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Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 104 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Waterford Institute of Technology - Development and Disposal of Intellectual Property in FeedHenry (24 Jan 2019)

Catherine Connolly: Mr. White, I did not ask that.

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 104 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Waterford Institute of Technology - Development and Disposal of Intellectual Property in FeedHenry (24 Jan 2019)

Catherine Connolly: It is late and it is difficult to keep one’s train of thought. We have had a long day and so have many of the other people here.

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 104 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Waterford Institute of Technology - Development and Disposal of Intellectual Property in FeedHenry (24 Jan 2019)

Catherine Connolly: I am after getting two answers. I am getting your answer on policy and Ms Sheridan told me they did pay. Can I have an answer, please? Who paid what? Where were they located? What was the name? I am getting confused at this point with FeedHenry Limited. Prior to that there was something else and it was using the ArcLabs address. Is it correct that it was using that as its registered...

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 104 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Waterford Institute of Technology - Development and Disposal of Intellectual Property in FeedHenry (24 Jan 2019)

Catherine Connolly: Please clarify that for me, one, two, and three.

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 104 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Waterford Institute of Technology - Development and Disposal of Intellectual Property in FeedHenry (24 Jan 2019)

Catherine Connolly: Ms Sheridan is reading from the Comptroller and Auditor General’s report. What evaluation was done of FeedHenry using the public facilities?

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 104 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Waterford Institute of Technology - Development and Disposal of Intellectual Property in FeedHenry (24 Jan 2019)

Catherine Connolly: A lease agreement?

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 104 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Waterford Institute of Technology - Development and Disposal of Intellectual Property in FeedHenry (24 Jan 2019)

Catherine Connolly: Very good. How much did it pay?

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 104 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Waterford Institute of Technology - Development and Disposal of Intellectual Property in FeedHenry (24 Jan 2019)

Catherine Connolly: Is it the case that it paid a lease for so many years?

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 104 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Waterford Institute of Technology - Development and Disposal of Intellectual Property in FeedHenry (24 Jan 2019)

Catherine Connolly: How much did it pay and for how many years?

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 104 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Waterford Institute of Technology - Development and Disposal of Intellectual Property in FeedHenry (24 Jan 2019)

Catherine Connolly: These are important items. What I see is a company that is sold at a phenomenal price. All that is very good. However, it was based primarily on public research and the use of public facilities. I want to see what was given back, in addition to the sum which came back of €1.6 million but net was only €900,000. Mr. White jumped in to say it is not the policy to recover the...

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 104 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Waterford Institute of Technology - Development and Disposal of Intellectual Property in FeedHenry (24 Jan 2019)

Catherine Connolly: I want to ask the HEA about this. Over the past two years, more by default, information has come out such as the absence of robust policies. Even if they are there, they are not implemented. Mr. Donnelly has pointed out, which is in the Comptroller and Auditor General’s report, that a policy was introduced in 2004 but not implemented until 2010. Subsequently, there was another...

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 104 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Waterford Institute of Technology - Development and Disposal of Intellectual Property in FeedHenry (24 Jan 2019)

Catherine Connolly: Can I identify the governance, which Mr. Beausang mentioned? We all agree on the lack of governance and when the policies are brought in, who will implement them and ensure they are being carried out? There is also an area where commercialisation is regarded as being good and all of the public facilities are used to help to make a massive profit for a private company. Is that Government...

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 104 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Waterford Institute of Technology - Development and Disposal of Intellectual Property in FeedHenry (24 Jan 2019)

Catherine Connolly: It was coming from the EU, Enterprise Ireland and I do not know how many other entities.

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 104 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Waterford Institute of Technology - Development and Disposal of Intellectual Property in FeedHenry (24 Jan 2019)

Catherine Connolly: I have no difficulty with that. That should happen, but the public facilities should also be taken into account and they are not being brought into it at all. They are taken as a given, but we will not disagree on jobs.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Foreign Conflicts (29 Jan 2019)

Catherine Connolly: 52. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the assessment he has made of the extent to which arms supplied by Saudi Arabia are reaching terrorist groups in Yemen; the steps he is taking to assist the humanitarian response in Yemen; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4134/19]

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Hospital Accommodation Provision (29 Jan 2019)

Catherine Connolly: Níl sé anseo faoi láthair ach tá an tAire Stáit anseo.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Hospital Accommodation Provision (29 Jan 2019)

Catherine Connolly: Let the Minister of State respond.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Rail Network Expansion (29 Jan 2019)

Catherine Connolly: Go raibh maith agat, a Theachta.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Rail Network Expansion (29 Jan 2019)

Catherine Connolly: Tuigim.

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Syrian Conflict (29 Jan 2019)

Catherine Connolly: 73. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the discussions that have taken place regarding the withdrawal of foreign military powers from the conflict in Syria; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4135/19]