Results 10,601-10,620 of 20,765 for speaker:Alan Kelly
- Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Commissioner Appointment (26 Sep 2017)
Alan Kelly: 225. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his views on whether members of the Policing Authority or the policing commission should stand aside from their position on either organisation if they are applying for the job of Garda Commissioner. [40657/17]
- Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Commissioner Appointment (26 Sep 2017)
Alan Kelly: 226. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his views on whether it would be appropriate for a member of the Policing Authority or the policing commission to be a candidate for the post of Garda Commissioner. [40658/17]
- Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Commissioner Appointment (26 Sep 2017)
Alan Kelly: 227. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his views on whether members of the Policing Authority should be part of the process of preparing the competition for the new Garda Commissioner post if they are actually intent on applying for the post. [40659/17]
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Sep 2017)
Alan Kelly: It is actually unreadable.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Sep 2017)
Alan Kelly: Can we get an unredacted version? We cannot do our job; it is as simple as that. This is just basically saying "Go away." We spent hours here discussing this topic. That is a farce.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Sep 2017)
Alan Kelly: It is a complete waste of time. We cannot do our job. Either we can do our job or we cannot. We cannot do our job if that is what we get.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Sep 2017)
Alan Kelly: We had extensive discussions here. There is no way we can do our job with that document.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Sep 2017)
Alan Kelly: They might as well have just given us a black page.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Sep 2017)
Alan Kelly: I understand that.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Sep 2017)
Alan Kelly: It was probably signed a few years before that.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Sep 2017)
Alan Kelly: Will we come back to it next week after the Chairman gets an initial finding?
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Sep 2017)
Alan Kelly: That is fine but can we keep it on the agenda and have a discussion next week about the legal advice we get? I do not want to be going off and getting initial legal advice that will take us months.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Sep 2017)
Alan Kelly: I am sure there is precedent here.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Sep 2017)
Alan Kelly: Can we use this as an example and take the opportunity to write to all Ministers, send out a circular or do something? This is just a holding letter to fob us off until, hopefully, we will just go away or there will be a general election. It is a joke and a farce.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Sep 2017)
Alan Kelly: How can we deal with this issue more generally? There are loads of examples of this happening.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Sep 2017)
Alan Kelly: I probably did but I am in a different role now.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Sep 2017)
Alan Kelly: How will the committee's further communication to the Minister on this matter be framed?
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Sep 2017)
Alan Kelly: We must state that it is not acceptable.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Sep 2017)
Alan Kelly: The HSE was not on the ball.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Sep 2017)
Alan Kelly: Let us be quite frank about this issue. We all smell a rat. According to the transcript of the relevant meeting, the then assistant commissioner and now acting Commissioner stated he would provide the committee with the information we sought. He was speaking ad libitumwhen he indicated there would be no problem providing the information. As acting Commissioner, he is now the most senior...