INMO representatives in the Gallery and I acknowledge the PNA which is also represented. It is a sorry day that it has come to this point. I have no doubt the senior Minister needs to be away from the Chamber for personal time and I 100% appreciate that. I am glad the Minister of State is here because he is...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Commemorative Events (16 Jan 2019)

Alan Kelly: 54. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will be attending the commemoration of the Soloheadbeag ambush in January 2019. [54138/18]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Commemorative Events (16 Jan 2019)

Alan Kelly: 61. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the funding and support she has provided to date for the commemoration of the Soloheadbeg ambush in County Tipperary. [1542/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (16 Jan 2019)

Alan Kelly: 182. To ask the Minister for Health if a new 50-bed permanent unit is in the HSE capital plan; if so, when it will be delivered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1937/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (16 Jan 2019)

Alan Kelly: 184. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for future services in Our Lady’s Hospital, Cashel; if there will be an increase of service provision at the hospital; if so, the details of same; when they will become operational; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1950/19]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children’s Hospital: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (16 Jan 2019)

Alan Kelly: I wish to clarify a point. Is the witness saying, effectively, he got the price of the cables but he did not know how many he would need?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children’s Hospital: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (16 Jan 2019)

Alan Kelly: I welcome our guests. I will speak to them twice because I understand they will also appear before the Committee of Public Accounts on 31 January. This was a major topic of conversation over Christmas and the new year when politicians have time to reflect and talk to people at length. This will be a case study for years to come. It will affect future projects, as the Chairman outlined,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children’s Hospital: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (16 Jan 2019)

Alan Kelly: How do board members communicate with each other?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children’s Hospital: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (16 Jan 2019)

Alan Kelly: I understand, but how do board members communicate with each other? Is it electronically?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children’s Hospital: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (16 Jan 2019)

Alan Kelly: How is information shared between members of the board? Is it electronically?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children’s Hospital: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (16 Jan 2019)

Alan Kelly: Is it done using a consistent, dedicated NPHDB email address or members' private email addresses?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children’s Hospital: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (16 Jan 2019)

Alan Kelly: It is very simple. The board is a public body and information cannot be outside its circle. I am asking if all of the information is within the circle of that body.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children’s Hospital: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (16 Jan 2019)

Alan Kelly: As chairman, Mr. Costello can guarantee that there is no information outside it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children’s Hospital: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (16 Jan 2019)

Alan Kelly: Perfect. Mr. Costello might remind us of the reporting mechanism. To whom does he report?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children’s Hospital: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (16 Jan 2019)

Alan Kelly: Specifically, to whom does Mr. Costello or Mr. Pollock report?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children’s Hospital: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (16 Jan 2019)

Alan Kelly: Therefore, the reporting mechanism involves Mr. Costello or Mr. Pollock acting as PRO, for want of a better phrase. They communicate with Mr. Dean Sullivan who, in turn, reports to Mr. Jim Breslin, chairman of the other body. Is that correct?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children’s Hospital: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (16 Jan 2019)

Alan Kelly: I am very interested in this. There are a number of critical decision-making milestones in the project. Obviously, there is the awarding of the tender. I have major concerns about the scale of the undercut by the contractor. It sets off alarm bells. There are examples in other projects, even large-scale projects, in this country which are well known. That was one critical milestone....