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Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: University of Limerick (9 May 2024)

Alan Kelly: ...question. In my previous interaction with Professor Kilcommins, I found him to be a very valid and considered witness. We went through the conversations and got to a point where there was a feeling that meetings were manufactured to go around the process in order to get to a point where this transaction took place. Is there anybody here from the university who has a different view or...

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: National Transport Authority (2 May 2024)

Alan Kelly: ...the place, we need to find a licensing structure that covers people and that is available for medical appointments, social appointments, for mass, or for anything. We just need something. My feeling is local communities should be given a licence which is run off a hub of one, two or three businesses or community groups and which has a small fee with a grant. For the amount of money it...

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (21 Mar 2024)

Alan Kelly: I am aware of that. Does the Garda Commissioner feel he would be better able to perform his function if that post was permanently filled?

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation and Expenditure of Public Moneys by RTÉ (Resumed): RTÉ (13 Jul 2023)

Alan Kelly: I think many of us are more confused than we ever were. Seriously, the public are looking in. We are trying to do a job. It feels like as committee members, we are nearly living together given that we have been at this for so long. It is actually more confusing now than it ever was. I have gone through every piece of documentation, up and down and in and out. Six or seven members of the...

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2021 - Sport Ireland and Sport Ireland Facilities DAC (15 Jun 2023)

Alan Kelly: ...disconnect as regards their policy for how they want to develop these sports based on various different parameters. This may relate to women's access and kids' access etc., or different codes that feel they have not been supported enough. Sport Ireland, therefore, has to have an opinion. To be honest, if they do not have an opinion, it would be seriously worrying for me. I did not come...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (16 May 2023)

Alan Kelly: It is very rare that I stand up on the Order of Business but I feel desperately that we need as a Legislature to have a debate about the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission, GSOC. What is going on at the moment is outrageous. Its latest decision is to prosecute a garda for pursuing three members of a well-known criminal gang, with more than 200 convictions, because he did his duty...

Education and the School Building Programme: Motion [Private Members] (29 Mar 2023)

Alan Kelly: ...Tipperary. In fairness, the Minister has visited my wife's school and brought good news with her. I have to acknowledge that. I also very much welcome the changes in regard to hot meals. I feel the Minister is visionary in looking at changes to the leaving certificate, and maybe other forces should be coming more with the Minister, or that would be our opinion in the Labour Party. ...

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

Alan Kelly: ...life when she was dealing with all of us as friends, and there are some watching down here, including John Wall, that she never left anything unsaid. Everything had to be said and dealt with; your feelings and how you expressed your relationship with her and to her. Her deal with me was that nothing would be left unsaid. My condition and my promise was that nothing would be left undone....

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

Alan Kelly: ...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 these groups, as I have over...

Drugs Policy: Motion [Private Members] (30 Nov 2022)

Alan Kelly: ...personal drug use is absolute madness. I represent Templemore. If the Minister of State were to talk to any gardaí, they would tell him it is a waste of resources. They do not even want to be doing it. They feel sorry for the people. We really need to change policy. We need a change in policy that shows compassion but also deals with this in a realistic way. This is not about...

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2021: National Lottery Fund (24 Nov 2022)

Alan Kelly: ...is incremental marketing, and just 2% has been used on the "shall" bit, which is top-up prizes or prizes. Obviously, for anybody watching this debate and for us, that is not acceptable. It may be that Ms Boate feels the licence and the way in which it is worded is the issue. Is there another issue? To any taxpayer watching, however, that is not acceptable. Why is this allowed to...

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 40 - Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
Chapter 13 - Guardian Ad Litem Follow-up Report (27 Oct 2022)

Alan Kelly: ...be the lead Department, but there are significant roles for the Departments of Social Protection, Education, Health, and Housing, Local Government and Heritage. I could go on. Does Mr. McCarthy feel that everybody, across all those Departments and other bodies, is working at the same pace as his Department? I know this is a loaded question, which is difficult for him to answer in a...

Consumer Rights Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (29 Jun 2022)

Alan Kelly: ..., it got to the European Parliament and then went to the European Commission. We got there in the end with that measure and that is why we have the standardisation we have now in this context. I feel that we need to be leaders on this issue. I do not accept the Minister of State’s arguments regarding the appropriateness of this provision being in this Bill. Any examination of...

Autism Bill 2022: Second Stage [Private Members] (29 Jun 2022)

Alan Kelly: ...again. The disability awareness strategy, DAS, to get people into employment is again tokenistic. I am working with a number of people to try to help them get into employment because of the stigma they feel every time they notify potential employers of their autism. For the Government to say it needs more time and that it will not start off with this legislation, which we are not...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (3 Mar 2022)

Alan Kelly: ...right of citizens to have access to their information and for nothing to be hidden from them is critical. It is the be all and end all of everything that came out of the Scally report. I absolutely feel that in honour of Vicky Phelan and many other people, including Ruth Morrissey, who was treated very badly by the State, we need to ensure that the Bill completes its passage this term....

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (7 Dec 2021)

Alan Kelly: ...the spokespeople from NPHET, a considerable percentage of whom are public servants. Some of those involved with NPHET and NIAC are not public servants, but some are. I have a concern that they feel that they need to go through GIS in order to appear on radio or TV shows or speak to the print media. Will the Taoiseach confirm that they do not have to go through GIS? Mr. Gavan Reilly...

Horse and Greyhound Racing Fund Regulations 2021: Motion (30 Nov 2021)

Alan Kelly: ...hugely, locally and socially, and look after their animals, be that in horse racing or greyhound racing. I have spoken to many of them. In the county I live in, they are on every corner. They feel the equity of distribution of this fund needs to be looked at, particularly regarding the volume of funding that goes to small operators. It is a real issue now. There is one issue I ask the...

National Maternity Hospital: Motion [Private Members] (23 Jun 2021)

Alan Kelly: ...I took from what he said, to be fair. I believed what the Taoiseach said was accurate and I believe that was the Minister's intention. I can see the Minister nodding. I accept it. I genuinely feel the Minister has been left in a situation now where he has very little options. After the contributions made in the Chamber yesterday, and after the coverage in the media, the hospital group...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (2 Jun 2021)

Alan Kelly: I was enjoying that. We all know there is so much hurt out there felt by the survivors of the mother and baby homes and their families. They feel let down by the report of the commission. They also feel let down that the three members of the commission would not come before the Oireachtas children's committee to discuss their findings. Last night, however, Oxford University advertised...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (1 Jun 2021)

Alan Kelly: ...confirm that this Government will support this Bill, address this issue or work with us to deal with it? Many of the Taoiseach's colleagues have come out in support of the Bill, which they feel is an excellent initiative. New Zealand has successfully introduced such provisions. We would appreciate the Taoiseach's support. Will the Taoiseach confirm that his Government will bring...