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Other Questions: Scoileanna Gaeltachta (22 May 2018)

Catherine Connolly: Maidir leis an scála am, will the Minister clarify the time limits for this recognition process?

Other Questions: Scoileanna Gaeltachta (22 May 2018)

Catherine Connolly: B'fhéidir go dtiocfaidh an tAire ar ais chugam.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Residential Institutions Statutory Fund (22 May 2018)

Catherine Connolly: 98. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 204 of 27 June 2017 and 244 of 20 September 2017, if an economist on secondment from the Irish Government Economic and Evaluation Service conducted and completed the initial phase of the Caranua eligibility review involving a review of Caranua’s expenditure to date and an estimation of the...

Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (23 May 2018)

Catherine Connolly: I pay tribute to the Committee on Justice and Equality, particularly Deputies Mick Wallace, Clare Daly and Jim O'Callaghan and the other Deputies who have worked very hard in analysing this Bill. I have not spoken on this Bill in recent times, although I spoke initially. What struck me when I looked at it in the first instance was that we were going down a very populist road based on...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Refugee Resettlement Programme (23 May 2018)

Catherine Connolly: 57. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of Ireland’s commitment to receiving 4,000 persons under the Irish refugee protection programme; the number of persons who have arrived here under the resettlement and relocation programmes as of May 2018, by countries of origin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22377/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision Data (23 May 2018)

Catherine Connolly: 66. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons in direct provision according to age, gender and nationality; the length of time persons have been waiting to have their application processed; the number waiting for more than one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine and ten years; the number and location of the accommodation centres; the...

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Financial Statements of the Local Government Fund
2017 Financial Statements of the National Training Fund
2017 Financial Statements of the Economic and Social Research Institute
2017 Financial Statements of the Abbey Theatre (23 May 2018)

Catherine Connolly: I, too, welcome the candour. I welcome the opening statements. There is no need to repeat any of it. I note that the Abbey is the only one of the four before us that did not acknowledge our letter. It is a little worrying that even a basic letter from the Committee of Public Accounts was not acknowledged. I do not know whether the Abbey stands out. I cannot see from the other three...

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Financial Statements of the Local Government Fund
2017 Financial Statements of the National Training Fund
2017 Financial Statements of the Economic and Social Research Institute
2017 Financial Statements of the Abbey Theatre (23 May 2018)

Catherine Connolly: That would be of concern because we end up using our energy to follow up on the timeliness as opposed to, and more important, the content of accounts. There is a particular onus on all of the organisations to show example. A question perhaps I should not put - it is just that the ESRI raised it in its opening statement - relates to it being in the private sector. I presume all of the...

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Financial Statements of the Local Government Fund
2017 Financial Statements of the National Training Fund
2017 Financial Statements of the Economic and Social Research Institute
2017 Financial Statements of the Abbey Theatre (23 May 2018)

Catherine Connolly: Is that all Professor Barrett means by the private sector? It is 100% publicly funded.

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Financial Statements of the Local Government Fund
2017 Financial Statements of the National Training Fund
2017 Financial Statements of the Economic and Social Research Institute
2017 Financial Statements of the Abbey Theatre (23 May 2018)

Catherine Connolly: Where does the other 2% come from?

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Financial Statements of the Local Government Fund
2017 Financial Statements of the National Training Fund
2017 Financial Statements of the Economic and Social Research Institute
2017 Financial Statements of the Abbey Theatre (23 May 2018)

Catherine Connolly: Go raibh míle maith agat. The absence of gender representation I could not let go unremarked.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: State Bodies Data (24 May 2018)

Catherine Connolly: 174. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the financial details and contributions of all service level agreements between the Marine Institute and SEAI since 2012 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22981/18]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Renewable Energy Generation (24 May 2018)

Catherine Connolly: 200. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the responsibility of SEAI for the development and operation of the Galway Bay marine and renewable energy test site at An Spidéal, Contae na Gaillimhe; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22982/18]

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2016: Higher Education Authority, University College Cork and Cork Institute of Technology (24 May 2018)

Catherine Connolly: Cuirim fáilte roimh uachtarán Choláiste na hOllscoile Corcaigh. Tá súil agam go leanfaidh sé ar aghaidh lena chuid Gaeilge.

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2016: Higher Education Authority, University College Cork and Cork Institute of Technology (24 May 2018)

Catherine Connolly: Bhí an-suim ag an Ollamh O'Shea sa Ghaeilge an uair dheireanach a bhí sé os comhair an choiste.

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2016: Higher Education Authority, University College Cork and Cork Institute of Technology (24 May 2018)

Catherine Connolly: In July 2017, the committee published a report on several public bodies and issues arising with procurement and governance. In addition, we addressed the various spin-off companies. The committee recommended, "that third-level institutions should report annually to the Higher Education Authority on the engagement and associated costs of external consultancy firms contracted to carry out...

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2016: Higher Education Authority, University College Cork and Cork Institute of Technology (24 May 2018)

Catherine Connolly: We asked specifically on the one issue of the consultancy firms, the costs and a report. That was July 2017. At the end of 2017, did the HEA get a report from the institutions?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2016: Higher Education Authority, University College Cork and Cork Institute of Technology (24 May 2018)

Catherine Connolly: They will give complete detail on consultancy firms.

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2016: Higher Education Authority, University College Cork and Cork Institute of Technology (24 May 2018)

Catherine Connolly: Will that happen every year?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2016: Higher Education Authority, University College Cork and Cork Institute of Technology (24 May 2018)

Catherine Connolly: After the report was published, did the HEA write to all the institutions and got some information?