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- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (27 Sep 2018)
Alan Kelly: Yes.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (27 Sep 2018)
Alan Kelly: The Minister, Deputy Shane Ross, has made multiple announcements on all of the work that is happening and about to happen. Let us get the facts.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (27 Sep 2018)
Alan Kelly: Absolutely.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (27 Sep 2018)
Alan Kelly: It is in order that we will not go into a meeting at which they say they will come back to us. Let us ask them in advance.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (27 Sep 2018)
Alan Kelly: I can confirm that it is.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (27 Sep 2018)
Alan Kelly: That is a very good point.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (27 Sep 2018)
Alan Kelly: I remember that.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (27 Sep 2018)
Alan Kelly: The correspondence is dated 3 August.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (27 Sep 2018)
Alan Kelly: That is almost two months ago.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (27 Sep 2018)
Alan Kelly: I acknowledge that. The response notes that the concern was raised in consideration of correspondence on the Irish Prison Service, IPS. Have we since received that information? The correspondence states that a note regarding the IPS would shortly be submitted. Can we ask the Department for its definition of "shortly" because that commitment was made two months ago?
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (27 Sep 2018)
Alan Kelly: We should tell the Department that it is acting the maggot. To me, "shortly" means a week, possibly two.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (27 Sep 2018)
Alan Kelly: Two months ago. The committee has a date in its diary regarding a whistleblower in connection with the Irish Prison Service, as the Chairman and I are well aware. I hope there is no overlap between those issues. The correspondence also states that material in respect of a request by the committee on 3 July for information regarding the operation of CCTV by local authorities would be...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (27 Sep 2018)
Alan Kelly: Is it a letter providing information or an explanation?
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (27 Sep 2018)
Alan Kelly: We will come to it. I hope it is comprehensive, given that the request was made three months ago.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (27 Sep 2018)
Alan Kelly: Is it comprehensive? I cannot remember the detail of the request because it was made so long ago.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (27 Sep 2018)
Alan Kelly: I ask the Chairman to put it on the screen. We might as well deal with it now as the matters are connected.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (27 Sep 2018)
Alan Kelly: I now know why I did not remember it.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (27 Sep 2018)
Alan Kelly: On what date was that sent?
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (27 Sep 2018)
Alan Kelly: This matter has been going on since 3 July. Is the Department hoping the Government will collapse and the committee will fall away? That correspondence issued three months after our basic request for information regarding CCTV. I have significant experience of this issue because I allocated funding for it when I was Minister. Three months after the request was made, the Department has not...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (27 Sep 2018)
Alan Kelly: I thank the Chair. The Department is acting the maggot.