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Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Chapter 7 - EU Refunds and Levies in the Agriculture Sector (16 Feb 2017)

Alan Kelly: Did the Harold's Cross stadium board sign off on the sale of the stadium?

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Chapter 7 - EU Refunds and Levies in the Agriculture Sector (16 Feb 2017)

Alan Kelly: I understand that, but I am a former Cabinet Minister and know what the situation is in the Department with regard to the Accounting Officer and the members of the management team dealing with all of the agencies under the Department. I can tell Mr. O'Driscoll straight that if I was the Minister, I would be having words with my Secretary General, assistant secretaries and principal officers...

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Chapter 7 - EU Refunds and Levies in the Agriculture Sector (16 Feb 2017)

Alan Kelly: As there are eight or nine representatives present, can somebody step out and make a telephone call?

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Chapter 7 - EU Refunds and Levies in the Agriculture Sector (16 Feb 2017)

Alan Kelly: Will they do it now, please, and return with the answer?

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Chapter 7 - EU Refunds and Levies in the Agriculture Sector (16 Feb 2017)

Alan Kelly: It is extraordinary. With regard to Bord na gCon, prize money dropped from €12.7 million to €7.8 million between 2007 and 2013. That is an example which shows where the industry is going. We all know the issues. It is obvious that I have huge concerns about the industry. I also have huge concerns about the breeding industry. Many people have spoken to me about the...

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Chapter 7 - EU Refunds and Levies in the Agriculture Sector (16 Feb 2017)

Alan Kelly: We are going to have to come back to this issue and the decision-making in respect of Harold's Cross needs to be looked at again. Bord na gCon made the decision but were the procedures of the Harold's Cross board adhered to? Did it make the decision beforehand? I ask Mr. O'Driscoll to look at this immediately and suspend any action until, as the Accounting Officer, he is satisfied that all...

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Chapter 7 - EU Refunds and Levies in the Agriculture Sector (16 Feb 2017)

Alan Kelly: CEDRA is the report on developing business in rural Ireland. How much funding has the Department put into CEDRA and how is it being used? Is this funding appropriate? How often has the interdepartmental group met recently?

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Chapter 7 - EU Refunds and Levies in the Agriculture Sector (16 Feb 2017)

Alan Kelly: I know that.

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Chapter 7 - EU Refunds and Levies in the Agriculture Sector (16 Feb 2017)

Alan Kelly: How many times has it met?

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Chapter 7 - EU Refunds and Levies in the Agriculture Sector (16 Feb 2017)

Alan Kelly: Social farming etc.

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Chapter 7 - EU Refunds and Levies in the Agriculture Sector (16 Feb 2017)

Alan Kelly: How much was it?

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Chapter 7 - EU Refunds and Levies in the Agriculture Sector (16 Feb 2017)

Alan Kelly: I am a former Minister whose Department was responsible for this, and I found the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine quite unwilling to progress it on the scale which was necessary. The Department needs to change its attitude to CEDRA and the whole Department needs to realign itself, given the challenges we face as a country, not just with Brexit but in repositioning our country...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Ministerial Travel (15 Feb 2017)

Alan Kelly: 92. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of trips outside the State taken by either her or her Minister of State, in tabular form; the locations they were to; the purpose of each trip; the duration of each trip; the officials who accompanied any Minister on each trip; and the costs of flights, accommodation and any other expenses incurred per person on each trip. [7732/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Ministerial Travel (15 Feb 2017)

Alan Kelly: 149. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of trips outside the State taken by either him or his Minister of State, in tabular form; the locations they were to; the purpose of each trip; the duration of each trip; the officials who accompanied any Minister on each trip; and the costs of flights, accommodation and any other expenses incurred per person on each trip. [7729/17]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Ministerial Travel (15 Feb 2017)

Alan Kelly: 173. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of trips outside the State taken by either him or the Minister of State at his Department, in tabular form; the destinations; the purpose of each trip; the duration of each trip; the officials who accompanied the Minister or Minister of State on each trip; and the costs of flights, accommodation and any other expenses incurred, per...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ministerial Travel (15 Feb 2017)

Alan Kelly: 236. To ask the Minister for Health the number of trips outside the State taken by either him or his Minister of State, in tabular form; the locations they were to; the purpose of each trip; the duration of each trip; the officials that accompanied any Minister on each trip; and the costs of flights, accommodation and any other expenses incurred per person on each trip. [7730/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Ministerial Travel (15 Feb 2017)

Alan Kelly: 285. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of trips outside the State taken by either him or his Minister of State, in tabular form; the locations they were to; the purpose of each trip; the duration of each trip; the officials that accompanied any Minister on each trip; and the costs of flights, accommodation and any other expenses incurred per person on each trip....

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Ministerial Travel (15 Feb 2017)

Alan Kelly: 298. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of trips outside the State taken by either the Minister or Ministers of State in her Department, in tabular form; the locations they were to; the purpose of each trip; the duration of each trip; the officials who accompanied the Minister or Minister of State on each trip; and the costs of flights, accommodation and any...

Clarification of Statements made by the Taoiseach and Ministers: Statements (Resumed) (14 Feb 2017)

Alan Kelly: Were the metadata retained?

Clarification of Statements made by the Taoiseach and Ministers: Statements (Resumed) (14 Feb 2017)

Alan Kelly: On a point of order, while it may have been inadvertent, the Deputy's statement is not accurate.