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Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Financial Statements of the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland: Discussion (9 Mar 2023)

Alan Kelly: My first question is to the Comptroller and Auditor General about what he said about the accounts. To clear this up, does he see it as a transposition error?

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Financial Statements of the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland: Discussion (9 Mar 2023)

Alan Kelly: That is fine. It is just to clear that up. It is good that I asked the question because that clears it up. I am very supportive of what SEAI does. I do not think the public is fully aware of how wide a mandate it has and the disparate areas it is involved in. I say this as a former Minister with responsibility for climate change that it is almost as if there were a range of issues and...

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Financial Statements of the State Claims Agency: Discussion
Chapter 20: Management of the Clinical Indemnity Scheme of the Report on the Accounts of Public Services 2021 (2 Mar 2023)

Alan Kelly: Mr. Breen can continue to say "Yes". That is fine and it might categorise the agency differently but it does not help the women. It does not deal with how the State said it would honourably deal with them. MedLab, or whatever laboratory it is as it is not just one, is going to pursue this so rigorously that the controls and the human aspect of the State will be withdrawn because the State...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Sport and Recreational Development (21 Feb 2023)

Alan Kelly: It does not bother me. I just thought I was second.

Veterinary Medicinal Products, Medicated Feed and Fertilisers Regulation Bill 2023: Second Stage (14 Feb 2023)

Alan Kelly: ...the national fertiliser database. We often hear about the need for a just transition. I believe this is something all of us in the House strongly campaign for and support; certainly the Labour Party does. There is an argument to be made that in no other industry or profession is the concept of a just transition more important than among our farmers and agricultural workers. We know the...

Inshore Fishing: Motion [Private Members] (25 Jan 2023)

Alan Kelly: I thank the Rural Independents for this motion, which we will support. I come from a land-locked county but it does not take much analysis to know fishermen in our country have been let down. I have met people from west Cork and south Kerry, where I have many connections, as well as west Clare and further up the west coast. We are seeing negative change and you would feel for them. The...

Forestry Sector: Motion [Private Members] (24 Jan 2023)

Alan Kelly: ...remembers that because the then Minister with responsibility, Pat Rabbitte, prevented it. He prevented a lot of privatisation efforts that had been proposed by Fine Gael leading up to 2011. I understand, as does the Labour Party, that a new approach has to be taken to forestry. We are nowhere near meeting our targets and do not have a hope of doing so, but this is not the solution. It...

Patient Safety (Notifiable Patient Safety Incidents) Bill 2019: Report Stage (7 Dec 2022)

Alan Kelly: I welcome the Minister's change of tack. It does not happen often, so fair play to him. One issue has been raised this evening that I raised on a previous occasion. I refer to anonymisation. I have spent hours outside of the Chamber because I have been speaking to people trying to get some sort of compromise. Politically, it would be the best if we could all sign up to this. I am sure...

Patient Safety (Notifiable Patient Safety Incidents) Bill 2019: Report Stage (7 Dec 2022)

Alan Kelly: ...this format. That is the test for me because, to quote Stephen, it is "not fit for purpose." I will not quote Lorraine because of the way in which she put it. Others have spoken before me. This does not pass the Vicky test. That is so important to me. It does not pass the test because if Vicky's case was going through this process, there would not be an obligation. This is why we...

Drugs Policy: Motion [Private Members] (30 Nov 2022)

Alan Kelly: ...but that is not working either. It is not working for people who are addicted to various different types of drugs. Ultimately, this motion is about people. It is important to get the message out that this does not mean we are legalising drugs. Those who engage in criminal activities need to be prosecuted in accordance with the laws in every shape and fashion. This is about the...

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2021: National Lottery Fund (24 Nov 2022)

Alan Kelly: Does Ms Boate think this could be worded better?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2021: National Lottery Fund (24 Nov 2022)

Alan Kelly: ...lottery is bespoke but surely with one regulator and legislatively, through a licence, we can manage that slight differential with regard to good causes as part of that. I would be surprised if this committee does not make this suggestion. Will the Department look at having just one regulator? To be honest, this is smoke and mirrors when we look at that amount of gambling.

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2021: National Lottery Fund (24 Nov 2022)

Alan Kelly: I am just asking for Mr. Nolan's opinion. Does he believe we should have one regulator or not? Is it being considered? I am short for time.

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2021: National Lottery Fund (24 Nov 2022)

Alan Kelly: If Mr. Nolan does not have an opinion, that is fine, but what is his opinion, given his role in working with the regulator? Does he believe that would be a good idea?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2021: National Lottery Fund (24 Nov 2022)

Alan Kelly: ..., for the opinion to come through the Department in that regard, and also as to whether this was ever even considered. On the idea that it is covered by two different Departments, I am sorry, that does not wash; it is irrelevant. To move back to the regulator, I have several quick questions on statistics. How much of the spend that goes on the lotto is done offline versus online? I...

Public Accounts Committee: Greyhound Racing Ireland: Financial Statements 2021 (10 Nov 2022)

Alan Kelly: ...Service, which was the right thing to bring in. There is a concern that there is not actually anybody on the board with distinctive, extensive knowledge of the industry. Is the Department concerned about that? How does it know that the board has enough knowledge to adapt greyhound racing to modern times?

Public Accounts Committee: Greyhound Racing Ireland: Financial Statements 2021 (10 Nov 2022)

Alan Kelly: .... There was €464,000 and €235,000 for both years for the retired greyhound fund. Will you provide us with a simple note for the three years to break down how the care fund is funded and managed? How does the money go in and out? I cannot figure it out and there seems to be a considerable decrease from one year to the other. That cannot explained by Covid because care has...

Public Accounts Committee: Greyhound Racing Ireland: Financial Statements 2021 (10 Nov 2022)

Alan Kelly: ...secretary recently. I was looking up the Department's organisational structure and he is not on it. I was wondering how that was. He may wish to update it. Under what section of the Department does the greyhound industry fall? I cannot find it.

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 40 - Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
Chapter 13 - Guardian Ad Litem Follow-up Report (27 Oct 2022)

Alan Kelly: ...Department has to be the lead Department, but there are significant roles for the Departments of Social Protection, Education, Health, and Housing, Local Government and Heritage. I could go on. Does Mr. McCarthy feel that everybody, across all those Departments and other bodies, is working at the same pace as his Department? I know this is a loaded question, which is difficult for him...

National Tourism Development Authority (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage (18 Oct 2022)

Alan Kelly: ...doughnut syndrome". It is a good analogy if you think about it. As a country we have developed our tourism product such that someone arrives in Dublin Airport, goes over to the west coast, comes all the way down, does the Wild Atlantic Way, comes across counties Cork and Kerry and then comes up the east coast again. The spine of Ireland does not get its fair shake. It is incredible...