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Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (17 Jan 2019)

Catherine Connolly: On the other important information on thalidomide, the letter will be published and interested parties will be able to read it. I welcome the information set out in it. It is something to which I will return, but at this point I want it to be noted for those who are interested that the information on thalidomide is available.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (17 Jan 2019)

Catherine Connolly: No. 1813 is very detailed. I understand officials from the Department of Justice and Equality will be before the committee today.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (17 Jan 2019)

Catherine Connolly: Several issues, including data control and the local authorities, arise from this. There is no obligation on the local authorities to assume responsibility for the control of data but they can do so. Many questions arise in this regard and while it may not be appropriate to do so today, I would like to put questions to the relevant person at some point.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (17 Jan 2019)

Catherine Connolly: There are issues which need to be teased out, including value for money issues. The research I read suggested the jury was out on the value of CCTV schemes in certain areas, although there is definitely a place for them. Sometimes CCTV comes under the Department of Justice and Equality and An Garda Síochána and then there are community schemes, but in my experience they often do...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (17 Jan 2019)

Catherine Connolly: Is the Chairman looking at document No. 1795?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (17 Jan 2019)

Catherine Connolly: Yes.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (17 Jan 2019)

Catherine Connolly: Yes.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (17 Jan 2019)

Catherine Connolly: It is just this correspondence and the email.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (17 Jan 2019)

Catherine Connolly: Plus No. 1816 B, the email.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (17 Jan 2019)

Catherine Connolly: Yes. They are the two pieces.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (17 Jan 2019)

Catherine Connolly: It is the Irish Infrastructure Fund.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (17 Jan 2019)

Catherine Connolly: This is something we have to come back to. I read that letter. I did not read the other letter in detail but I read this email in detail. It is illuminating really; the €250 million is going in and it says it is for transport, energy and utilities. As the Comptroller and Auditor General has pointed out, the ISIF has no involvement whatsoever in the Irish Infrastructure Fund...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (17 Jan 2019)

Catherine Connolly: Irish Infrastructure Fund.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (17 Jan 2019)

Catherine Connolly: We are talking about the free market, where it is-----

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (17 Jan 2019)

Catherine Connolly: Yes, but in a market in which we cannot assist, but are nonetheless able to invest millions.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (17 Jan 2019)

Catherine Connolly: Yes, but we cannot distort the market in any way when it comes to housing or anything like that.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (17 Jan 2019)

Catherine Connolly: We cannot interfere.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (17 Jan 2019)

Catherine Connolly: I do not know the person who wrote this letter but it is certainly the case that this issue was in the public domain before Christmas. Despite the assurances from Deputy Cassells, who is passionate about the GAA, we are not here to be passionate about the GAA or to defend it. We are here to discuss public money and accountability for its spending. That is the issue here. I am aware that...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (17 Jan 2019)

Catherine Connolly: The basic question is: where do we go with this in the context of guidance on it? I do not want assurance from a member because I am not here for that. I am here to ensure that public money is accounted for regardless of the organisation involved. I do not know enough about this, just what was on the radio and in the newspapers, which is that there was, at least, serious mismanagement of...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (17 Jan 2019)

Catherine Connolly: We must ask questions. That is our purpose. Reassurances are not good enough and they never have been. I am not talking about the GAA but, rather, about why we are here as members of the Committee of Public Accounts. I am seeking clarification. I agree with the Chairman's proposal that we write to the bodies about public moneys and what goes to the GAA, particularly in the context of...