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Industrial and Provident Societies (Amendment) Bill 2018: Second Stage [Private Members] (14 Feb 2019)

Catherine Connolly: I will wait for the Minister or State to come back to me on this but to my knowledge, it was never discussed. I have the privilege of being the Chair of the Comhchoiste na Gaeilge, na Gaeltachta agus na nOileán. Yesterday we had a very good briefing from the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade, Deputy Coveney, on the omnibus Brexit legislation that will go through the Dáil...

Industrial and Provident Societies (Amendment) Bill 2018: Second Stage [Private Members] (14 Feb 2019)

Catherine Connolly: Deputy Clare Daly's office did tremendous work on this and I pay tribute to them for that. All Bills at this stage of the process are far from perfect but that is why we have a legislative process. That is why Bills go on to the next Stage, to be discussed in detail. That is also why there is pre-legislative scrutiny. The resources on the side of the Government are enormous. David and...

Industrial and Provident Societies (Amendment) Bill 2018: Second Stage [Private Members] (14 Feb 2019)

Catherine Connolly: I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." This Bill is entitled the Industrial and Provident Societies (Amendment) Bill. I will come back to the language but it is a straightforward Bill with seven sections. The first section under the heading "Definition" simply sets out that the principal Act is the 1893 Act and section 7, as is usual in any Bill, sets out the Short Title and...

Homelessness: Motion [Private Members] (14 Feb 2019)

Catherine Connolly: The Minister of State is extremely helpful so my comments are about a housing crisis. The housing crisis has not been caused by difficult tenants, people refusing houses or indeed people objecting to planning permissions although we will always have a small minority. They certainly did not create the housing crisis however: it is a deliberate crisis caused as a result of the policies of...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (14 Feb 2019)

Catherine Connolly: Can anyone clarify what is meant by "unit holdings"?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (14 Feb 2019)

Catherine Connolly: That would be helpful. We should also ask the service for anything else it can give us in the absence of our own researchers. I am looking at this-----

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (14 Feb 2019)

Catherine Connolly: Yes, as my colleague said, it is opaque. On top of that, it is a system set up to promote infrastructure. The privately managed IIF holds investments in five Irish infrastructure companies in the energy, healthcare, telecoms and hospitality sectors. There is a presumption that all of this is right. Of course we need infrastructure. I am not questioning that. However, this is supposed to...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (14 Feb 2019)

Catherine Connolly: What are the sources of the private funding?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (14 Feb 2019)

Catherine Connolly: That is a good letter.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (14 Feb 2019)

Catherine Connolly: It is a clear letter. It answers the questions we asked. The next step beyond that is important.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (14 Feb 2019)

Catherine Connolly: They did well to give it to us finally.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (14 Feb 2019)

Catherine Connolly: I welcome that correspondence.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (14 Feb 2019)

Catherine Connolly: The issue was whether the system was working.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (14 Feb 2019)

Catherine Connolly: I did not deal with that letter, but the issue that came up concerning the roster was the panel. It was to function for a certain period.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (14 Feb 2019)

Catherine Connolly: That was the issue we were following.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (14 Feb 2019)

Catherine Connolly: It followed on from when Irish Aid was before the committee. Its representatives were to clarify.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (14 Feb 2019)

Catherine Connolly: I thank the Chairman.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (14 Feb 2019)

Catherine Connolly: That might be appropriate for the Joint Committee for Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach. The committees are all looking for work.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (14 Feb 2019)

Catherine Connolly: The Comptroller and Auditor General has highlighted this, which is his job, and then we draw attention to it, but we cannot keep going into the minutiae of these accounts. We can highlight these things and call representatives in to meet us but-----

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (14 Feb 2019)

Catherine Connolly: Yes.