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- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (Resumed) (4 Oct 2018)
Catherine Connolly: It is inevitable that we will deal with HAP.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (Resumed) (4 Oct 2018)
Catherine Connolly: Rent supplement is being phased out, except for emergency cases. HAP is the only game in town, but there is also the rental accommodation scheme. They are just three of the schemes that support the private market.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (Resumed) (4 Oct 2018)
Catherine Connolly: Hundreds are reported on by the Comptroller and Auditor General.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (Resumed) (4 Oct 2018)
Catherine Connolly: There are 547 bodies. I agree with the Chairman, but it is not for that day. That day is for us to hear from the Department and that agency. We are looking at governance and money. They should come in on a separate day.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (Resumed) (4 Oct 2018)
Catherine Connolly: The Department will tell us.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (Resumed) (4 Oct 2018)
Catherine Connolly: We spoke about private patient activity in acute public hospitals. There is no monitoring of that. There are no mechanisms in place to give clear information.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (Resumed) (4 Oct 2018)
Catherine Connolly: I seek clarification on one thing. Did we deal with the question that came in on thalidomide and write back to the individual?
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (Resumed) (4 Oct 2018)
Catherine Connolly: No. It was an individual who wrote into us. It may have come through Deputy Cullinane. The Irish Thalidomide Association provided a letter dated 30 July. I thought we held that over.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (Resumed) (4 Oct 2018)
Catherine Connolly: That is okay.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (Resumed) (4 Oct 2018)
Catherine Connolly: The letter raised a number of questions regarding-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Teagasc Financial Statements 2017 (4 Oct 2018)
Catherine Connolly: I welcome the witnesses. This is an interesting meeting. I agree that there is huge diversity in the country. I have just returned from north Mayo where I attended an all-day Irish committee. People there feel they are forgotten but I will come back to that in terms of the rural programme. On governance, am I correct that Teagasc has a board of directors?
- Public Accounts Committee: Teagasc Financial Statements 2017 (4 Oct 2018)
Catherine Connolly: How many members are on the board?
- Public Accounts Committee: Teagasc Financial Statements 2017 (4 Oct 2018)
Catherine Connolly: Are they appointed by the Minister?
- Public Accounts Committee: Teagasc Financial Statements 2017 (4 Oct 2018)
Catherine Connolly: Do they serve a five-year term?
- Public Accounts Committee: Teagasc Financial Statements 2017 (4 Oct 2018)
Catherine Connolly: Is there provision for members to serve a second five-year term?
- Public Accounts Committee: Teagasc Financial Statements 2017 (4 Oct 2018)
Catherine Connolly: Can a member serve for a third term?
- Public Accounts Committee: Teagasc Financial Statements 2017 (4 Oct 2018)
Catherine Connolly: A member may only serve for a maximum of two terms.
- Public Accounts Committee: Teagasc Financial Statements 2017 (4 Oct 2018)
Catherine Connolly: Are there any vacancies on the board?
- Public Accounts Committee: Teagasc Financial Statements 2017 (4 Oct 2018)
Catherine Connolly: Is Professor Boyle a member of the board?
- Public Accounts Committee: Teagasc Financial Statements 2017 (4 Oct 2018)
Catherine Connolly: It would be remiss of me not to comment on gender balance. There is a great absence of gender balance on that board.