Results 7,881-7,900 of 33,457 for speaker:Catherine Connolly
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: One-Parent Family Payment (29 Nov 2017)
Catherine Connolly: I welcome the progress the Minister is making. However, I deplore the fact that it took a courageous mother, a report in The IrishTimes, coverage in various media, particularly an interview with the Minister on the Seán O'Rourke radio programme, and questions in the Dáil to bring about change. That is most unfortunate, given the appalling statistics. Have officials in the...
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: One-Parent Family Payment (29 Nov 2017)
Catherine Connolly: I take some reassurance from the fact that the Minister has a clear protocol. Unfortunately, there is not a clear practice and that is why we are here. I would be more reassured if the Minister told me there is now a clear practice, that she has given direction in this regard and that letters of the kind in question will never be sent out again. The letter we referred to, brought to our...
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: One-Parent Family Payment (29 Nov 2017)
Catherine Connolly: I heard but I might not have understood.
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: One-Parent Family Payment (29 Nov 2017)
Catherine Connolly: I was referring to the nature of the letters.
- Questions on Promised Legislation (29 Nov 2017)
Catherine Connolly: In the context of the review of the Department of Justice and Equality, will the Taoiseach please clarify, in plain English, why the recommendations from the Toland report were not implemented. The report, which was published on 11 July 2014, included five serious issues, 18 recommendations and a timeframe of two years. Had those recommendations been implemented, we would not be in the mess...
- Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Brexit Negotiations (29 Nov 2017)
Catherine Connolly: 80. To ask the Taoiseach the Government's position on the potential inclusion of investor court mechanisms in a trade negotiation mandate with the UK post Brexit in view of the fact that the legality of such mechanisms is currently being challenged at the European Court of Justice; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50856/17]
- Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Brexit Negotiations (29 Nov 2017)
Catherine Connolly: 166. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has communicated a position to the European Commission regarding the practical measures that might be taken to ensure the commitment to human rights equivalence enshrined in the Good Friday Agreement is adequately protected in the first phase of Brexit negotiations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50855/17]
- Written Answers — Department of Defence: Naval Service (29 Nov 2017)
Catherine Connolly: 547. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the costs incurred by the Naval Service in participating in high speed boarding trials with a company (details supplied) as reported in the media; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50854/17]
- Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Environmental Protection Agency Staff (30 Nov 2017)
Catherine Connolly: 188. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the term of office of the director general of the Environmental Protection Agency; the recruitment process when the term of office expires; the length of time the current director general has been in the position; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51378/17]
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (30 Nov 2017)
Catherine Connolly: I had indicated I wished to speak. I agree with what is being said about the background. It cannot be dismissed as a draft report that cannot be circulated. It became an issue because of the issues surrounding it. The point was being made by the service provider that funding had been reduced. That was its consistent point to this committee and the previous one. In response to that and...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (30 Nov 2017)
Catherine Connolly: I wish to clarify our policy on anonymous correspondence. Do we respond to and act on anonymous correspondence?
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (30 Nov 2017)
Catherine Connolly: Do the Chairman and secretariat examine whether it has substance?
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (30 Nov 2017)
Catherine Connolly: There is a procedure or policy in place.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (30 Nov 2017)
Catherine Connolly: I wanted to clarify what we would do.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (30 Nov 2017)
Catherine Connolly: It was more about acting on anonymous letters that I-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (30 Nov 2017)
Catherine Connolly: Before we do that-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (30 Nov 2017)
Catherine Connolly: No, private session is fine. I just want to clarify what we have agreed. We are reverting to all of this correspondence-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (30 Nov 2017)
Catherine Connolly: -----because it relates to many issues.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (30 Nov 2017)
Catherine Connolly: That was the decision - we have agreed to revert to it.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (30 Nov 2017)
Catherine Connolly: That is fine. We can go into private session now to tease it out.