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- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 92 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Strategic Planning for Flood Risk Management (14 Jul 2016)
Alan Kelly: I do not expect Ms McGrath to be able to answer absolutely everything in detail, but if she could provide-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 92 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Strategic Planning for Flood Risk Management (14 Jul 2016)
Alan Kelly: I saw that. My question still stands, however, as regards "how".
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 92 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Strategic Planning for Flood Risk Management (14 Jul 2016)
Alan Kelly: I have no doubt. My question, however, regards wanting to see documentary evidence of this rather than commentary. Can the OPW provide that to the committee after this meeting? I do not expect the witnesses to have it here. I am sure the arguments are valid and just want to know from a management structure point of view that there was a process in place to do this. I have a number of...
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 92 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Strategic Planning for Flood Risk Management (14 Jul 2016)
Alan Kelly: Is there a recalibration of costs?
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 92 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Strategic Planning for Flood Risk Management (14 Jul 2016)
Alan Kelly: Is Ms McGrath happy and satisfied that she signalled this over recent years?
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 92 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Strategic Planning for Flood Risk Management (14 Jul 2016)
Alan Kelly: A previous Minister for the environment had to write to local authorities to let them know these maps were not sacrosanct in decision making, which might have helped.
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 92 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Strategic Planning for Flood Risk Management (14 Jul 2016)
Alan Kelly: I have seen this work and I have no doubt. I saw the social element in Clonmel. It was incredible. Some small elements must be dealt with. My real issue is about how it is documented. Earlier, I asked if documentation on decision making could be provided. I would like to ensure it is all documented so we can see the lessons to be learned comprehensively and it is not just piecemeal or...
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 92 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Strategic Planning for Flood Risk Management (14 Jul 2016)
Alan Kelly: My final question was about future-proofing costs.
- Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2016: Report Stage (12 Jul 2016)
Alan Kelly: -----the equation it will have to deliver is as follows. On one side we will be faced with very hefty fines and a huge ongoing legal debate for years with the European Union and, on the other, with introducing reasonable and affordable water charges. For that to happen, given the make-up of the House and the utterances of Fianna Fáil, particularly Deputy Barry Cowen who has brought us...
- Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2016: Report Stage (12 Jul 2016)
Alan Kelly: No. The timeline and duration of this Dáil will really be in Deputy Barry Cowen's hands once the committee reports back because given the arithmetic, its report will not be able to pass through the House without his support and that of Fianna Fáil. Therefore, I want to know that he will support the outcome, given the democratic process which he has pursued.
- Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2016: Report Stage (12 Jul 2016)
Alan Kelly: No, I do not.
- Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2016: Report Stage (12 Jul 2016)
Alan Kelly: Seeing that Deputy Barry Cowen wants to pursue this issue, I am sure he will be willing to accept the outcome of the committee's deliberations.
- Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2016: Report Stage (12 Jul 2016)
Alan Kelly: If the Deputy does so, given the fact that, as I have shown, it is a predetermined outcome-----
- Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2016: Report Stage (12 Jul 2016)
Alan Kelly: I am concluding.
- Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2016: Report Stage (12 Jul 2016)
Alan Kelly: We now know that that is the scenario. It will be the biggest political climbdown in Deputy Barry Cowen's political career should he do it.
- Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2016: Report Stage (12 Jul 2016)
Alan Kelly: I look forward to that day when the Deputy has to make that decision.
- Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2016: Report Stage (12 Jul 2016)
Alan Kelly: I am delighted to be able to speak on this amendment relating to the committee. This is a unique moment because, as I stand here, I agree with Deputy Paul Murphy on this issue. This is a unique moment.
- Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2016: Report Stage (12 Jul 2016)
Alan Kelly: The eureka moment is that he used a phrase I was going to use, which is that the setting up of this committee is a sham. I am coming at it from a totally different perspective but it is a sham. It is a sham because-----
- Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2016: Report Stage (12 Jul 2016)
Alan Kelly: If the Minister will listen for a change, instead of interrupting all the time-----
- Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2016: Report Stage (12 Jul 2016)
Alan Kelly: The reason this committee is a sham is because it has a predetermined outcome. When the Minister unveils to the House his conversation with Commissioner Vella last Friday, we will all know that to be a fact. The Commissioner, with whom I have discussed this issue, will have made it known only too well to the Minister that the consequence of getting rid of or suspending water charges is that...