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Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Financial Statements 2017 (Resumed) (16 May 2019)

Catherine Connolly: Mr. Barry cannot answer. That is interesting. It is not helpful for him, as the new chair, not to answer. It does not inspire confidence. I am only interested in governance, risk assessment and holding processes to account. Mr. Quinn disagrees and Mr. Barry cannot answer. As a member of the board, does Mr. Farragher accept the PwC finding that there was insufficient challenge and that...

Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Financial Statements 2017 (Resumed) (16 May 2019)

Catherine Connolly: Mr. Farragher does.

Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Financial Statements 2017 (Resumed) (16 May 2019)

Catherine Connolly: Is it a "yes" or a "no"?

Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Financial Statements 2017 (Resumed) (16 May 2019)

Catherine Connolly: I thank Mr. Farragher for correcting me. I was wrong.

Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Financial Statements 2017 (Resumed) (16 May 2019)

Catherine Connolly: I am sorry, but I made a mistake. I did not intend to ask Mr. Farragher a question. He is part of the executive, but it is for the board to decide. Is Dr.Curtis a member of the board?

Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Financial Statements 2017 (Resumed) (16 May 2019)

Catherine Connolly: It is just Mr. Quinn and the new chairperson. Mr. Quinn was instrumental in this process. He believed in this new way of doing things in Ireland. Is that correct?

Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Financial Statements 2017 (Resumed) (16 May 2019)

Catherine Connolly: PwC states it was very common, as does Mr. Breslin, but the PwC modified its statement to state it was novel in Ireland.

Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Financial Statements 2017 (Resumed) (16 May 2019)

Catherine Connolly: Given the background and the write-off, the fact that there was a new board in 2013 and the reassurances that things had been learned, there was an extra duty on Mr. Quinn and the board in relation to this novel way of doing things. Is that right?

Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Financial Statements 2017 (Resumed) (16 May 2019)

Catherine Connolly: Good. How did Mr. Quinn meet that challenge and the extra burden in this new way of doing things?

Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Financial Statements 2017 (Resumed) (16 May 2019)

Catherine Connolly: I know all that. I am asking how Mr. Quinn met the challenge, given that it was new.

Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Financial Statements 2017 (Resumed) (16 May 2019)

Catherine Connolly: That did not happen.

Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Financial Statements 2017 (Resumed) (16 May 2019)

Catherine Connolly: There was no cost certainty.

Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Financial Statements 2017 (Resumed) (16 May 2019)

Catherine Connolly: I am sorry; I misunderstood.

Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Financial Statements 2017 (Resumed) (16 May 2019)

Catherine Connolly: Is Mr. Quinn not accepting that he relied on the design team too much without challenge? That is what PwC stated. The quantity surveyor had a conflicting way of assessing figures and accounts, but the board, including Mr. Quinn as an expert, relied on it without any challenge in what was a new way of doing things. It was novel and no comparison was made with international standards, even...

Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Financial Statements 2017 (Resumed) (16 May 2019)

Catherine Connolly: I apologise for putting such a convoluted question. It was not fair. It is clear, however, that Mr. Quinn does not accept the PwC finding that there was an over-reliance on the design team without a proper challenge.

Domestic Violence (Amendment) Bill 2019: Second Stage [Private Members] (21 May 2019)

Catherine Connolly: I thank Fianna Fáil and Deputy O'Callaghan, in particular, for bringing this Bill before the House. It is very important and I am not sure why it has to be postponed. I thought the report and the Bill could have progressed in parallel to each other. We would have allowed various people to come in, make submissions and the report would have then been completed. However, it is welcome...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Climate Change Policy (21 May 2019)

Catherine Connolly: 81. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the timeframe for implementation of the report of the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Climate Action, Climate Change: A Cross-Party Consensus for Action; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21786/19]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Reports (21 May 2019)

Catherine Connolly: 96. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he received, as requested, an update by 12 April 2019 on the actions the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine is taking to resolve elevated sea lice levels; if he has received the response from the Department in relation to its requirements as set out in the correspondence which relate to its statutory...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Oideachas trí Ghaeilge (21 May 2019)

Catherine Connolly: 236. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills cén gníomhaíochtaí atá ar bun ag a Roinn chun buntáistí an Ghaeloideachais a chur chun cinn i measc an phobail agus chun tuismitheoirí a spreagadh chun an Ghaelscolaíocht a roghnú dá bpáistí tríd an bPróiseas um Athchumrú Scoileanna; agus an ndéanfaidh sé...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Cruinnithe an Aire (21 May 2019)

Catherine Connolly: 266. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills má eagróidh sé cruinniú práinneach a eagrú le Teachtaí Dála Gaillimh Thiar maidir le scoil (sonraí tughta); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21854/19]