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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Update On Health Issues: Discussion (18 Oct 2017)

Alan Kelly: The profile of over 65 year olds in the area is much greater. The Minister is right about discharges, but how and to where would people be discharged? Intermediate vehicles and ambulances are not present to do the job. Of course Ennis and Nenagh hospitals have bed capacity, but they do not have the necessary transport capacity. I have been raising this issue for a considerable time....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Update On Health Issues: Discussion (18 Oct 2017)

Alan Kelly: Glad to hear that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Update On Health Issues: Discussion (18 Oct 2017)

Alan Kelly: One would-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Update On Health Issues: Discussion (18 Oct 2017)

Alan Kelly: We will try anything.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Update On Health Issues: Discussion (18 Oct 2017)

Alan Kelly: Can I get an answer from Mr. O'Brien on HIQA and Ennis?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Update On Health Issues: Discussion (18 Oct 2017)

Alan Kelly: I understand Mr. O'Brien does not want to ventilate the issues. However, that is what this committee is about. With all due respect, Mr. O'Brien, we need a better answer than that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Update On Health Issues: Discussion (18 Oct 2017)

Alan Kelly: I have not finished. I do not expect Mr. O'Brien to cross into the line of a legal case. For the information of the Chairman and public, I asked the Minister the question earlier and he has passed it on to Mr. O'Brien. Mr. O'Brien has now said he is going to send in a written answer.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Update On Health Issues: Discussion (18 Oct 2017)

Alan Kelly: One second. There is scope for Mr. O'Brien to answer the question without crossing into the legal area. I presume he fully supports the local HSE in regard to its actions.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Update On Health Issues: Discussion (18 Oct 2017)

Alan Kelly: I do not need a grin from Mr. O'Brien. I need him to support it fully in its actions.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Update On Health Issues: Discussion (18 Oct 2017)

Alan Kelly: That is fine.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Update On Health Issues: Discussion (18 Oct 2017)

Alan Kelly: Good. The issue for me really is that this is a very important test case. The Department has issued regulations in regard to multi-occupancy rooms covering the period to 2021. There are many other regulations also. We discussed this matter here and we did so at a meeting of the Committee of Public Accounts for different reasons, concerning the spending of money. The point, however, is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking Sector in Ireland (Resumed): Savings Banks Foundation for International Cooperation, Irish Rural Link and Public Banking Forum of Ireland (12 Oct 2017)

Alan Kelly: No I am-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking Sector in Ireland (Resumed): Savings Banks Foundation for International Cooperation, Irish Rural Link and Public Banking Forum of Ireland (12 Oct 2017)

Alan Kelly: It might as well be part of Tipperary for electoral purposes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking Sector in Ireland (Resumed): Savings Banks Foundation for International Cooperation, Irish Rural Link and Public Banking Forum of Ireland (12 Oct 2017)

Alan Kelly: I thank the Chairman for facilitating me. I have a significant interest in this issue. I left the meeting of the PAC to attend this meeting because I want to support the process. I have been following the issue, along with my colleague, Deputy Penrose, who has also taken a big interest in this and has written about it and raised it in the Dáil. He expressed his love of the Department...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking Sector in Ireland (Resumed): Savings Banks Foundation for International Cooperation, Irish Rural Link and Public Banking Forum of Ireland (12 Oct 2017)

Alan Kelly: I am sorry. I do not wish to be rude but I have another question. I was very much taken by what was said about the impact on other banks - by the way, I love that. Could the witnesses explain it? When the model was rolled out, the foundation wiped the floor with the banks that were in the region and by the sound of things, they left. Did they just get out of the market the foundation was...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking Sector in Ireland (Resumed): Savings Banks Foundation for International Cooperation, Irish Rural Link and Public Banking Forum of Ireland (12 Oct 2017)

Alan Kelly: That is usually the reason.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking Sector in Ireland (Resumed): Savings Banks Foundation for International Cooperation, Irish Rural Link and Public Banking Forum of Ireland (12 Oct 2017)

Alan Kelly: That is a good answer.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking Sector in Ireland (Resumed): Savings Banks Foundation for International Cooperation, Irish Rural Link and Public Banking Forum of Ireland (12 Oct 2017)

Alan Kelly: Mr. Boland might answer the question on the post office.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking Sector in Ireland (Resumed): Savings Banks Foundation for International Cooperation, Irish Rural Link and Public Banking Forum of Ireland (12 Oct 2017)

Alan Kelly: That is good.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking Sector in Ireland (Resumed): Savings Banks Foundation for International Cooperation, Irish Rural Link and Public Banking Forum of Ireland (12 Oct 2017)

Alan Kelly: That is a great idea and I would support the Chairman 100%.