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Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works
Chapter 6: Lease of Offices at Miesian Plaza (11 Oct 2018)

Catherine Connolly: What will it be redeveloped as?

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works
Chapter 6: Lease of Offices at Miesian Plaza (11 Oct 2018)

Catherine Connolly: Will the current building be demolished and a new building erected?

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works
Chapter 6: Lease of Offices at Miesian Plaza (11 Oct 2018)

Catherine Connolly: Will it be publicly owned?

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works
Chapter 6: Lease of Offices at Miesian Plaza (11 Oct 2018)

Catherine Connolly: The public spending code has been in place for some years. Under that code one has to have a business case.

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works
Chapter 6: Lease of Offices at Miesian Plaza (11 Oct 2018)

Catherine Connolly: Would the witness accept that the business case for the new health building was totally inadequate?

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works
Chapter 6: Lease of Offices at Miesian Plaza (11 Oct 2018)

Catherine Connolly: It has been detailed, and I am not going to go back into it. The witness has read the chapter and the inadequacies of the case have been outlined by other Deputies.

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works
Chapter 6: Lease of Offices at Miesian Plaza (11 Oct 2018)

Catherine Connolly: How many other examples are there of situations where there is no business case or where there is an inadequate business case which does not comply with the public spending code?

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works
Chapter 6: Lease of Offices at Miesian Plaza (11 Oct 2018)

Catherine Connolly: I am caught for time and have to go, but I want to say that being confident is one thing, but seeing the process on the ground being complied with is another. I do not believe that any public service should be demonised in any way, but I do believe they should be held to account. The lack of process here does not help. I do not believe the private sector is any better in this regard; in...

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works
Chapter 6: Lease of Offices at Miesian Plaza (11 Oct 2018)

Catherine Connolly: Can the witness put that in context for us? I am going home to a city that may be partially flooded tonight, according to predictions, and where people cannot get insurance.

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works
Chapter 6: Lease of Offices at Miesian Plaza (11 Oct 2018)

Catherine Connolly: Are the 50 projects prioritised under this scheme under way?

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works
Chapter 6: Lease of Offices at Miesian Plaza (11 Oct 2018)

Catherine Connolly: I appreciate the availability of the website and I know that it is clear. Can I have clarification, through the Chair, on the 50 projects? I would like to know the breakdown of them, the money allocated to them, when are they going to start and when it is anticipated they will be finished, if possible.

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works
Chapter 6: Lease of Offices at Miesian Plaza (11 Oct 2018)

Catherine Connolly: Can the witness provide that in writing for me? I have a particular interest in it, and people will be asking me about it in Galway. We have lived through flooding, and know that there is huge work to be done, with huge cost. I want to know about those prioritised schemes.

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works
Chapter 6: Lease of Offices at Miesian Plaza (11 Oct 2018)

Catherine Connolly: I would like to know about the timescales involved and how much each will cost.

Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Second Stage (Resumed) (16 Oct 2018)

Catherine Connolly: Cuirim fáilte roimh an mBille seo. Táimid tagtha go dtí an pointe seo tar éis turas fada. Le linn an thurais sin, d'fhulaing a lán mná agus fuair cuid acu bás. Is í seo an chéad chéim chun é sin a cheartú agus chun seirbhísí a chur ar fáil do mhná ar bhonn atá bunaithe ar chearta daonna. I welcome the...

Criminal Justice (Victims of Crime) (Amendment) Bill 2018: Second Stage [Private Members] (16 Oct 2018)

Catherine Connolly: I thank Deputy O'Callaghan for introducing the Bill. It is a short Bill and proposes only one amendment to the existing Act. I thank the Minister of State for acknowledging that he will not be opposing the Bill. That is a welcome development. He asked us to wait for the outcome of the review, which is sensible. However, there is no need to delay the measure. I am sure it will form a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Charges (16 Oct 2018)

Catherine Connolly: 345. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of abolishing inpatient charges for cancer patients; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41744/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Charges (16 Oct 2018)

Catherine Connolly: 346. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of abolishing inpatient charges; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41745/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Blood Donations (16 Oct 2018)

Catherine Connolly: 454. To ask the Minister for Health the screening process in place to detect Lyme disease in blood donations; the consequences for a positive identification; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42245/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Infectious Diseases (16 Oct 2018)

Catherine Connolly: 455. To ask the Minister for Health the steps being taken to ensure that general practitioners and other health professionals have adequate training for the early testing and diagnosis of Lyme disease; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42246/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Infectious Diseases (16 Oct 2018)

Catherine Connolly: 457. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to develop specialist services for Lyme disease patients; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42248/18]