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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Data (9 Oct 2025)

Alan Kelly: 282. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the complete breakdown of the number of young persons referred to the Garda Youth Diversion Programme, by Garda district within the Galway region for the past three years, in tabular form. [54517/25]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport: Road Safety: Discussion (8 Oct 2025)

Alan Kelly: My first question is for the RSA. I look at its website and at the percentage of driving test passes and fails across different test centres. I have asked this question in the Dáil. Does the RSA break it down by tester? A "Yes" or "No" would suffice.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport: Road Safety: Discussion (8 Oct 2025)

Alan Kelly: But the RSA does not publish that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport: Road Safety: Discussion (8 Oct 2025)

Alan Kelly: I agree with Mr. Walsh. When I raised this in the Dáil in February, I asked that question and could not get an answer at the time. I did say that if it was done, it would have to be anonymised. If there is a small number of testers, that creates another difficulty, and I accept that. It is just as long as the RSA does it. Here is a story. In February, the test pass rate in my...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport: Road Safety: Discussion (8 Oct 2025)

Alan Kelly: Why did I have to raise it in the Dáil?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport: Road Safety: Discussion (8 Oct 2025)

Alan Kelly: I did.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport: Road Safety: Discussion (8 Oct 2025)

Alan Kelly: I raised it through parliamentary questions and so on long before I raised it in the Dáil, so I have been on this for a long time. What Mr. Walsh is summarising is that the RSA does this-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport: Road Safety: Discussion (8 Oct 2025)

Alan Kelly: -----analysis down to the tester. He is saying that, whether through the RSA's own statistics, awareness from me or others, though that is not the issue, the RSA was on top of this and decided to make changes as a consequence.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport: Road Safety: Discussion (8 Oct 2025)

Alan Kelly: Obviously, there could be a slight variation. I understand that. That is not an issue.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport: Road Safety: Discussion (8 Oct 2025)

Alan Kelly: Did the RSA deliberately make a change?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport: Road Safety: Discussion (8 Oct 2025)

Alan Kelly: I do not want to get into personal details.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport: Road Safety: Discussion (8 Oct 2025)

Alan Kelly: I agree with Mr. Walsh.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport: Road Safety: Discussion (8 Oct 2025)

Alan Kelly: Is it safe to say that the RSA dealt with the issue?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport: Road Safety: Discussion (8 Oct 2025)

Alan Kelly: In other words, if there is overzealousness-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport: Road Safety: Discussion (8 Oct 2025)

Alan Kelly: I raised it in the Dáil and the change happened pretty immediately afterwards. That might be a coincidence and if it is, that is fine. I was raising it for a long time beforehand until I got so frustrated when somebody came into my office, crying, when parents came to me and when employers came to me, and when a person had a change in circumstances, could not get a licence and decided...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport: Road Safety: Discussion (8 Oct 2025)

Alan Kelly: I agree.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport: Road Safety: Discussion (8 Oct 2025)

Alan Kelly: It took me a considerable amount of time to ask questions and eventually bring it up in the Dáil. I suggest that the RSA have a period of maybe three months where it does this analysis down to the tester to see if there is a trend developing. Unfortunately, in my locality of Nenagh and the surrounds, a lot of people suffered as a result of this. I am not blaming Mr. Walsh...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: State Properties (8 Oct 2025)

Alan Kelly: 184. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 232 of 23 September 2025 and 365 of 30 September 2025, to detail all expenditure on both properties from 2010 to 1 October 2025, including security any security costs. [53999/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (8 Oct 2025)

Alan Kelly: 267. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality for a full breakdown of all remuneration details that ever existed or were given to the current Commissioner of An Garda Síochána or his predecessor. [54000/25]

Financial Resolutions 2025 - Budget Statement 2026 (7 Oct 2025)

Alan Kelly: It is all a mirage.