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Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (27 Sep 2018)

Alan Kelly: We will have to think about it for next week. I will leave it with a final comment. As a collective, we will have to come to some decision because it is insulting to keep having to go around in circles. We are getting nowhere. Everyone knows this has to go further but we cannot go any further with this type of correspondence. Where, as a committee, do we go next?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (27 Sep 2018)

Alan Kelly: There may be things to learn from Dr. Love's departure and the issues he raised in his resignation letter about the HEA and the Department. There are different interpretations in how this was conducted. We all know that the terms of reference, and the manner in which the investigation was done, was wrong. One cannot investigate oneself.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (27 Sep 2018)

Alan Kelly: It is helpful. I know the Teachers Union of Ireland, TUI, for instance, in the Cork branch has passed motions looking to recoup this money, including from the president. There has been much correspondence and commentary on it, and it is a welcome development. Having said that, we will see what happens. It is a small component of a bigger picture.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (27 Sep 2018)

Alan Kelly: I am somewhat concerned about when Dr. Love is leaving. We did not extend to October.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (27 Sep 2018)

Alan Kelly: No, I think the date is earlier.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (27 Sep 2018)

Alan Kelly: I think the committee will find the date is earlier.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (27 Sep 2018)

Alan Kelly: Now we are hurling. That is what I am talking about.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (27 Sep 2018)

Alan Kelly: It is important that we decide on our work programme.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (27 Sep 2018)

Alan Kelly: Is next week Teagasc?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (27 Sep 2018)

Alan Kelly: I wish to come in on this because I am aware of the details of this issue. Given the fact that it is their responsibility I ask that the Secretary General of that Department take this very seriously because there are quite considerable issues here and they are not just based around the individual who made the protected disclosure.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (27 Sep 2018)

Alan Kelly: I apologise for interrupting again. I also want it noted that the individual who is the subject of that protected disclosure should not have his terms and conditions of employment altered and no attempts to remove him from his position should be made. We as a committee would ask questions if that was done.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (27 Sep 2018)

Alan Kelly: I know that.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (27 Sep 2018)

Alan Kelly: On the work programme, there is a timeline issue in regard to meeting Dr. Love.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (27 Sep 2018)

Alan Kelly: Next week, we are discussing the Teagasc financial statements. If we need to have Dr. Love in before next Thursday, will that be possible?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (27 Sep 2018)

Alan Kelly: When will we deal with the issue of the health committee and CervicalCheck?

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Fire Stations Upgrade (27 Sep 2018)

Alan Kelly: 241. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when capital funding will be provided for the upgrade of Rathdowney fire station County Laois; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39205/18]

Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015: Report Stage (26 Sep 2018)

Alan Kelly: That is 100% true.

Local Government (Restoration of Town Councils) Bill 2018: Second Stage [Private Members] (26 Sep 2018)

Alan Kelly: Sharp teeth.

Local Government (Restoration of Town Councils) Bill 2018: Second Stage [Private Members] (26 Sep 2018)

Alan Kelly: I thank the Ministers of State for coming in today. The Labour Party proposes this Bill because we believe it is necessary. My party colleagues around the country felt that getting rid of town councils was a mistake and that reforming and regenerating how they worked was the right thing to do, but we went a step too far. I am thinking of people like Mr. Sean Counihan in Killarney, who has...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Teachers' Remuneration (26 Sep 2018)

Alan Kelly: The Minister has not answered the question of why so many young principals are resigning from their jobs. It has to be a concern for the Minister. Will the Minister please update the guidance for principals, which has not been updated since 1975? I am sure people will be shocked when the Minister outlines what their full role is. A survey by the Irish Primary Principals Network showed...