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- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (3 May 2018)
Catherine Connolly: I think Deputy Murphy was before me, in fairness-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (3 May 2018)
Catherine Connolly: Go ahead.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (3 May 2018)
Catherine Connolly: I support Deputies Cullinane and MacSharry. Deputy MacSharry has set out his serious concerns in his email. I will not repeat them but they are clearly set out. There are issues that must be looked at. We should consider bringing the State Claims Agency in before the committee. It comes under the National Treasury Management Agency, NTMA, which has also come before us. That is one...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (3 May 2018)
Catherine Connolly: I would like to know how many plaintiffs did not settle because of the obligation to have a confidentiality clause.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (3 May 2018)
Catherine Connolly: It would be interesting to get such information.
- Public Accounts Committee: Vote 29 - Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment (3 May 2018)
Catherine Connolly: I thank the witnesses for appearing and for the briefing papers, which were very helpful. I realise that RTÉ does not come under our remit, although my understanding is it did come under the Comptroller and Auditor General's remit until 1990. Is that right?
- Public Accounts Committee: Vote 29 - Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment (3 May 2018)
Catherine Connolly: It changed after that. That might explain Ms Forbes' opening statement, because it certainly does not look at value for money. I appreciate the opening statement, and I actually share her concerns about the challenges facing RTÉ, which I will come back to. However, it really does not address what we are here about. Certainly in a personal capacity, let me say that I want to support...
- Public Accounts Committee: Vote 29 - Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment (3 May 2018)
Catherine Connolly: Who is carrying that out?
- Public Accounts Committee: Vote 29 - Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment (3 May 2018)
Catherine Connolly: What is that costing? Is that a permissible question?
- Public Accounts Committee: Vote 29 - Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment (3 May 2018)
Catherine Connolly: Why would that be commercially sensitive?
- Public Accounts Committee: Vote 29 - Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment (3 May 2018)
Catherine Connolly: Eversheds have got the contract and that company is in the process of doing the work. Why is it commercially sensitive at this point?
- Public Accounts Committee: Vote 29 - Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment (3 May 2018)
Catherine Connolly: I do not mean to put the witnesses on the spot. Every month and week we look at these questions, and I have heard that phrase, "commercially sensitive" so often.
- Public Accounts Committee: Vote 29 - Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment (3 May 2018)
Catherine Connolly: Have any issues ever arisen in relation to procurement? That is something that arises every single week with every public body. The issue of failure to comply with procurement processes arose this morning with the Department of the Taoiseach. Has that happened with RTÉ?
- Public Accounts Committee: Vote 29 - Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment (3 May 2018)
Catherine Connolly: I do not mind.
- Public Accounts Committee: Vote 29 - Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment (3 May 2018)
Catherine Connolly: Please note my question, because my time is limited.
- Public Accounts Committee: Vote 29 - Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment (3 May 2018)
Catherine Connolly: Have difficulties arisen, or incidents of non-compliance?
- Public Accounts Committee: Vote 29 - Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment (3 May 2018)
Catherine Connolly: How many non-compliant incidents were there?
- Public Accounts Committee: Vote 29 - Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment (3 May 2018)
Catherine Connolly: Please do.
- Public Accounts Committee: Vote 29 - Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment (3 May 2018)
Catherine Connolly: I note that language again. I do not mean to refer to Ms O'Keeffe personally, but I have heard similar language for two years. "We are in the process". "We are looking at it". Why is there non-compliance with procurement requirements in a public body?
- Public Accounts Committee: Vote 29 - Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment (3 May 2018)
Catherine Connolly: Some 30% of non-compliant customers have been dealt with.