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Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Ministerial Meetings (7 Nov 2017)

Alan Kelly: 1045. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of occasions on which he has visited Brussels since his appointment; the purpose of each visit; and the meetings that occurred during each visit. [46517/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Services Data (7 Nov 2017)

Alan Kelly: 1046. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason the National Transport Authority has not yet published the results of the heavy rail census that was taken in November 2016; when the results will be published; and if there is a date for the taking of a similar census in 2017. [46518/17]

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (26 Oct 2017)

Alan Kelly: It has been circulated.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (26 Oct 2017)

Alan Kelly: The Chairman is not that important.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (26 Oct 2017)

Alan Kelly: I have some questions to ask about this organisation, what it does and how it does its work. I presume it comes under the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (26 Oct 2017)

Alan Kelly: Is it directly answerable to us?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (26 Oct 2017)

Alan Kelly: That is what I understand as well. Would any questions we would have about its operations and funding have to be as part of our questioning of the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform here?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (26 Oct 2017)

Alan Kelly: I might liaise with the clerk to the committee.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (26 Oct 2017)

Alan Kelly: We should bring in the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform, even if only for an hour or two, in relation to this organisation. I would like to get to the bottom of a lot of questions about what it does and how it does it.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (26 Oct 2017)

Alan Kelly: I will revive the Chairman's memory on this. They wrote to the committee primarily because I raised the issue of the organisation in this forum.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (26 Oct 2017)

Alan Kelly: We can put it in for some future date.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (26 Oct 2017)

Alan Kelly: I would just like to get to the bottom of what it does, how it does it-----

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (26 Oct 2017)

Alan Kelly: -----and how it is operating.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (26 Oct 2017)

Alan Kelly: I read the correspondence and it raises a whole pile of questions. It is very interesting. I feel that some of the issues that have been raised in the correspondence are likely to be raised by others, and as a consequence we have to get to some format. I accept what the Chairman has said on the caveat of ensuring the inspector is independent. We also have to find some vehicle to be able...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (26 Oct 2017)

Alan Kelly: A proper way forward.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (26 Oct 2017)

Alan Kelly: We are all agreed.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (26 Oct 2017)

Alan Kelly: It is a whole different animal.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (26 Oct 2017)

Alan Kelly: My rationale is that information I have sought regarding Tipperary Education and Training Board from the Department in parliamentary questions over the past month has not been provided. I have been engaging with the Secretary General of the Department to get better answers because many of them were not acceptable. My first request for information related to multiple issues, including the...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (26 Oct 2017)

Alan Kelly: I know what it is. I am being a little-----

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (26 Oct 2017)

Alan Kelly: That is the issue I was about to raise. Basically, the non-pay side of the ETBI is funded through contributions from the individual ETBs.