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Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (25 Jan 2018)

Catherine Connolly: It should certainly be forwarded to the commission.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (25 Jan 2018)

Catherine Connolly: The Chairman's proposal to send the correspondence and transcript to the commission is correct because I do not believe the committee can do more on this issue. Which part of the transcript will be sent to the commission? Deputy Catherine Murphy raised an issue regarding an independent report and the Chairman responded with words to the effect that none of us believes it was independent....

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (25 Jan 2018)

Catherine Connolly: This is important because Mr. O'Brien, as the person in charge of the Health Service Executive, told the committee that it was an independent report, he had taken a hands-off approach to the report and he had no dealings in respect of it. It has since transpired, however, that his organisation had a large number of dealings on the report. I understand there are 409 pages showing emails and...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (25 Jan 2018)

Catherine Connolly: I support what has been said. We have also raised this matter as it has come up repeatedly and as we have seen spin-off companies. In our ignorance we have learned. We tried to ask questions on the commercialisation of intellectual property. Deputy Cullinane has said that he has nothing against that. Personally, at this point I would like an absolute explanation for the ordinary person...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (25 Jan 2018)

Catherine Connolly: Let us just dwell on that classification: universities are "market producers".

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (25 Jan 2018)

Catherine Connolly: Guím gach rath ar an uachtarán nua, an tOllamh Ciarán Ó hÓgartaigh. Tá ceist agam maidir le uimhir a trí. The letter puts in perspective that the non-compliance for procurement is a small percentage of the overall budget. I acknowledge that. However, with regard to the explanations given, one is to do with rankings. It is number three in the explanation...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (25 Jan 2018)

Catherine Connolly: This is a unique supply of information and therefore cannot be provided by any other supplier. It says that the sole source process is now complete and has been approved and signed off. Does that mean that is the end of that company? It got a special company to analyse data to tell the university where it was in the world rankings, so when the headlines state that it is in a certain...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (25 Jan 2018)

Catherine Connolly: That is the issue if this appears anywhere in the case of this university or any other university. The university has to show that it is the only source it can avail of.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (25 Jan 2018)

Catherine Connolly: That is in Dundalk.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (25 Jan 2018)

Catherine Connolly: I am sure the Comptroller and Auditor General's office will follow up on this.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (25 Jan 2018)

Catherine Connolly: I am happy it is being followed up. I wished to highlight it. I do not expect the Comptroller and Auditor General to comment on this - he has made a comment about value for money - but it seems incredible that the university would pay a private company taxpayers' money to access data to tell it where it is in the world rankings and then champion those rankings. However, there is only one...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (25 Jan 2018)

Catherine Connolly: Can we clarify to HIQA, by letter, that is what the transcript states?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (25 Jan 2018)

Catherine Connolly: I raised the issue of a censor in respect of the follow-up to the internal audit in private session at our previous meeting. Will the Chairman clarify that?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (25 Jan 2018)

Catherine Connolly: An update on the internal audit that highlighted issues in respect of procurement?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (25 Jan 2018)

Catherine Connolly: Yes, and procurement and the rollover of a project without-----

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (25 Jan 2018)

Catherine Connolly: Is that part of our module? When will the issue come back before us?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (25 Jan 2018)

Catherine Connolly: The Chairman might come back to us and clarify when we will deal with it. Serious matters were raised in respect of the audit. What is the mechanism-----

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (25 Jan 2018)

Catherine Connolly: Lovely. That is fine.

Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 11: National Property Revaluation Programme (25 Jan 2018)

Catherine Connolly: I welcome the witnesses and congratulate them on a clear audit. Issues have been raised regarding the revaluation programme and, therefore, I will zone in on questions. I apologise if I appear abrupt but I simply want to get questions in. My first question relates to IT. The major theme of the Comptroller and Auditor General's chapter is the absence of mechanisms or procedures to...

Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 11: National Property Revaluation Programme (25 Jan 2018)

Catherine Connolly: He replied to Deputy Cassells that the IT system will change that. I did not hear any timeline. When will that happen? Has it gone to procurement?