Results 20,881-20,900 of 33,581 for speaker:Catherine Connolly
- Local Government Bill 2018: Order for Report Stage (13 Dec 2018)
Catherine Connolly: On the same point of order, I tabled three amendments and the same answer has been given. In a short letter from the Ceann Comhairle the reasons given are that they have the potential to impose a charge on the Exchequer and are against the principle of the Bill. Clearly our amendments are against the principle of the Bill. We do not agree with the Bill as it relates to Galway. This type...
- Local Government Bill 2018: Order for Report Stage (13 Dec 2018)
Catherine Connolly: I do not understand the reasoning behind the explanation. None of this was said on Committee Stage even though it was discussed on that Stage. The Minister of State was present. If there were bona fides about local democracy, this would have been pointed out on Committee Stage. In fact, it will cost money to do this so none of it makes sense. What else were we to table? We are opposed...
- Local Government Bill 2018: Order for Report Stage (13 Dec 2018)
Catherine Connolly: With regard to the potential to impose a charge on the Exchequer, it has serious potential to saves charges on the Exchequer. We could easily argue from the other direction. This has come from nowhere. It leads me to seriously question the bona fides of the Government in this regard.
- Local Government Bill 2018: Order for Report Stage (13 Dec 2018)
Catherine Connolly: It is not acceptable to leave the Dáil without clarity on this matter. We thought it was clear in the committee. Neither I nor my colleagues are members of that committee but we took the time to attend Committee Stage. We did our homework before we went there and we debated the issue. At no stage was this highlighted. This decision is open to serious question. The ruling says it is...
- Centenary of 1918 General Election: Statements (13 Dec 2018)
Catherine Connolly: Tomorrow, 14 December, is the 100th anniversary of the general election which saw the First Dáil in 1919. It was a significant election on so many levels, not least the fact it was the first general election in ten years and it occurred just over one month after Armistice Day, when the war to end all wars stopped. It was an election that saw the size of the electorate increase from...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (13 Dec 2018)
Catherine Connolly: Question rather than interrogate.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (13 Dec 2018)
Catherine Connolly: I wish to raise something tangential to this. Where something happens in a hospital, and inevitably things do, there is an internal and external review. Claims often arise from these incidents but there is no record of those reviews. I raised this at the last meeting. For instance, in response to a question about external reviews - I did not ask about internal reviews - the Saolta Group...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (13 Dec 2018)
Catherine Connolly: Yes, an external review of something that happened. The case of Savita Halappanavar is the most obvious example.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (13 Dec 2018)
Catherine Connolly: One would presume that.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (13 Dec 2018)
Catherine Connolly: It ties in if we are looking at the reviews and we need to know the costs, what arose and what has been learned from them. I am struggling to know where to go with the answer. It was a simple question and the response was clear that it had no record. The question related to the number of external reviews and the cost.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (13 Dec 2018)
Catherine Connolly: I do not know but there is a simple question of how many external reviews have been undertaken in the last ten years, what did they cost and by whom were they carried out. That information should be readily available and passed on in terms of openness and accountability, and the information should be fed into the State Claims Agency, which ought to be aware of this. Otherwise, how can it do...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (13 Dec 2018)
Catherine Connolly: I will come back on that with a question and discuss it with the committee first as I could do with some help.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (13 Dec 2018)
Catherine Connolly: That is a good development.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (13 Dec 2018)
Catherine Connolly: We are awaiting the confirmation that they are now available.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (13 Dec 2018)
Catherine Connolly: They are now available online.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (13 Dec 2018)
Catherine Connolly: I support that call. I have raised the matter with regard to computer expertise. What is happening is that there is less and less competition. That is the problem. There is less and less competition under the guise of more competition and we are struggling piecemeal with it so I would certainly welcome an opportunity to come back and deal with it in a more comprehensive manner. We are...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (13 Dec 2018)
Catherine Connolly: I have a question about correspondence. We already dealt with it. It concerns correspondence from the Department of Education and Skills?
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (13 Dec 2018)
Catherine Connolly: PAC 32-I-118 - it concerns the publication of the minutes, which I welcome. Does that include-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (13 Dec 2018)
Catherine Connolly: 3 December.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (13 Dec 2018)
Catherine Connolly: Yes, the Chairman dealt with it.