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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (21 Mar 2023)

Alan Kelly: 695. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a new build fora school (details supplied) has been put on hold, given that this project was at a stage where works were expected to commence on site in May 2023. [13107/23]

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Financial Statements of the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland: Discussion (9 Mar 2023)

Alan Kelly: Are strategies using waste being looked at? For instance, much waste comes out of the large hospitals in Ireland. Is putting in district heating solutions based on waste being looked into?

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Financial Statements of the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland: Discussion (9 Mar 2023)

Alan Kelly: It should be looked into. That is the future. It is all very well saying we will put it into Ringsend and all of that sort of stuff. However, I am talking about the effect from a carbon point of view of trucks going from Bantry hospital to Dublin. We will have to look at on-site solutions for public sector buildings. With the amount of waste that comes out of them, surely solutions can...

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Financial Statements of the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland: Discussion (9 Mar 2023)

Alan Kelly: Are on-site solutions looked at whereby waste is used on site to power these buildings?

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Financial Statements of the State Claims Agency: Discussion
Chapter 20: Management of the Clinical Indemnity Scheme of the Report on the Accounts of Public Services 2021 (2 Mar 2023)

Alan Kelly: My second question is for Mr. Breen. I presume he remembers the famous letter he wrote to Mr. Stephen Brophy, principal officer of the clinical indemnity unit at the Department of Health on 6 November 2020. I will read it out. It states: Dear Stephen, The State Claims Agency will not raise any objection should a Claimant/Applicant at the CervicalCheck Tribunal, seek to sue the HSE as...

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Financial Statements of the State Claims Agency: Discussion
Chapter 20: Management of the Clinical Indemnity Scheme of the Report on the Accounts of Public Services 2021 (2 Mar 2023)

Alan Kelly: Basically, the letter states that the State Claims Agency will not raise any objection should a claimant applicant at the CervicalCheck tribunal seek to sue the HSE as sole defendant. Has the agency honoured that?

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Financial Statements of the State Claims Agency: Discussion
Chapter 20: Management of the Clinical Indemnity Scheme of the Report on the Accounts of Public Services 2021 (2 Mar 2023)

Alan Kelly: In recent weeks, there has been a number of cases before the tribunal. Cases were taken where the State Claims Agency did consent. However, the laboratories did not consent. As a result, the State Claims Agency withdrew. Not only did it withdraw, but it challenged those women on statute, as being statute barred. This is despite the fact that the Minister had extended it twice. I flagged...

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Financial Statements of the State Claims Agency: Discussion
Chapter 20: Management of the Clinical Indemnity Scheme of the Report on the Accounts of Public Services 2021 (2 Mar 2023)

Alan Kelly: On 11 May 2018, the Taoiseach appeared on "RTÉ News: Six One" and stated that the women would not have to pursue the laboratories. I watched it live, and I saw what he said. I found what he said to be unbelievable. That this would be honoured had to drift through this letter, to the State Claims Agency. I believe that anybody reading this letter, and hearing what Mr. Breen has said,...

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Financial Statements of the State Claims Agency: Discussion
Chapter 20: Management of the Clinical Indemnity Scheme of the Report on the Accounts of Public Services 2021 (2 Mar 2023)

Alan Kelly: This is a very interesting point. How many cases are there? Why are there so many cases at the moment? There is an 11-day court case currently ongoing. The main defendant is the laboratory, MedLab.

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Financial Statements of the State Claims Agency: Discussion
Chapter 20: Management of the Clinical Indemnity Scheme of the Report on the Accounts of Public Services 2021 (2 Mar 2023)

Alan Kelly: The State should be more involved, given everything that has happened. Mediation is coming just before the cases. Mr. Breen's tabular report that will come to us will demonstrate that. We may have a disagreement on the following, which is fair enough, but Mr. Breen must take it back. I am just a public representative, but anybody looking at the spirit of this letter would say it is...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Tourist Accommodation (21 Feb 2023)

Alan Kelly: I am well aware of that work, some of which I am involved in. There have been four plans since 2014. The first one was the new marketing plan, Discover Lough Derg: life by the lake. There was a €10 million proposal for this, which was not spent in its entirety. We had the Hidden Heartlands plan that my former colleagues developed, which came a couple of years later and fit into...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Tourist Accommodation (21 Feb 2023)

Alan Kelly: I say this in all sincerity because it is a matter about which I am very passionate. The number of people who saw the area around Lough Derg during Covid was fantastic. The hotel in Athenry burned down. We have one hotel in Nenagh and one in Ballina. As for trying to provide accommodation, it is virtually impossible because no one can get planning. We have fantastic natural attractions....

Patient Safety (Notifiable Patient Safety Incidents) Bill 2019: Report Stage (Resumed) (15 Feb 2023)

Alan Kelly: ..., we will work through them. On the basis of discussions we have had, I probably will not press my amendment, but the spirit of it was based on ensuring there would be a full understanding of what was required to ensure there would be open disclosure throughout services and screening. My amendment will provide for an obligation for patients to be informed of their right to make a...

Veterinary Medicinal Products, Medicated Feed and Fertilisers Regulation Bill 2023: Second Stage (14 Feb 2023)

Alan Kelly: ...and I am glad to have the opportunity to contribute on it. Events over the past year or so have really driven home the importance of a thriving and sustainable indigenous agrifood sector. With that in mind, this is an important and laudable Bill. It will have significant effects on the modernisation of our agriculture sector, on meeting our climate ambitions, and crucially, on our...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (14 Feb 2023)

Alan Kelly: As the Taoiseach knows, we have worked thoroughly on this Bill and in fairness to the Minister, he has come a long way with us. I admired what he did before Christmas because he is one of few Ministers who has ever stopped legislation proceeding, saying we needed more time. He has made changes that I thoroughly respect. The Minister knows, however, that this amendment regarding the time at...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Staff (14 Feb 2023)

Alan Kelly: 896. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of WTE staff by job title working in his Department’s laboratory at Backweston as of 7 February 2023; the number of vacancies by job title; and when those vacancies will be filled, in tabular form. [6675/23]

Inshore Fishing: Motion [Private Members] (25 Jan 2023)

Alan Kelly: ...fishermen in our country have been let down. I have met people from west Cork and south Kerry, where I have many connections, as well as west Clare and further up the west coast. We are seeing negative change and you would feel for them. The inshore fleet comprises around 91% of our fishing vessels, employing close to 3,000 people in rural communities. What gets to me when I talk to...

Appointment of Ordinary Members of An Coimisiún Toghcháin: Motion (14 Dec 2022)

Alan Kelly: I welcome this day and it is something for which I have been advocating for a long time, as the Minister and his officials are aware. I have one issue however. It is five months since the Dáil passed the Electoral Reform Act 2022 and we only now have appointed the four ordinary members. As the Minister told the Dáil on 13 July that it was intended that the Electoral Commission be...

Patient Safety (Notifiable Patient Safety Incidents) Bill 2019: Report Stage (7 Dec 2022)

Alan Kelly: I welcome the fact that this legislation is before us. In fairness, this has gone on for a long time and I acknowledge that the Taoiseach made a commitment when Vicky Phelan passed away that it would be done. I also acknowledge the Minister's officials and the people who work with him. They met us earlier and went through my concerns and those of others and, in fairness, addressed some of...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (6 Dec 2022)

Alan Kelly: 582. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE CNM3 senior orthopaedic nurses at University Hospital Limerick in 2020, 2021 and to-date in 2022, in tabular form; and if this number will be further increased. [60402/22]