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Forestry Sector: Motion [Private Members] (24 Jan 2023)

Alan Kelly: ...tried to sell Coillte. I am one of the few Deputies left in this House, along with my party colleague to my left and perhaps one or two more, who remembers that because the then Minister with responsibility, Pat Rabbitte, prevented it. He prevented a lot of privatisation efforts that had been proposed by Fine Gael leading up to 2011. I understand, as does the Labour Party, that a new...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (15 Dec 2021)

Alan Kelly: The Tánaiste could not be here today, but he was on the "Pat Kenny Show" on radio, basically telling us that new restrictions will be coming in in respect of social mixing, contact tracing and international travel. Days are important. I ask the Government to meet tomorrow night rather than on Friday to make decisions. With international travel, for instance, the EU Commission is...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Programmes (13 Jul 2021)

Alan Kelly: ..., MMGs, to the men of A Company, 35th Infantry Battalion? Thirty-three Irish troops were recommended for the DSM or the MMG, our highest award for valour, by their commanding officer, Commandant Pat Quinlan, after that siege. Those soldiers held out for five days against all the odds at their posts in Jadotville during the siege, which occurred nearly 60 years ago now. An independent...

Illegal Drugs: Motion [Private Members] (5 Nov 2019)

Alan Kelly: ...gaps. I respect the bona fides of the Minister of State on this issue above all issues as well as her passion for it, but it is really a question of resources and making an impact. My former colleague, Mr. Pat Rabbitte, led the first ministerial review into drug misuse which led in turn to the establishment of the drugs task force. Across all politics I imagine people would acknowledge...

Financial Resolutions - Budget Statement 2020 (8 Oct 2019)

Alan Kelly: ...like so many other matters, it is to deal with demographic increases. We are only catching up. We are not even going to be at the strength that is necessary. The members of the Government should not pat one another on the back because, in reality, the increase will not have much impact. In education, there is no change to the pupil-teacher ratio, despite the capacity to move on that....

Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon Financial Statement 2017 (19 Sep 2019)

Alan Kelly: ....3 million at the racetrack in 2006. It had revenues of €50 million in that year. The sale of the racetrack was meant to be the saviour of the industry. I will not take up much more time. Mr. Pat Creed said at the time that the sale of the racetrack was "a game-changer". We were told it would create "a sustainable future". In fairness, the chairman, Mr. Meaney, said similar...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Regeneration Projects Funding (13 Jun 2019)

Alan Kelly: ...to that in his reply. I presume the amount will be announced once the letter has gone to the council in the coming 24 or 48 hours. It is appropriate that the council would be notified first. Pat Slattery, the man working on this, and his team will be notified. I will take the word of the Minister of State that this is what will happen. If I am wrong, he might let me know, but I take...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (10 May 2018)

Alan Kelly: ...the Comptroller and Auditor General, Mr. Seamus McCarthy, who is accompanied by Ms Ruth Foley, deputy director of audit. Apologies have been received from the Chairman, Deputy Fleming, and Deputy Pat Deering. The minutes of the meeting on 3 May will be ready next week. Are there any matters arising?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Policing Issues: An Garda Síochána (7 Dec 2017)

Alan Kelly: ...Mr. Nugent is totally entitled to his opinion, but let us produce the transcript which will prove what was said. The reality is that the criteria were set in such a way that Assistant Commissioner Pat Leahy had no choice but to recommend what he did. However, he made it very clear that it was not a priority for him. It was also made clear that the head of human resources, incredibly,...

Public Accounts Committee: Report on Reopening of Garda Stations: Acting Garda Commissioner (28 Sep 2017)

Alan Kelly: ...not be recreated but is all there. Obviously, it came through the process to the Commissioner and the decision was made. I presume that in the case of Dublin the Assistant Garda Commissioner, Pat Leahy, was fully consulted on this issue. Given gangland crime and the like, I would have presumed that Fitzgibbon Street would have been a bigger priority than leafy Stepaside. That said, if...

Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon: Financial Statements 2015 (4 May 2017)

Alan Kelly: For the information of committee members who cannot see the name plate, that was Mr. Pat Creed.

Public Accounts Committee: Correction of Record of Meeting of 2 February 2016 (23 Mar 2017)

Alan Kelly: ...analysing the statement Mr. O'Brien made to the committee and the subsequent statement he made. On the previous occasion Mr. O'Brien was here, there was a delegation with him which included Mr. Pat Healy. This committee made requests that Mr. Healy be here again today for the purposes of accuracy on what happened at the last meeting and the statement Mr. O'Brien made, which, obviously,...

Public Accounts Committee: Correction of Record of Meeting of 2 February 2016 (23 Mar 2017)

Alan Kelly: We will probably crack open beers after what went on in the Dáil. Mr. O'Brien's colleague, Pat Healy, told the Committee of Public Accounts that when he was in the HSE the person in Resilience Ireland, which got the contract, did not have a huge role in the terms of reference. However, Dignam found that the person involved, Mr. Crowley, was the person appointed by the serious...

Public Accounts Committee: Correction of Record of Meeting of 2 February 2016 (23 Mar 2017)

Alan Kelly: I am not asking Mr. O'Brien to make any judgments but I am asking him to ask Mr. Pat Healy for an accurate statement of what happened.

Public Accounts Committee: Correction of Record of Meeting of 2 February 2016 (23 Mar 2017)

Alan Kelly: ...Mr. Crowley in September 2014, he said that Mr. Healy had phoned him directly in May 2014 and asked him to write the policy." This related to the new safeguarding policy, among other things. Mr. Pat Healy replied, "That is a different issue and concerns safeguarding policy." He did not deny that that phone call happened and that it was procured in this way. I was very much taken by...

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: ...-making process have been bypassed, it says a lot about Bord na gCon. My other favourite topic is CEDRA. The CEDRA report is very important and I am sure Mr. O'Driscoll is a big fan of the chair, Pat Spillane, who has been involved for years. CEDRA has done a huge amount of work but the Department pays lip service to it. I do not think it has much interest in anything that goes on...

Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill 2016: Second Stage (14 Dec 2016)

Alan Kelly: ...that all stations fulfil the quota, the big boys as well as the smaller independent stations. The latter do a fantastic job. They are not the real issue in this debate. We have a letter from Pat Egan regarding an artist called Donna Taggart and her song "Jealous of the Angels", which has received more than 60 million hits on Facebook, topped the US Billboard chart and gone to No. 1...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing (5 May 2016)

Alan Kelly: ...Secretary/Chair of the Social Housing Strategy Project Board Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government Ms Helen Faughnan Assistant Secretary Department of Social Protection Ms Patricia Coleman Assistant Secretary Department of Public Expenditure & Reform Mr. John McCarthy Chief Economist Department of Finance Mr. Padraig Ó Conaill...

Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (2 Jul 2015)

Alan Kelly: I am sorry. Does Deputy Murphy mean I got a pat on the back?

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Vacancies on State Boards (12 May 2015)

Alan Kelly: ..., South Dublin County Council 23/03/2015 ** Private Residential Tenancies Board Mr. Tim Ryan 30/05/2015 Ms. Tricia Sheehy Skeffington 30/05/2015 Local Government Management Agency Mr. Pat Gallagher, Chief Executive, Westmeath County Council (Chair) 22/10/2015 Mr. Owen Keegan, Chief Executive, Dublin City Council 22/10/2015 Mr. Conn Murray, Chief Executive, Limerick City...