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- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (8 Feb 2018)
Catherine Connolly: Is that the same year the Chairman is talking about, 2016?
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (8 Feb 2018)
Catherine Connolly: I thank Mr. McCarthy for following up on this matter. To be fair to the officials that were here last week, they were very clear on what they are doing. They were asked a lot of questions around the effectiveness of the Act. I cannot recall the amount that was mentioned in regard to putting the system in place but I think it was €41 million. They made it very clear that the only...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (8 Feb 2018)
Catherine Connolly: My question is what Department decided the organisations to be included in the scoping exercise.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (8 Feb 2018)
Catherine Connolly: The officials who appeared before us last week did their best to explain all of this. I accept there are serious questions in regard to value for money but in regard to the organisations they made it very clear which organisations are in and which organisations are not. They also told us, as repeated today by the Comptroller and Auditor General, that sometimes payroll, pensions and human...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (8 Feb 2018)
Catherine Connolly: What we need to know is who set up the scoping exercise, what was the purpose of it, the outcome of it, if there will be a review of it and will it be expanded to include all organisations and, also, is it appropriate that all of the organisations be brought within shared services taking into account all of the problems that have been identified? These are the questions for the committee....
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (8 Feb 2018)
Catherine Connolly: It is more the casual attender than the casual viewer.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (8 Feb 2018)
Catherine Connolly: Were ten invitations sent out?
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (8 Feb 2018)
Catherine Connolly: I counted ten here. One was accepted?
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (8 Feb 2018)
Catherine Connolly: Did some give a reasonable explanation as they saw fit? I missed out on the Kerry Group. The Chairman might come back. I am just making my point and I will not take up too much time. Could the Chairman tell me what the Kerry Group said? Again, it has been put in perspective. This arose from the Comptroller and Auditor General's report regarding corporation tax and what appeared to be a...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (8 Feb 2018)
Catherine Connolly: That is disappointing. I want to acknowledge the praise of Revenue as well.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (8 Feb 2018)
Catherine Connolly: I thank the Deputy for bringing it to our attention. I read it briefly. It is something to which we should return. Costs in the legal profession are one thing, but the second matter is the open disclosure. We have raised it repeatedly and Mr. O'Brien raised it as an important issue that would help reduce costs. Enough has been said, but we should return to it. We need guidance from you,...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (8 Feb 2018)
Catherine Connolly: That is not the relevant organisation for open disclosure.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (8 Feb 2018)
Catherine Connolly: I did not say that. They are an issue, but I said the open disclosure is significant.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (8 Feb 2018)
Catherine Connolly: That is correspondence I asked to be held over on the last occasion. I have read it since. There is an answer from the EPA. The person who wrote the letter in the first place is not happy, but we should leave it for the moment and I will return to it in due course. We will deal with the correspondence which I have read.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (8 Feb 2018)
Catherine Connolly: Yes.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (8 Feb 2018)
Catherine Connolly: What is the Charity Funds?
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (8 Feb 2018)
Catherine Connolly: It is not doing it anymore.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 7 - Dormant Accounts Fund (8 Feb 2018) Catherine Connolly: Cheap mé go raibh muid ag déanamh dul chun cinn maidir le cothromaíocht inscne. An tseachtain seo caite, ghabh mé mo bhuíochas as an gcothromaíocht inscne a bhí i gceist ach táimid ar ais arís. Níl an locht ar na finnéithe ach ní féidir gan rud a rá. Last week, I welcomed the gender equality. It was wonderful. We had...
- Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 7 - Dormant Accounts Fund (8 Feb 2018) Catherine Connolly: Subsequently, the Department gets it back from the Dormant Accounts Fund, which is managed by the NTMA. The NTMA manages the money, invests the money and looks after the interest rates. Each Department has to take money from its voted budget to give out.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 7 - Dormant Accounts Fund (8 Feb 2018) Catherine Connolly: Then the Department of Community and Rural Development gets it back from the Dormant Accounts Fund.