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Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Annual Report of the Accounts of the Public Services
Chapter 9 - Greenhouse Gas-Related Financial Transactions: Discussion (5 Nov 2019)

Kate O'Connell: Yes. I know it is not their fault.

Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Annual Report of the Accounts of the Public Services
Chapter 9 - Greenhouse Gas-Related Financial Transactions: Discussion (5 Nov 2019)

Kate O'Connell: I thank the witnesses for being here at this hour of the evening.

Death of Former Member: Expressions of Sympathy (6 Nov 2019)

Kate O'Connell: I thank the Ceann Comhairle. I welcome the Kelly family here today. I wish to pay tribute to Peter Kelly, Longford, Ireland, as he introduced himself to me back in the day. I got to know him through Emily and Peter, as they studied pharmacy with me in the early noughties. The issue that emerged was how we would get home to vote so that I could cancel out a Fianna Fáil vote. The UK...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Nursing Homes Support Scheme (Amendment) Bill 2019: Discussion (13 Nov 2019)

Kate O'Connell: I thank the witnesses for attending. Following on from Deputy Naughten's comments, there has been much talk back and forth and the point has been laboured. I do not think anyone is suggesting that anybody should be treated in an unfair manner. The point is that it is the assets that are being treated differently. I do not think anyone is suggesting that someone from a farming background...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Nursing Homes Support Scheme (Amendment) Bill 2019: Discussion (13 Nov 2019)

Kate O'Connell: Individual what?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Nursing Homes Support Scheme (Amendment) Bill 2019: Discussion (13 Nov 2019)

Kate O'Connell: Mr. Redmond can imagine a situation where an asset is at stake and an older person is not getting the care he or she wants or needs because people are trying to reach the five-year point. They might prop mammy up at home until they reached it. That is not good policy. The older person should be the focus.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Nursing Homes Support Scheme (Amendment) Bill 2019: Discussion (13 Nov 2019)

Kate O'Connell: Everything is supposed to be climate proofed now. Everything is supposed to have that consideration. There was a concerted effort to reduce fragmentation - pockets of land - and make things more efficient, but some of this Bill will have a negative effect on that policy. I cannot see how it is not a consideration. I would like the Department to consider it. The people who are taking over...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Nursing Homes Support Scheme (Amendment) Bill 2019: Discussion (13 Nov 2019)

Kate O'Connell: No one is suggesting that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Nursing Homes Support Scheme (Amendment) Bill 2019: Discussion (13 Nov 2019)

Kate O'Connell: I understand that, but these are unique assets. Such assets sequester carbon and need to be managed. If the land is not leased and is left fallow, there will be an issue. Active farming of the land and the maintenance of biodiversity and so on that farming communities do are important. The point of the incentives some years ago to promote leasing and land mobility was to make the farm an...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Nursing Homes Support Scheme (Amendment) Bill 2019: Discussion (13 Nov 2019)

Kate O'Connell: I understand that. My point is that if it becomes inequitable to bother leasing it out or if it is not equitable to lease the land due to the tax arrangements, it will be left fallow. No one will bother with it because it will not be worth it.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (14 Nov 2019)

Kate O'Connell: Tá ceist agam don Aire Oideachais agus Scileanna. I raise the issue of the incredibly challenging situation regarding school places for children with autism spectrum disorder, ASD, in Dublin 2, Dublin 4, Dublin 8 and especially in Dublin 6 and Dublin 6W. In an area of 80 sq. km, there are more than 80 primary schools, but only three have an ASD unit. No unit in south Dublin will have...

Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Financial Statements of the Charities Regulatory Authority (21 Nov 2019)

Kate O'Connell: I agree.

Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Financial Statements of the Charities Regulatory Authority (21 Nov 2019)

Kate O'Connell: In terms of the €39.7 million fund that is being managed, Ms. Martin said that there are 392 players in the mix. Some of them are not regulated because their involvement predates registration. Is that correct? There are entities in the mix, whose money is in that fund, that are not registered charities. Did I understand that correctly?

Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Financial Statements of the Charities Regulatory Authority (21 Nov 2019)

Kate O'Connell: What proportion of the money or the groups are we talking about? Is half of it held by unregistered entities? Does the regulator have a breakdown on that? I would find it quite shocking if such a large amount of money was just sitting somewhere but if only a small amount of it relates to unregulated entities, I would not be so worried. It is important to know whose money is in that fund.

Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Financial Statements of the Charities Regulatory Authority (21 Nov 2019)

Kate O'Connell: Does anybody here know the answer? Mr. Scanlon seems to be up to speed on this Davy fund. Does he have any knowledge of the breakdown of the money involved?

Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Financial Statements of the Charities Regulatory Authority (21 Nov 2019)

Kate O'Connell: Specifically what I would like to know regarding the fund of almost €40 million, which seems to be performing quite well, is how many of the 392 companies involved are not registered. What proportion of that fund is in the custody of unregistered charities? Is there information on how long the money has been there? Is it historic money that has not been touched? Are unregistered...

Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Financial Statements of the Charities Regulatory Authority (21 Nov 2019)

Kate O'Connell: Is it closed?

Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Financial Statements of the Charities Regulatory Authority (21 Nov 2019)

Kate O'Connell: They are being paid dividends.

Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Financial Statements of the Charities Regulatory Authority (21 Nov 2019)

Kate O'Connell: Unregistered entities are getting dividends. Maybe this is beyond the scope of this committee. When this fund is marketed, is it marketed as a positive, ethical, philanthropic thing which people invest in for different reasons?

Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Financial Statements of the Charities Regulatory Authority (21 Nov 2019)

Kate O'Connell: I imagine that people who give money to charities would expect that the money is not being invested in something that is unethical. I am not saying that it is, but one would expect there to be oversight.