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Financial Resolutions 2018 - Financial Resolution No. 4: General (Resumed) (11 Oct 2017)

Catherine Connolly: I have the advantage of having had a chance to reflect on, read and re-read the budget and to read the Minister's Budget Statement, which seems to be 20 pages in length but is actually 22 pages. The error in pagination perhaps symbolises the weakness of the figures contained in those 22 pages in terms of making for a fairer country. One could not but welcome the social welfare and...

Financial Resolutions 2018 - Financial Resolution No. 4: General (Resumed) (11 Oct 2017)

Catherine Connolly: -----that cost did not appear in the Budget Statement. Dwelling on this, I wondered why one might need a communications unit. Surely the Dáil is the place from which to send one's message and to outline a proper, just budget. We do not need spin doctors. We do not need €5 million to spin a story. It should be evident from the way that we are providing services. What I...

Financial Resolutions 2018 - Financial Resolution No. 4: General (Resumed) (11 Oct 2017)

Catherine Connolly: I call Deputy Mattie McGrath.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Grants (11 Oct 2017)

Catherine Connolly: 96. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to restore grants for student primary teachers' attendance at mandatory Gaeltacht courses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43039/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff Data (11 Oct 2017)

Catherine Connolly: 120. To ask the Minister for Health the number of podiatrists employed by the HSE in Galway city and county; his plans to increase spending on the provision of podiatrist services nationally; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43041/17]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: IDA Ireland Expenditure (12 Oct 2017)

Catherine Connolly: 17. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the amount spent on the three year investment programme winning abroad which commenced in 2014; the value being obtained for this spend; the new sector and business opportunities which have been identified; the number of jobs that have been created; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43031/17]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: IDA Ireland Portfolio (12 Oct 2017)

Catherine Connolly: 43. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number and location of IDA sites in Galway city and county that are not in use; the length of time they have not been in use; the amount they were purchased for and when; if the empty sites have been used since their purchase; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43030/17]

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (12 Oct 2017)

Catherine Connolly: Was that on the Deloitte report?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (12 Oct 2017)

Catherine Connolly: I am sorry for being late. I do not know what was said but I feel it is a subject we should return to regardless of whether we discuss how we return to that. I am most unhappy with the way a public body is dealing with an issue like this. The system is extremely strong and I have repeatedly said that notwithstanding the excellent work of the office of the Comptroller and Auditor General...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (12 Oct 2017)

Catherine Connolly: I heard the Chairman's opinion. He chairs the meetings very well and normally I do not disagree too much with him, but I disagree with him fundamentally on this. He is conflating issues inappropriately. I, more than anyone, am fully conscious there is an inquiry and we should not trespass in any way into it. It is an indictment that we have had to come to the stage where there is an...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (12 Oct 2017)

Catherine Connolly: I do not know who agreed to that settlement. Perhaps the Comptroller and Auditor General might come back in on this point. I was at something else and I-----

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (12 Oct 2017)

Catherine Connolly: There was a settlement for Grace, who was a ward of court. As part of that settlement this figure was put in. The Chairman is interpreting the figure in a way without knowing the facts as to the nature of the case, who took it and what happened. This money was paid. We interpret it as an acknowledgement that it was underfunded all along, and that backs up exactly what the whistleblowers...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (12 Oct 2017)

Catherine Connolly: The Chairman is right, we must be very careful. Is the danger of trespassing onto a High Court case not irrelevant, however? As is the case, separately, with the inquiry. We need to be very careful but they have written to us to state that it would be fine for us to deal with this report. To be fair, I also understand that the whistleblower had confidence in Deloitte and found that it...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (12 Oct 2017)

Catherine Connolly: Why can it not be done next Thursday afternoon?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (12 Oct 2017)

Catherine Connolly: It is a specific issue. Why can it not be done in an afternoon?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (12 Oct 2017)

Catherine Connolly: If not next Thursday, then it should be the following Thursday. It is a specific issue.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (12 Oct 2017)

Catherine Connolly: We should consider the role whistleblowers play and what they suffer, more and more, week after week. Why would someone come forward?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (12 Oct 2017)

Catherine Connolly: It is absolutely not within our remit but-----

Public Accounts Committee: Transport Infrastructure Ireland: Financial Statements 2016 (12 Oct 2017)

Catherine Connolly: The witnesses are most welcome. I say, "Well done," on TII's clear audit opinion. I have a few general and then a few specific questions about the situation in Galway. Generally, TII is the agent for the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport. It acts as an agent for it.

Public Accounts Committee: Transport Infrastructure Ireland: Financial Statements 2016 (12 Oct 2017)

Catherine Connolly: Yes. TII also receives some funding from tolls and various concession arrangements. In policy terms, I am a little confused. TII has a role in land use planning and liaises with the Department on a regular basis. In that regard, what input does it have into policy?