Results 901-920 of 1,009 for speaker:Catherine Ardagh
- Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board and Children's Health Ireland: Discussion (22 May 2025)
Catherine Ardagh: Apologies. The board has potential claims against BAM for €31.5 million under the terms of contract. I believe Mr. Gunning gave that information.
- Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board and Children's Health Ireland: Discussion (22 May 2025)
Catherine Ardagh: They are the liquidated damages that the board might possibly reclaim. There are also PC sums that must be worked out and other ancillary claims that are perhaps available. I am a TD for Dublin South-Central. The hospital is in the heart of the constituency. There are many houses around the perimeter of the hospital that have had different claims, perhaps against the board of CHI,...
- Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board and Children's Health Ireland: Discussion (22 May 2025)
Catherine Ardagh: Sorry. I meant to refer to Mr. Gunning.
- Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board and Children's Health Ireland: Discussion (22 May 2025)
Catherine Ardagh: Are those amounts already accounted for?
- Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board and Children's Health Ireland: Discussion (22 May 2025)
Catherine Ardagh: One of my colleagues asked the question of how long the board would be in existence. A period of 18 months after the guarantee was mentioned, or was it once the guarantees expired?
- Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board and Children's Health Ireland: Discussion (22 May 2025)
Catherine Ardagh: Mr. Gunning intimated that the development board may be engaging in its own litigation. Mr. Gunning mentioned the €31 million that could stem from litigation. Obviously, that litigation could take more than 18 months.
- Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board and Children's Health Ireland: Discussion (22 May 2025)
Catherine Ardagh: Obviously, the board will have to continue as is until all the disputes are resolved.
- Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board and Children's Health Ireland: Discussion (22 May 2025)
Catherine Ardagh: Otherwise, the development board will not be able to recoup moneys due to it.
- Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board and Children's Health Ireland: Discussion (22 May 2025)
Catherine Ardagh: Even for the legal entity to remain so that money can be paid over.
- Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board and Children's Health Ireland: Discussion (22 May 2025)
Catherine Ardagh: That is all. I wish the witnesses the best of luck and I hope the hospital opens in June. Looking at it from the sky, it is a fantastic piece of architecture. The taxpayers are disgusted at the cost. There is a sentiment out there that people spending taxpayers' money do not take as much care as when they are spending their own money. I mean that across the board. We all need to be...
- Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board and Children's Health Ireland: Discussion (22 May 2025)
Catherine Ardagh: The best of luck with the litigation.
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Mental Health Services (28 May 2025)
Catherine Ardagh: I rise to speak about the Loreto Centre Crumlin in Dublin 12. It is a trusted and vital mental health and community support service that has been serving families, individuals and young people in Crumlin and Dublin South-Central more widely for more than 25 Years. The Loreto Centre Crumlin was founded by the Loreto order of nuns and has grown over the decades into a cornerstone of the...
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Mental Health Services (28 May 2025)
Catherine Ardagh: I thank the Minister of State for her response. I must respectfully state that the situation with this centre is now urgent. The suggestion that the centre should be a section 39 agency is understood but the process for becoming a recognised section 39 funded body is opaque, lengthy and deeply under-resourced. In the meantime, the centre is expected to maintain 3,000 units of counselling...
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2023
Vote 33 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media
Financial Statements 2023: Arts Council
Financial Statements 2023: National Gallery
Report on the Accounts of the Public Services 2023
Chapter 10 - Measuring the Performance of Arts and Sports Spending (29 May 2025) Catherine Ardagh: I thank everyone for coming in and bearing with us as some of our questions will probably be a bit repetitive. I will start from the beginning again. The decision to procure a new IT system we heard was because the Arts Council had five systems it was trying to merge. Why did the Arts Council not consider an off-the-shelf system from the beginning and why was a custom-made system picked?...
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2023
Vote 33 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media
Financial Statements 2023: Arts Council
Financial Statements 2023: National Gallery
Report on the Accounts of the Public Services 2023
Chapter 10 - Measuring the Performance of Arts and Sports Spending (29 May 2025) Catherine Ardagh: The Arts Council is putting a business case to the Department for an off-the-shelf system. Was it the board which made the original decision to procure the new IT system? Who brought that to the board?
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2023
Vote 33 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media
Financial Statements 2023: Arts Council
Financial Statements 2023: National Gallery
Report on the Accounts of the Public Services 2023
Chapter 10 - Measuring the Performance of Arts and Sports Spending (29 May 2025) Catherine Ardagh: Ms Kennelly made the point that the original decision to procure the IT system was before her time and she came in when there were no IT experts in the organisation. Whose decision was it to go down the road of a custom-made system when there was very little IT expertise available to the Arts Council?
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2023
Vote 33 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media
Financial Statements 2023: Arts Council
Financial Statements 2023: National Gallery
Report on the Accounts of the Public Services 2023
Chapter 10 - Measuring the Performance of Arts and Sports Spending (29 May 2025) Catherine Ardagh: In her presentation, Ms Kennelly said that it became clear early on that issues were apparent with the system. It has also become clear that Ms Kennelly made a cry for help to the Department to try to resolve matters. I am curious as to why the plug was not pulled earlier by the Arts Council. This question is probably also one for Mr. Ó Coigligh. Was anybody screaming stop the train...
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2023
Vote 33 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media
Financial Statements 2023: Arts Council
Financial Statements 2023: National Gallery
Report on the Accounts of the Public Services 2023
Chapter 10 - Measuring the Performance of Arts and Sports Spending (29 May 2025) Catherine Ardagh: Ms Kennelly mentioned that someone said to keep going and spend a little more. Can she tell us who said that?
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2023
Vote 33 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media
Financial Statements 2023: Arts Council
Financial Statements 2023: National Gallery
Report on the Accounts of the Public Services 2023
Chapter 10 - Measuring the Performance of Arts and Sports Spending (29 May 2025) Catherine Ardagh: That is a fair point. Regarding the consultants advising the Arts Council, were there conflict of interest checks done for all of them?
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2023
Vote 33 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media
Financial Statements 2023: Arts Council
Financial Statements 2023: National Gallery
Report on the Accounts of the Public Services 2023
Chapter 10 - Measuring the Performance of Arts and Sports Spending (29 May 2025) Catherine Ardagh: Can Ms Kennelly confirm there was no conflict of interest?