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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2017: Vote 38 - Department of Health (27 Sep 2017)

Alan Kelly: Did the NAS prioritise inter-hospital transfers?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2017: Vote 38 - Department of Health (27 Sep 2017)

Alan Kelly: I did not ask the Minister to talk about.it. I asked him to talk about the consequences thereof. Have contingency plans been prepared?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2017: Vote 38 - Department of Health (27 Sep 2017)

Alan Kelly: I agree.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2017: Vote 38 - Department of Health (27 Sep 2017)

Alan Kelly: This is a groundbreaking case and I am glad the HSE is taking it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2017: Vote 38 - Department of Health (27 Sep 2017)

Alan Kelly: I presume the Minister knew that this question would be asked in some shape or form. I agree that the system is broken. What happened in the context of provision and of arriving at this point was a joke; it was farcical and embarrassing. It was embarrassing for the Minister and for us, as politicians. The process by means of which these drugs are accredited was also embarrassing. I refer...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2017: Vote 38 - Department of Health (27 Sep 2017)

Alan Kelly: I appreciate that.

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.