Catherine Connolly (Galway West, Independent) | Oireachtas source

We have a site in Galway that remains underwater. A site investigation was carried out twice that seemed not to recognise that it was granite and that there was flood potential that endangered the house beside it, which had to be knocked down and rebuilt. A road was taken out of action for a very long time. I cannot think of anything more extraordinary than what has happened. What have the witnesses learned? They say they will take on board the two recommendations, that where problems emerge, they will be in like a shot to do a risk analysis, and they will monitor matters much more clearly.

Let me move forward and I will look at Foras na Gaeilge. Let me put my hands up. I am absolutely tiománta don Ghaeilge, do Raidío na Life, do Foras na Gaeilge agus na rudaí atá ar siúl acu, ach tá ceisteanna agam le cur maidir le cúrsaí cíosa, agus an foirgneamh nua. Foras na Gaeilge has moved and as chair of the Irish committee, I had concerns at the time, as I do generally, about renting buildings rather than owning them. I think it is a very bad policy that we are renting and I hope we come back to that. With regard to Foras na Gaeilge, will the witnesses give me an outline of what it was paying in the two buildings where it was and what it is paying now? More importantly, what oversight do the witnesses have of that project? Where in the accounts is the rent paid by Foras na Gaeilge and what is the difference?