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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: General Scheme of Road Traffic (Fixed Penalty - Drink Driving) Bill 2017: Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport (5 Apr 2017)

Alan Kelly: The rural transport schemes are brilliant. I know them quite well and was Minister with responsibility for them when I was in that Department. The rural transport network has a huge future in delivering services in rural Ireland and needs to be expanded but it needs to be done in a way that is mapped out with all the services like Expressway and rail services so that there is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: General Scheme of Road Traffic (Fixed Penalty - Drink Driving) Bill 2017: Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport (5 Apr 2017)

Alan Kelly: It is because it is related to rural Ireland. A rural hackney scheme was in existence during that time. This is basically a second type of licence in terms of ensuring there were rural hackneys in areas with no taxis. We are talking about fairly remote areas. Unfortunately, due to administrative issues, it never fully got off the ground. I urge the Minister to look at how that could be...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments Data (4 Apr 2017)

Alan Kelly: 242. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the detail of the enrolment figures in a school (details supplied) for the past six years; and the estimated enrolment figures for the next academic year, 2017-18. [16139/17]

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.