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Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Communications (25 Sep 2018)

Alan Kelly: 313. To ask the Minister for Health if Ministers, ministerial advisers or officials in his Department have ever used private email to communicate on departmental issues between one another or with other persons or organisations; if so, the reason; if so, if he will publish these emails; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38551/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Meetings (25 Sep 2018)

Alan Kelly: 329. To ask the Minister for Health the dates and times of and attendees at meetings his Department had with organisations (details supplied) in 2017 and to date in 2018. [38670/18]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Communications (25 Sep 2018)

Alan Kelly: 393. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if Ministers, ministerial advisers or officials in his Department have ever used private email to communicate on departmental issues between one another or with other persons or organisations; if so, the reason; if so, if he will publish these emails; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38552/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing (25 Sep 2018)

Alan Kelly: 531. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if any local authority in 2016, 2017 or to date in 2018 sought a derogation from applying the 10% social housing levy within their administrative areas; if so, the name of the authority, the development in question and the compensation received; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38553/18]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Communications (25 Sep 2018)

Alan Kelly: 553. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if Ministers, ministerial advisers or officials in her Department have ever used private email to communicate on departmental issues between one another or with other persons or organisations; if so, the reason; if so, if she will publish these emails; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38562/18]

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (20 Sep 2018)

Alan Kelly: I agree in principle. Three or four items are time sensitive and we probably need to deal with those. They are in the correspondence and have been aired in public. Can we deal with those issues specifically? I refer to issues surrounding the Vote for the President and CervicalCheck, the Scally report and Ms Gráinne Flannelly, which is a category in itself. I agree with holding over...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (20 Sep 2018)

Alan Kelly: The Chairman should let Deputy Burke go first. I will go after.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (20 Sep 2018)

Alan Kelly: I agree with Deputy Burke's points. In general when it comes to 50:50 calls I would always edge towards taking a risk but I do not think this is a 50:50 call. I find it extraordinary that we have not gotten legal advice. I do not think we can move without getting legal advice.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (20 Sep 2018)

Alan Kelly: I am not a constitutional lawyer. I have a few more things to say.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (20 Sep 2018)

Alan Kelly: We need to get legal advice before we do anything. That is the first thing. We have gotten legal advice for less. We obviously have to get that. In terms of the the work of this committee, the Chair has said that he has been asked to raise this. For the public watching, he might tell us who asked him to.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (20 Sep 2018)

Alan Kelly: When it comes to the priorities of the committee, given that we know that there is an internal audit function and an audit committee in place and that the actual Vote is underspent, one has to wonder why this is being brought forward now. What is the rush to do it now? Anyone who is watching these proceedings and who does not think there is some form of political capital to be gained, maybe...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (20 Sep 2018)

Alan Kelly: That was before it was raised in this forum.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (20 Sep 2018)

Alan Kelly: I put a formal request to the Chairman to get legal advice. I would like a ruling on that. I think it would be prudent to get legal advice before we proceed. I think we should get the Office of the Parliamentary Legal Adviser to give us legal advice. It would be irresponsible of us not to. If we go ahead as several members have said, why can we not do it once the presidential election...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (20 Sep 2018)

Alan Kelly: No.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (20 Sep 2018)

Alan Kelly: I disagree with that. I still request we get legal advice.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (20 Sep 2018)

Alan Kelly: No.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (20 Sep 2018)

Alan Kelly: I agree with Deputy Cullinane. What he is saying is sensible. I also sit on the Joint Committee on Health and this issue will come to that committee. There is a distinction here and I think we could be quite helpful to the Joint Committee on Health. There will not be that overlap, about which there were arguments previously, because that committee will get into the components of the...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (20 Sep 2018)

Alan Kelly: -----non-disclosure, the audit process and the overall screening programme. There are specific issues. I have spoken to Dr. Scally, a very impressive man who has done a huge report, a number of times and I have gone through the report and spoken with Vicky Phelan, Stephen Teap and Lorraine Walsh. There is a need for the Committee of Public Accounts to look at specific areas that Dr....

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (20 Sep 2018)

Alan Kelly: I think the clerks should have a chat.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (20 Sep 2018)

Alan Kelly: That is a great idea.