Results 941-960 of 21,489 for speaker:Alan Kelly
- Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: An Garda Síochána (20 Mar 2025)
Alan Kelly: This is Comical Ali stuff. The Garda Síochána press office has stated: "... the highest standards for all ... Gardaí will be maintained. Vetting standards for Garda trainees remain the same." They do not remain the same. They are different. Similar to the housing statistics, this was done as a political ploy in order to ensure numbers got bumped up and trainees were taken...
- Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: An Garda Síochána (20 Mar 2025)
Alan Kelly: What the Minister said is simply not factually correct. Garda trainees are going into Templemore who have not been vetted to the standard required. That is the bottom line. This was done last November. The Minister is also failing to acknowledge the fact that unattested trainees are often training under supervision but are not fully vetted. The Minister knows that as part of their...
- Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: An Garda Síochána (20 Mar 2025)
Alan Kelly: Not when they enter.
- Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: An Garda Síochána (20 Mar 2025)
Alan Kelly: They can be on the streets unvetted.
- Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: An Garda Síochána (20 Mar 2025)
Alan Kelly: So, standards drop.
- Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: An Garda Síochána (20 Mar 2025)
Alan Kelly: Standards drop.
- Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: An Garda Síochána (20 Mar 2025)
Alan Kelly: They do.
- Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: An Garda Síochána (20 Mar 2025)
Alan Kelly: Give a guarantee.
- Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: An Garda Síochána (20 Mar 2025)
Alan Kelly: Trainee-----
- Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: An Garda Síochána (20 Mar 2025)
Alan Kelly: They are on the streets unvetted.
- Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Consular Services (20 Mar 2025)
Alan Kelly: 203. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the Irish embassies and consulate general offices that currently have a cultural officer post filled, in tabular form. [13125/25]
- Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Staff (20 Mar 2025)
Alan Kelly: 212. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of WTE legal advisors employed by his Department in each of the years of 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [13136/25]
- Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (20 Mar 2025)
Alan Kelly: 218. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the amount that the Defence Forces spent on purchasing military equipment from Japanese companies in each of the years 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [13137/25]
- Written Answers — Department of Defence: Naval Service (20 Mar 2025)
Alan Kelly: 219. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the capital works currently ongoing at Haulbowline naval base; when each of those capital works will be completed; and the future capital works projects at this base that are scheduled to commence later this year. [13138/25]
- Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (20 Mar 2025)
Alan Kelly: 220. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the amount the Defence Forces spent on purchasing military equipment from Australian companies in each of the years 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [13139/25]
- Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (20 Mar 2025)
Alan Kelly: 221. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the budget allocated in 2024 and 2025 for purchasing new horses for the Defence Forces equitation school; and the percentage of the 2024 budget that was actually spent. [13140/25]
- Written Answers — Department of Finance: Revenue Commissioners (20 Mar 2025)
Alan Kelly: 247. To ask the Minister for Finance when he expects the Revenue Commissioners to receive their new customs cutter vessels; and the number of Revenue Commissioners staff, by grade, that have been trained to navigate the new vessels. [13131/25]
- Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Meetings (20 Mar 2025)
Alan Kelly: 327. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he has met with the CEO and or Chairperson of National Concert Hall since his appointment. [13122/25]
- Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Facilities (20 Mar 2025)
Alan Kelly: 328. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the current up-to-date position regarding the construction of a new National Badminton and Velodrome Centre; and when he expects this project to commence construction. [13123/25]
- Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Rates (20 Mar 2025)
Alan Kelly: 354. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full year cost if the maximum rate of both State pension (contributory) and disability allowance increased by €13 per week. [13119/25]