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- Public Accounts Committee: Correction of Record of Meeting of 2 February 2016 (23 Mar 2017)
Alan Kelly: I am not into rituals either, but let me just say this. We are in the Committee of Public Accounts and concluding in the next minute or two. We meet many whistleblowers as members of this committee. When it comes to evidence, we would not be here on this level except for the evidence put forward by the whistleblower about one of the most disgraceful things that has happened in our State....
- Public Accounts Committee: Correction of Record of Meeting of 2 February 2016 (23 Mar 2017)
Alan Kelly: I thought a book was coming there.
- Public Accounts Committee: Correction of Record of Meeting of 2 February 2016 (23 Mar 2017)
Alan Kelly: Let me just put-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Correction of Record of Meeting of 2 February 2016 (23 Mar 2017)
Alan Kelly: It is a "Yes" or "No" answer, and I do not mind if Mr. O'Brien wants to reflect on it and let the committee know afterwards. I would like to know if Mr. O'Brien ever directed anybody, orally or in writing, in the HSE in any way at any point to ever issue any form of apology to any whistleblower in this case.
- Public Accounts Committee: Correction of Record of Meeting of 2 February 2016 (23 Mar 2017)
Alan Kelly: That is probably thanks for the future.
- Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda College (23 Mar 2017)
Alan Kelly: 49. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if the refurbished Garda College swimming pool and gym could be made open to members of the public residing in Templemore and surrounding areas on allocated hours on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays. [14643/17]
- Select Committee on the Future of Healthcare: Health Service Reform: Minister for Health (22 Mar 2017)
Alan Kelly: I thank the Minister for his comprehensive statement. This group is working to try to take the politics out of health and to deliver for years to come. The Minister is the sitting prince, for the want of a better phrase, and so we have to put questions to him as the person who holds the mantle at the moment, even though this will transcend his period in office. This is a moving target....
- Select Committee on the Future of Healthcare: Health Service Reform: Minister for Health (22 Mar 2017)
Alan Kelly: I am wrapping up. The same point also applies to integrated care. The Minister referenced new politics. I do not believe new politics. I am of the view that the concept is a joke, frankly. How would someone sitting in the Minister's position deal with the situation? We are going to put in place a plan for ten years. Yet, potentially, a report on the Midland Regional Hospital,...
- Select Committee on the Future of Healthcare: Health Service Reform: Minister for Health (22 Mar 2017)
Alan Kelly: The doctors' services.
- Select Committee on the Future of Healthcare: Health Service Reform: Minister for Health (22 Mar 2017)
Alan Kelly: I think the Minister should wait for this.
- Select Committee on the Future of Healthcare: Health Service Reform: Minister for Health (22 Mar 2017)
Alan Kelly: It was only an example.
- Select Committee on the Future of Healthcare: Health Service Reform: Minister for Health (22 Mar 2017)
Alan Kelly: That is why I asked the question.
- Select Committee on the Future of Healthcare: Health Service Reform: Minister for Health (22 Mar 2017)
Alan Kelly: That is all I wanted to know.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Compulsory Purchase Orders (21 Mar 2017)
Alan Kelly: 32. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will prioritise investment in the rehabilitation of the former mining sites around the Silver Mines; and if he will consider compulsory purchase orders for land within the proximately of the proposed hydroelectric plant. [14229/17]
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Compulsory Purchase Orders (21 Mar 2017)
Alan Kelly: I thank the Minister. He is a big supporter of the proposed hydroelectric plant in Silvermines in County Tipperary. There has been mining in Silvermines for 1,000 years. What is left there can be turned into something very positive by the €500 million potential investment that will go into the hydroelectric plant. Unfortunately we also have a legacy issue there, which is...
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Compulsory Purchase Orders (21 Mar 2017)
Alan Kelly: This is an ongoing legacy issue. A number of people before me have spoken about this. My own family worked in the mines for generations up until the 1980s. This cannot go on. The CPO process for the Gortmore tailings pond was started by the Minister's predecessor and I understood it was ongoing. There is no way we can allow €11 million to be invested into lands and then have the...
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Compulsory Purchase Orders (21 Mar 2017)
Alan Kelly: There have not been animal deaths there for some time. There were animal deaths due to lead poisoning. The issue now is that the actual soil is contaminated from the river. The lead levels have gone across into the soil and into the grass that was cut to make silage, which is fed to the animals. It will take a period of time for us to figure our exactly what is going on here. This...
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Compulsory Purchase Orders (21 Mar 2017)
Alan Kelly: I thank the Minister.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Compulsory Purchase Orders (21 Mar 2017)
Alan Kelly: There are no cattle deaths. It is contamination.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Compulsory Purchase Orders (21 Mar 2017)
Alan Kelly: I do not want to put a fear factor out there.