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Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Eligibility (4 Apr 2017)

Alan Kelly: 489. To ask the Minister for Health when medical cards will be provided to all children receiving domiciliary care allowance; and the way in which children currently in receipt of domiciliary care allowance will be allocated medical cards. [16138/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Reviews (4 Apr 2017)

Alan Kelly: 511. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) is subject to a full review of a medical card application due to the fact they mistakenly ticked the wrong box on a renewal application. [16262/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Voluntary Sector Remuneration (4 Apr 2017)

Alan Kelly: 554. To ask the Minister for Health the provision which has been made for section 39 organisations providing social care services to meet the various pay restoration requirements now falling due under the Lansdowne Road Agreement. [16648/17]

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (30 Mar 2017)

Alan Kelly: This is an unfortunate situation. The Committee of Public Accounts has to be beyond reproach and beyond politicisation and we need to embrace that from now on. I wanted to see unity in regard to reports and it was unfortunate it came down to literally one word. We have a lot of serious work to do and we need to deal with what happened yesterday and move on. We had some very serious issues...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (30 Mar 2017)

Alan Kelly: Did the Chairman say "senior people"?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (30 Mar 2017)

Alan Kelly: I do not need the Chairman to name names but are we talking TDs or Ministers?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (30 Mar 2017)

Alan Kelly: In other words, senior people-----

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (30 Mar 2017)

Alan Kelly: -----who administer the committee process.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (30 Mar 2017)

Alan Kelly: Just for clarity of information-----

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (30 Mar 2017)

Alan Kelly: I want to run through a few things before we conclude. There were a couple of references to old boys' club, I know it is irrelevant but the gender of the two individuals to me is absolutely irrelevant to this discussion, whether it is old boys' club or old girls' club.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (30 Mar 2017)

Alan Kelly: The Chairman said that when the senior official gave advice and was being helpful, but obviously he thought it was hostile or threatening in some way.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (30 Mar 2017)

Alan Kelly: Did the Chairman feel that there was an agenda behind the advice being given?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (30 Mar 2017)

Alan Kelly: I do not think any of us were aware of this. If that is there we need to change it because the idea that we could do a report and the next thing it could be culled is incredible.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (30 Mar 2017)

Alan Kelly: Absolutely, but I wanted to know if the Chairman felt that in his being approached, there was an agenda.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (30 Mar 2017)

Alan Kelly: Second, on to the three areas which the Chairman outlined where he felt that people had approached him in different ways, I support him in his using his discretion as to how he was going to reveal this. It is important we all do for the simple reason that if the Chairman had to reveal some of this at the time, the whole thing would have been taken over. What would have happened? We have to...

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
UCC: Financial Statements 2013-2014 (30 Mar 2017)

Alan Kelly: Last week we met officials from the Department of Education and Skills and yesterday we met with the Higher Education Authority. Between today and next week, we will meet with six higher education institutions. In this session we will examine the financial statements for 2013-14 for University College Cork, UCC. From UCC we are joined by Professor Patrick O'Shea, the president who is new...

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
UCC: Financial Statements 2013-2014 (30 Mar 2017)

Alan Kelly: I thank Mr. McCarthy and call Professor Patrick O'Shea to make his opening statement.

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
UCC: Financial Statements 2013-2014 (30 Mar 2017)

Alan Kelly: I thank Professor O'Shea. I now call the first speaker, Deputy Marc MacSharry, and propose that the lead speaker will have 15 minutes today if he needs to question the witnesses. All other members will have ten minutes. We have three sessions today, so I ask members to be concise with their questions and to direct them to witnesses for answer. Both the clerk and I will be keeping a...

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
UCC: Financial Statements 2013-2014 (30 Mar 2017)

Alan Kelly: First is Deputy MacSharry, second is Deputy Cullinane and third is Deputy Connolly. Those are the speakers we have at the moment.

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
UCC: Financial Statements 2013-2014 (30 Mar 2017)

Alan Kelly: I thank the witnesses for coming in today. I want to wish Professor O'Shea, from my alma mater, the very best. I must declare up front that he gave me a badge on the way in.