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Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Child Abuse Reports (13 Feb 2019)

Catherine Connolly: I welcome that the Minister is saying she would like the report to be published, if I heard her correctly.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Child Abuse Reports (13 Feb 2019)

Catherine Connolly: I welcome that but I cannot but be frustrated on behalf of the people who have suffered in a system that is now heaping abuse onto abuse. I only criticise Tusla because I am quoting from the HIQA and the Charleton reports. Clearly it does good work but in this situation the agency took over from the HSE, which itself is under scrutiny in respect of this. The independent review panel has...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child and Family Agency (13 Feb 2019)

Catherine Connolly: 59. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the actions and timelines for implementation of actions undertaken pursuant to the conclusions of the Charleton report relating to Tusla; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7144/19]

Homelessness: Motion [Private Members] (14 Feb 2019)

Catherine Connolly: The Minister of State is extremely helpful so my comments are about a housing crisis. The housing crisis has not been caused by difficult tenants, people refusing houses or indeed people objecting to planning permissions although we will always have a small minority. They certainly did not create the housing crisis however: it is a deliberate crisis caused as a result of the policies of...

Industrial and Provident Societies (Amendment) Bill 2018: Second Stage [Private Members] (14 Feb 2019)

Catherine Connolly: I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." This Bill is entitled the Industrial and Provident Societies (Amendment) Bill. I will come back to the language but it is a straightforward Bill with seven sections. The first section under the heading "Definition" simply sets out that the principal Act is the 1893 Act and section 7, as is usual in any Bill, sets out the Short Title and...

Industrial and Provident Societies (Amendment) Bill 2018: Second Stage [Private Members] (14 Feb 2019)

Catherine Connolly: Independents 4 Change Deputies would appreciate a copy of the ICOS submission, if possible. The Minister of State has said that the Government is with us regarding co-operatives. While I welcome that, the problem is that I have not seen any evidence of it. I have not seen any evidence of a sense of urgency either. We are talking about 121 years to bring in the 2014 Act, 123 years to bring...

Industrial and Provident Societies (Amendment) Bill 2018: Second Stage [Private Members] (14 Feb 2019)

Catherine Connolly: I am saying something positive in the sense that I have said that the Government has had a moment on the road to Damascus, which is good. This new Dáil is making changes. This is only my third year in this House but I have spoken about this to longer-serving colleagues. When was the co-operative movement last discussed in the Dáil? Was legislation for co-operatives ever...

Industrial and Provident Societies (Amendment) Bill 2018: Second Stage [Private Members] (14 Feb 2019)

Catherine Connolly: I did not interrupt the Minister of State.

Industrial and Provident Societies (Amendment) Bill 2018: Second Stage [Private Members] (14 Feb 2019)

Catherine Connolly: I will wait for the Minister or State to come back to me on this but to my knowledge, it was never discussed. I have the privilege of being the Chair of the Comhchoiste na Gaeilge, na Gaeltachta agus na nOileán. Yesterday we had a very good briefing from the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade, Deputy Coveney, on the omnibus Brexit legislation that will go through the Dáil...

Industrial and Provident Societies (Amendment) Bill 2018: Second Stage [Private Members] (14 Feb 2019)

Catherine Connolly: Deputy Clare Daly's office did tremendous work on this and I pay tribute to them for that. All Bills at this stage of the process are far from perfect but that is why we have a legislative process. That is why Bills go on to the next Stage, to be discussed in detail. That is also why there is pre-legislative scrutiny. The resources on the side of the Government are enormous. David and...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (14 Feb 2019)

Catherine Connolly: Can anyone clarify what is meant by "unit holdings"?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (14 Feb 2019)

Catherine Connolly: That would be helpful. We should also ask the service for anything else it can give us in the absence of our own researchers. I am looking at this-----

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (14 Feb 2019)

Catherine Connolly: Yes, as my colleague said, it is opaque. On top of that, it is a system set up to promote infrastructure. The privately managed IIF holds investments in five Irish infrastructure companies in the energy, healthcare, telecoms and hospitality sectors. There is a presumption that all of this is right. Of course we need infrastructure. I am not questioning that. However, this is supposed to...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (14 Feb 2019)

Catherine Connolly: What are the sources of the private funding?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (14 Feb 2019)

Catherine Connolly: That is a good letter.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (14 Feb 2019)

Catherine Connolly: It is a clear letter. It answers the questions we asked. The next step beyond that is important.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (14 Feb 2019)

Catherine Connolly: They did well to give it to us finally.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (14 Feb 2019)

Catherine Connolly: I welcome that correspondence.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (14 Feb 2019)

Catherine Connolly: The issue was whether the system was working.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (14 Feb 2019)

Catherine Connolly: I did not deal with that letter, but the issue that came up concerning the roster was the panel. It was to function for a certain period.