Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Education and Training Boards Staff

Alan Kelly

170. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Education and Skills the staffing numbers for 2015, 2016 and 2017 by grade and post across all schools under the domain of Tipperary Education and Training Board, ETB. [41369/17]

SOLAS Expenditure

Alan Kelly

171. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Education and Skills the capital expenditure by SOLAS in County Tipperary in each of the years 2013 to 2016 and to date in 2017, by location and date. [41370/17]

SOLAS Expenditure

Alan Kelly

172. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Education and Skills the expenditure by SOLAS in County Tipperary in each of the years 2013 to 2016 and to date in 2017. [41371/17]

Education and Training Boards Administration

Alan Kelly

173. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the financial or professional management of ETBs. [41372/17]

Education and Training Boards Staff

Alan Kelly

174. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Education and Skills the job specification that was advertised for the first chief executive of Tipperary ETB. [41373/17]

Education and Training Boards Funding

Alan Kelly

175. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Education and Skills the way in which the ETBI is funded. [41375/17]

Education and Training Boards Data

Alan Kelly

176. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Education and Skills the budget allocation for ETB schools in each of the years 2013 to 2017. [41376/17]

SOLAS Expenditure

Alan Kelly

185. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Education and Skills the detail of all capital expenditure given by SOLAS to Tipperary ETB between 2013 to 2017, by location and date. [41538/17]

SOLAS Expenditure

Alan Kelly

186. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Education and Skills the detail of all current expenditure given by SOLAS to Tipperary ETB between 2013 to 2017, by location and date. [41539/17]

Mental Health Services Provision

Alan Kelly

319. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health when the post of director of nursing in child and adolescence in a mental health service in Cork city will be filled in view of the fact that it has been vacant for over a month and no process has commenced to fill it; the reason for the delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41374/17]

Departmental Communications

Alan Kelly

530. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide the documentation between his Department and the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform on the 2018 Estimates. [41601/17]

Sports Events

Alan Kelly

531. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the bid for Rugby World Cup 2023 is successful, the departmental Vote from which the funding for the actual bid will come. [41602/17]

Sports Events

Alan Kelly

532. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the bid for the Rugby World Cup 2023 is successful, if his Department will have to provide the required bid funding of a minimum of €120 million from within its current budget allocation; and if so, if special provision will be made for same. [41603/17]

Medicinal Products Availability

Alan Kelly

13. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health when life-saving drugs (details supplied) will be made available to people here. [40782/17]

Medicinal Products Availability

Alan Kelly

61. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health if the overspend in the HSE budget will affect the provision of the nine life-saving drugs (details supplied) the HSE stated it would fund in July 2017. [40783/17]

Crime Data

Alan Kelly

131. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of arrests and convictions that were recorded in the recent Operation Thor carried out by An Garda Síochána; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41161/17]

Garda Commissioner Appointment

Alan Kelly

225. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality his views on whether members of the Policing Authority or the policing commission should stand aside from their position on either organisation if they are applying for the job of Garda Commissioner. [40657/17]

Garda Commissioner Appointment

Alan Kelly

226. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality his views on whether it would be appropriate for a member of the Policing Authority or the policing commission to be a candidate for the post of Garda Commissioner. [40658/17]

Garda Commissioner Appointment

Alan Kelly

227. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality his views on whether members of the Policing Authority should be part of the process of preparing the competition for the new Garda Commissioner post if they are actually intent on applying for the post. [40659/17]

Departmental Agencies Data

Alan Kelly

214. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Education and Skills the names of all persons who served as chairperson and ordinary members of FÁS from 2012 until its dissolution; the amount of remuneration, travel and subsistence paid to each person from 2012 until its dissolution; if persons who are public servants received remuneration in breach of the one person one salary rule; if he plans to recover such payments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39864/17]

Departmental Agencies Staff Data

Alan Kelly

559. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the names of all persons who have served as chairperson and as ordinary members of the Aquaculture Licence Appeals Board since 2012; the amount of remuneration, travel and subsistence paid to each person in each of the years 2012 to 2016 and to date in 2017; if persons who are public servants received remuneration in breach of the one person one salary rule; if he plans to recover such payments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39865/17]

Ambulance Service

Alan Kelly

768. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the reason paramedics are not subject to emergency arrangements similar to their colleagues in An Garda Síochána and the fire brigade. [36860/17]

Hospital Records

Alan Kelly

784. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the amount of income generated from fees in each voluntary and public hospital in 2015 and 2016 respectively for the provision of medical records; the number of requests processed in each hospital; the number of records released under the Freedom of Information Act 2014 in each, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36930/17]

Hospital Records

Alan Kelly

785. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health if publicly funded hospitals must provide personal medical records by request under the Freedom of Information Act 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36931/17]

Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications

Alan Kelly

1774. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason for delays in processing applications for domiciliary care allowance; and the reason for the delay in the case of a person (details supplied). [36889/17]

Competition and Consumer Protection Commission

Alan Kelly

69. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she received the annual report of the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission by 30 June 2017 as required under section 30 of the Competition and Consumer Protection Act 2014; if not, the reason for the delay; and when she plans to publish the annual report. [35368/17]

Competition and Consumer Protection Commission

Alan Kelly

70. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her plans to make appointments of members of the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission, CCPC, in view of the fact the current membership of only three is the statutory minimum membership and the workload of the CCPC requires a membership of four or five. [35369/17]

Competition and Consumer Protection Commission

Alan Kelly

71. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if her attention has been drawn to the fact that there is currently no qualified lawyer on the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission, CCPC, following recent retirements; and if she will prioritise the appointment of a qualified lawyer as a member of the CCPC, as is the norm in all such equivalent competition enforcement agencies in the European Union. [35370/17]

Higher Education Authority Administration

Alan Kelly

268. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Education and Skills when the HEA board minutes for its meeting of October 2014 were published; the reason they were only published after they were requested by the Committee of Public Accounts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35074/17]

School Transport Applications

Alan Kelly

275. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Education and Skills the reason the special transport grant has been refused for a person (details supplied). [35217/17]

Higher Education Authority

Alan Kelly

291. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Education and Skills if all the current members of the Higher Education Authority are ordinarily resident within the State. [35371/17]

Tribunals of Inquiry Establishment

Alan Kelly

471. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 62 of 1 June 2017, the date on which and the format in which the Garda Commissioner consulted with his Department regarding the creation of the Charleton liaison committee. [35375/17]

Tribunals of Inquiry Establishment

Alan Kelly

472. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 62 of 1 June 2017, the meaning of the phrase "The Commissioner subsequently sought formal sanction to retain the services of a small number of individuals"; and the way the Commissioner could sanction to retain persons if they had not been formally sanctioned by his Department, the Policing Authority and the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform. [35376/17]

Tribunals of Inquiry Establishment

Alan Kelly

473. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 62 of 1 June 2017, the meaning of the phrase "The Commissioner subsequently sought formal sanction to retain the services of a small number of individuals"; and the way the Commissioner could seek to sanction to retain persons to work on the Charleton liaison committee in view of the fact that this was a new committee that did not actually exist before. [35377/17]

Tribunals of Inquiry Establishment

Alan Kelly

474. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 62 of 1 June 2017, if the Garda Commissioner employed persons as part of the Charleton liaison committee before getting formal sanction from his Department, the Policing Authority or the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform. [35378/17]

Tribunals of Inquiry Establishment

Alan Kelly

475. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 62 of 1 June 2017, if his Department was consulted on the persons that would be hired by the Garda Commissioner as part of the Charleton liaison committee prior to their selection by the Commissioner. [35379/17]

Tribunals of Inquiry Establishment

Alan Kelly

476. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 62 of 1 June 2017, the names of the persons that the Garda Commissioner has hired to be part of the Charleton liaison committee; and the length of their contract and commencement dates of each. [35380/17]

Tribunals of Inquiry Establishment

Alan Kelly

477. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 62 of 1 June 2017, if he will provide full evidence that all the persons who have been hired by the Garda Commissioner to form part of the Charleton liaison committee were employed following a full public procurement process; and if he will supply the details of same. [35381/17]

Tribunals of Inquiry Establishment

Alan Kelly

478. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 62 of 1 June 2017, if any of the persons who are now hired by the Garda Commissioner to form part of the Charleton liaison committee commenced work prior to the Garda Commissioner getting formal approval for those persons to commence work from his Department, the Policing Authority and the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform. [35382/17]

Tribunals of Inquiry Establishment

Alan Kelly

479. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 62 of 1 June 2017, when approval was given by his Department for the Garda Commissioner to engage a solicitor as part of the Charleton liaison committee. [35383/17]

Tribunals of Inquiry Establishment

Alan Kelly

480. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 62 of 1 June 2017, when he was consulted by the Garda Commissioner regarding the hiring of a solicitor as part of the Charleton liaison committee. [35384/17]

Tribunals of Inquiry Establishment

Alan Kelly

481. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 62 of 1 June 2017, the reason his Department is of the view it was necessary for the Garda Commissioner to hire a solicitor to be part of the Charleton liaison committee in view of the fact that the An Garda Síochána already has an in-house legal team. [35385/17]

Tribunals of Inquiry Establishment

Alan Kelly

482. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 62 of 1 June 2017, the detail of the procurement process that took place for the solicitor that was hired as part of the Charleton liaison committee by the Garda Commissioner. [35386/17]

Tribunals of Inquiry Establishment

Alan Kelly

483. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 62 of 1 June 2017, the contact details, commencement date and remuneration details of the solicitor that was hired by the Garda Commissioner to be part of the Charleton liaison committee. [35387/17]

Tribunals of Inquiry Establishment

Alan Kelly

484. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the purpose of the Charleton liaison committee that is based An Garda Síochána; the location the committee is based; the number of persons that work in it; the reporting lines of every person based in the committee; the persons that have access to the work of the committee; and the budget of the committee. [35388/17]

Tribunals of Inquiry Establishment

Alan Kelly

485. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if all gardaí irrespective of rank or title who are referenced in the disclosures tribunal have equal access to the Charleton liaison committee, equal use of its resources and equal access to its information and data as it pertains to their individual modules. [35389/17]

Tribunals of Inquiry Establishment

Alan Kelly

486. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if all the persons that have been hired by the Garda Commissioner to form part of the Charleton liaison committee were sanctioned by his Department and employed following a full public procurement process; and if so, the details of same. [35390/17]

Tribunals of Inquiry Establishment

Alan Kelly

487. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if Government approval was received for the setting up of the Charleton liaison committee; and if so, the date on which. [35391/17]

Garda Operations

Alan Kelly

576. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the persons he sanctioned within the Garda Síochána to take over the duties of the Garda Commissioner while she was or is on leave in 2016 and in 2017; the dates of those sanctions to those persons; and the format in which they made. [36428/17]

Swimming Pool Programme Funding

Alan Kelly

1354. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount of funding allocated and actually distributed to local authorities for swimming pools between 2014 and 2016 and to date in 2017; his plans to launch a new schemes of funding for such facilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35373/17]

Swimming Pool Programme Funding

Alan Kelly

1355. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the numbers of requests from local authorities for funding for swimming pools in 2016 and to date in 2017; and if funding was approved. [35374/17]

Planning Data

Alan Kelly

1638. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of planning permissions that are due to expire that can benefit from the proposed planning permission extension; the location and the town planning numbers of these schemes; the number of units that will be impacted; and if these schemes can still be constructed in view of the changes in building regulations in the interim. [35372/17]

An Bord Pleanála

Alan Kelly

30. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the reason there are so many board vacancies on An Bord Pleanála; and the actions he is taking to implement the appropriate 2016 review of the organisation. [33106/17]

Hospitals Building Programme

Alan Kelly

333. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health when work will commence on the building of the new 100 bed unit at St. Patrick’s Hospital, Waterford (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33530/17]

Mobile Telephony Use

Alan Kelly

309. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will ensure that no Member of the current Houses of the Oireachtas has had their phone calls or other forms of personal or business communications listened to, copied or intercepted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32492/17]

Mobile Telephony Use

Alan Kelly

310. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if permission has been sought under the appropriate legislation by the Garda Commissioner to listen to, copy or intercept phone conversations or other form of personal or business communications belonging to Members of the current Houses of the Oireachtas. [32493/17]

Mobile Telephony Use

Alan Kelly

311. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the appropriate legislation and processes in place to facilitate requests by An Garda Síochána to intercept persons' telecommunications. [32494/17]

Home Care Packages Expenditure

Alan Kelly

414. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health if he will support a request by an organisation (details supplied) for an increased allocation of €40 million in budget 2018 to provide additional intensive home care packages for persons suffering from dementia, the appointment of back-up advisers and co-ordinators to support persons suffering from dementia and their families; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32416/17]

General Practitioner Services Provision

Alan Kelly

459. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the status of progress towards the roll-out of free general practitioners care for those between the ages of six and 11; if he is still committed to this policy; the position regarding the money allocated for this initiative in budget 2016; the use to which the money allocated for in 2016 and 2017 was put; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32702/17]

General Practitioner Services Provision

Alan Kelly

460. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the cost of providing free GP care to all children between the ages of six and 11; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32703/17]

General Practitioner Services Provision

Alan Kelly

461. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of providing free GP care to all children between 12 and 17 years of age; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32704/17]

Vaccination Programme Data

Alan Kelly

462. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the number of children that received the meningococcal B vaccine for free in 2016 and to date in 2017 respectively; the cost to the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32705/17]

Vaccination Programme Data

Alan Kelly

463. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the cost to the State of administering the meningococcal B vaccine; the amount the State pays for each vaccine to the producer; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32706/17]

Vaccination Programme Data

Alan Kelly

464. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the number of children under 12 years of age and under five years of age respectively that have not received the meningococcal B vaccine. [32707/17]

Vaccination Programme Data

Alan Kelly

465. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the cost of providing the meningococcal B vaccine to every child here under 12 years of age and under five years of age respectively. [32708/17]

Primary Care Centres Data

Alan Kelly

466. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the number of primary care centres that have been built or opened each year since 2011; the locations of each; the capital and current expenditure associated with each; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32709/17]

Primary Care Centres Provision

Alan Kelly

467. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health his plans for primary care centres; the areas in the country that have and have not primary care centres, respectively; the centres planned for opening in 2017; the centres opened to date in 2017, the centres planned for 2018, and those for which no opening date is known; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32710/17]

Prescriptions Charges

Alan Kelly

468. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of reducing the prescription charge to €1 with a monthly cap of €10; his future plans for this charge and the cap; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32711/17]

Home Care Packages

Alan Kelly

469. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the funding required to address every case in which a need for a home care package has been identified; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32712/17]

Services for People with Disabilities

Alan Kelly

470. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the cost of fully staffing early intervention teams; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32713/17]

Medicinal Products Data

Alan Kelly

471. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the number of new drugs approved for use here in 2016 and to date in 2017 respectively; the number of these that qualify as high tech drugs; the detail of the recommendation of the NCPE for each; the annual cost of provision for each; the unit cost of each drug; the company supplying it; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32714/17]

Medicinal Products Expenditure

Alan Kelly

472. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the amount spent on drugs by the HSE in 2016 and to date in 2017; the savings which have been made in 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32715/17]

Treatment Abroad Scheme

Alan Kelly

473. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the cost of the treatment abroad scheme in 2016 and to date in 2017; the projected full-year cost; the number of persons treated; the age breakdown of those treated; the treatment time, location and travel costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32716/17]

Higher Education Authority

Alan Kelly

50. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Education and Skills the reason board appointments are not being filled in the HEA; and his views on whether the organisation is adequately resourced to function. [31573/17]

IDA Ireland Site Visits

Alan Kelly

5. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the criteria which is being used by IDA Ireland to ensure site visits by potential inward investment companies to regional counties. [30516/17]

Teacher Exchange Scheme

Alan Kelly

141. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Education and Skills if the five year rule for primary school teachers temporarily swapping jobs still stands; if there have been cases to the contrary; and if so, if he will list them and the reason they have been treated differently. [30480/17]

Departmental Meetings

Alan Kelly

161. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the names and positions of those that attended a meeting between the national monuments service and officials of Tipperary County Council on 13 June 2017; the location where the meeting was held; the duration of the meeting; the items which were on the agenda; the correspondence and documents which were provided to attendees; if she will provide a copy of the minutes of the meeting; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30477/17]

Credit Union Regulation

Alan Kelly

167. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Finance if it is permissible for the board and board oversight committee members of a credit union to receive a small shopping voucher (details supplied) at Christmas time from their credit union as a token of appreciation in view of the fact that credit union directors and board oversight committee members are volunteers and receive no remuneration for their work; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30082/17]

Free Travel Scheme Data

Alan Kelly

583. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Social Protection if her Department keeps an individual record of a person's use of the free travel scheme such as the journeys the person has taken and cost to the State thereof; if so, the purpose of same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30083/17]

Hospital Staff

Alan Kelly

79. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health if there are senior management staff in the National Maternity Hospital that have financial interests through tax break schemes or otherwise in St. Vincent's private hospital. [27537/17]

Hospital Services

Alan Kelly

94. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the reason there has not been a full roll-out of intermediate care vehicles with staff across the acute hospital network. [27540/17]

Hospital Accommodation Provision

Alan Kelly

120. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health his plans to alleviate overcrowding in South Tipperary General Hospital [27539/17]

Primary Care Centres

Alan Kelly

134. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the status of all primary care health centres in County Tipperary. [27538/17]

Tribunals of Inquiry

Alan Kelly

375. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if all the persons that have been hired by the Garda Commissioner to form part of the Charleton liaison committee were sanctioned by his Department and were employed following a full public procurement process; and if so, the details of same. [27344/17]

Departmental Properties

Alan Kelly

407. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of houses his Department owns in Templemore, County Tipperary; the location of each; the purpose for which they are used; and if his Department has had communications with Tipperary County Council regarding their use for social housing. [28879/17]

School Transport Eligibility

Alan Kelly

503. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Education and Skills if provisions can be made to allow a mainstream student travel on the same school transport provided by his Department through the SEN system as a sibling with special needs in cases in which the mainstream student is not attending the nearest school but willing to pay for their ticket and there is space on the bus (details supplied). [27327/17]

Departmental Staff Data

Alan Kelly

761. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the organisational breakdown of the policing division of his Department; and the personnel changes that have taken place in the division from assistant principal officer to assistant secretary level since 2005. [27326/17]

Tribunals of Inquiry Establishment

Alan Kelly

762. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if the Policing Authority was consulted in advance by the Garda Commissioner regarding the hiring of all persons that are now employed as part of the Charleton liaison committee. [27328/17]

Tribunals of Inquiry Establishment

Alan Kelly

763. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality further to parliamentary Question No. 62 of 1 June 2017, the date on which and the format in which the Garda Commissioner consulted with his Department regarding the creation of the Charleton liaison committee. [27329/17]

Tribunals of Inquiry Establishment

Alan Kelly

764. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality further to parliamentary Question No. 62 of 1 June 2017 (details supplied), the meaning of the phrase "the Commissioner subsequently sought formal sanction to retain the services of a small number of individuals"; and the way in which the Commissioner sought sanction to retain persons if they had not already been formally sanctioned by her Department, the Policing Authority and the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform. [27330/17]

Tribunals of Inquiry Establishment

Alan Kelly

765. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality further to parliamentary Question No. 62 of 1 June 2017, the way in which the Garda Commissioner sought sanction to retain persons to work on the Charleton liaison committee in view of the fact that this was a new committee that did not exist beforehand. [27331/17]

Tribunals of Inquiry Establishment

Alan Kelly

766. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality further to parliamentary Question No. 62 of 1 June 2017, if the Garda Commissioner employed persons as part of the Charleton liaison committee before getting formal sanction from his Department, the Policing Authority or the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform. [27332/17]

Tribunals of Inquiry Establishment

Alan Kelly

767. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality further to parliamentary Question No. 62 of 1 June 2017, if his Department was consulted regarding the persons that would be hired by the Garda Commissioner as part of the Charleton liaison committee prior to their selection. [27333/17]

Tribunals of Inquiry Establishment

Alan Kelly

768. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality further to parliamentary Question No. 62 of 1 June 2017, the names of the persons that the Garda Commissioner has hired to be part of the Charleton liaison committee; the length of their contract; and the commencement date of each person. [27334/17]

Tribunals of Inquiry Establishment

Alan Kelly

769. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality further to parliamentary Question No. 62 of 1 June 2017, if all the persons that have been hired by the Garda Commissioner to form part of the Charleton liaison committee were employed following a full public procurement process; and if so, the details regarding same. [27335/17]

Tribunals of Inquiry Establishment

Alan Kelly

770. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality further to parliamentary Question No. 62 of 1 June 2017, if the persons that are now part of the Charleton liaison committee commenced work prior to the Garda Commissioner obtaining formal approval from the his Department, the Policing Authority and the Department of Public Expenditure. [27336/17]

Tribunals of Inquiry Establishment

Alan Kelly

771. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality further to parliamentary Question No. 62 of 1 June 2017, the date on which approval was given by his Department for the Garda Commissioner to engage a solicitor as part of the Charleton liaison committee. [27337/17]

Tribunals of Inquiry Establishment

Alan Kelly

772. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality further to parliamentary Question No. 62 of 1 June 2017, the date on which consultation was made by the Garda Commissioner regarding the hiring of a solicitor as part of the Charleton liaison committee. [27338/17]

Tribunals of Inquiry Establishment

Alan Kelly

773. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality further to parliamentary Question No. 62 of 1 June 2017, the reason it was felt necessary for the Garda Commissioner to hire a solicitor to be part of the Charleton liaison committee in view of the fact that An Garda Síochána already has an in house legal team. [27339/17]

Tribunals of Inquiry Establishment

Alan Kelly

774. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality further to parliamentary Question No. 62 of 1 June 2017, the details of the procurement process that took place for the solicitor that was hired as part of the Charleton liaison committee by the Garda Commissioner. [27340/17]