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Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Naval Vessels (6 Apr 2017)

Catherine Connolly: 199. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question No. 283 of 28 March 2017, and in relation to a recent arrest (details supplied), if he has satisfied himself that there was appropriate handling of and investigation into an alleged sexual assault; if there was diplomatic or political interference in the matter; and if he will make a statement on the...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (6 Apr 2017)

Catherine Connolly: I think Mr. O'Brien should be brought back. I see the Chairman's point that the correspondence should be sent to the commission. However, Mr. O'Brien should come back before this committee. His testimony was extracted like pulling teeth without anaesthetic. It was difficult. I particularly zoned in on the staff. It is now confirmed that two of the staff work with Tusla. That was...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (6 Apr 2017)

Catherine Connolly: There was a third issue in regard to the report that was being carried out.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (6 Apr 2017)

Catherine Connolly: I am not sure what it is called. He said it was due-----

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (6 Apr 2017)

Catherine Connolly: In a week or two, yes. Has it been published? We were to look at that issue in terms of the costs and whether the voluntary body was given sufficient funds. They are serious issues because when I asked if any money had been provided for Grace in view of the trauma she has suffered, I was told nothing had been given. In the middle of trying to extract information without anaesthetic, we...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (6 Apr 2017)

Catherine Connolly: Bord na gCon was put in the week before. Direct provision was down and Bord na gCon came afterwards. While I am not going to be unreasonable, direct provision is very important and Bord na gCon could, perhaps, be moved.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (6 Apr 2017)

Catherine Connolly: I have no difficulty with that. My difficulty is with Bord na gCon taking precedence. If we are seriously interested in urgency, let us be reasonable.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (6 Apr 2017)

Catherine Connolly: I will defer on the direct provision matter if it is such a profound situation that the industry will collapse.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (6 Apr 2017)

Catherine Connolly: The Deputy is welcome.

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Waterford Institute of Technology: Financial Statements 2013-2014 (6 Apr 2017)

Catherine Connolly: I am sorry, Chairman, I came in without a copy of the opening statement. Could I have one?

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Waterford Institute of Technology: Financial Statements 2013-2014 (6 Apr 2017)

Catherine Connolly: No, I have that one. It is Professor Donnelly's opening statement.

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Waterford Institute of Technology: Financial Statements 2013-2014 (6 Apr 2017)

Catherine Connolly: I reiterate all the comments on the delay in the annual accounts. I have no idea why accounts would be delayed. NUI Galway has distinguished itself by being one of two universities that is particularly late with its accounts. I would have thought the Department and the HEA would be straight on to it to ask what was going on. I am reeling from all I have read on intellectual property...

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Waterford Institute of Technology: Financial Statements 2013-2014 (6 Apr 2017)

Catherine Connolly: I actually do not know where to go. Yesterday, the HEA received a report asking it to source an independent person to look at the results of the internal review in Waterford Institute of Technology. There was no contact prior to that and the HEA did not do anything about Waterford Institute of Technology prior to that.

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Waterford Institute of Technology: Financial Statements 2013-2014 (6 Apr 2017)

Catherine Connolly: The governing body of Waterford-----

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Waterford Institute of Technology: Financial Statements 2013-2014 (6 Apr 2017)

Catherine Connolly: It reviewed the internal report and gave it the thumbs up?

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Waterford Institute of Technology: Financial Statements 2013-2014 (6 Apr 2017)

Catherine Connolly: It accepted the report; it did not convey any concerns.

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Waterford Institute of Technology: Financial Statements 2013-2014 (6 Apr 2017)

Catherine Connolly: Why is the HEA engaging an international expert to review it?

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Waterford Institute of Technology: Financial Statements 2013-2014 (6 Apr 2017)

Catherine Connolly: Based on what Dr. Love has heard, is anything else appropriate in terms of the HEA?

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Waterford Institute of Technology: Financial Statements 2013-2014 (6 Apr 2017)

Catherine Connolly: I do not know. I have used a lot of case studies in my life but there seems to be a symbiotic relationship installed at both HEA level and at university level that industry and education are one and the same.

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Waterford Institute of Technology: Financial Statements 2013-2014 (6 Apr 2017)

Catherine Connolly: That is okay, Dr. Love does not have to accept it. I am entitled to make the comment. He has made his comment and he has used the example of the London school and he has used that as justification for what Professor Donnelly has said, which is that it there is nothing unusual about this and it is perfectly acceptable for a researcher to benefit and then for the company to take off, make a...