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Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: IDA Site Visits (29 Jun 2017)

Alan Kelly: I am well aware that companies ultimately make their own decisions. I am also aware that the companies already here expand and make up a large proportion of the investment. Ultimately, companies that do come here have to be shown specific locations. There is no hidden agenda here. I have had direct experience in helping to get IDA Ireland into my own county. I was directly involved with...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (29 Jun 2017)

Alan Kelly: Before we get to the business, why did we start at 10 o'clock today and not 9 o'clock?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (29 Jun 2017)

Alan Kelly: I presume we will be going back to a 9 o'clock start.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (29 Jun 2017)

Alan Kelly: The members of the committee will figure it out at some stage.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (29 Jun 2017)

Alan Kelly: We can give it to the clerk to deal with.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (29 Jun 2017)

Alan Kelly: The Chairman said we will come to an interim conclusion?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (29 Jun 2017)

Alan Kelly: There is a difference between an interim first-phase report and a first-phase report.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (29 Jun 2017)

Alan Kelly: I just want to be clear on the language. It is not an interim first-phase report, it is a first-phase report.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (29 Jun 2017)

Alan Kelly: It is better to be absolutely clear on these things.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (29 Jun 2017)

Alan Kelly: I prefer the morning.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (29 Jun 2017)

Alan Kelly: Deputy Cullinane and I both have other issues to discuss.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (29 Jun 2017)

Alan Kelly: It is not a related issue but I need the Chairman's advice. Since last week's meeting, the committee has not received any correspondence from Cork Institute of Technology, CIT.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (29 Jun 2017)

Alan Kelly: Obviously, there are many issues involved. I know we are dealing with the colleges, which are a separate module, but CIT has one leg in and one leg out because of the fact that it was not-----

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (29 Jun 2017)

Alan Kelly: Its representatives have been before us on two occasions. There are a lot of serious issues in respect of CIT and my particular issue relates to the Higher Education Authority and the manner in which the review was carried out. In essence, the terms of reference were written by institute in respect of an investigation into itself. Can the Chairman offer guidance on how we deal with this?...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (29 Jun 2017)

Alan Kelly: Okay. Can I ask if, based on the evidence, we will focus on the process by means of which the investigation was carried out?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (29 Jun 2017)

Alan Kelly: Okay.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (29 Jun 2017)

Alan Kelly: Can we just deal with it-----

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (29 Jun 2017)

Alan Kelly: -----and make a judgment call after that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Discussion (28 Jun 2017)

Alan Kelly: I am not sure it is a good idea.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Discussion (28 Jun 2017)

Alan Kelly: Nobody adheres to that and, therefore, it does not matter. I will not repeat questions. I congratulate Deputy Jim Daly on his appointment. He is a good parliamentarian and I am delighted he secured this role. I also congratulate the other Ministers who were reappointed. Perhaps some were nervous but fair play to them. I am delighted for all of them. As a group of Ministers, they are...