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Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Financial Statements of the Office of the Data Protection Commissioner (26 Sep 2019)

Catherine Connolly: That is all set out. I have read it. What I do not understand is why the Office of Public Works cannot provide the commission with another building. The commission is moving away from paying no rent, which is how it should be as it provides a vital service paid for with taxpayers' money. Was that rent-free accommodation just a temporary arrangement with the Office of Public Works?

Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Financial Statements of the Office of the Data Protection Commissioner (26 Sep 2019)

Catherine Connolly: That is very good.

Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Financial Statements of the Office of the Data Protection Commissioner (26 Sep 2019)

Catherine Connolly: I am not asking Ms Dixon to justify that. I have often made the point that public money is being wasted on rent, which is keeping market rents artificially high. I do not expect Ms Dixon to have an answer to that, but that is where I am coming from. I then see a perfect situation in which the commission is accommodated rent-free in a Government-owned building. That is great. Problems...

Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Financial Statements of the Office of the Data Protection Commissioner (26 Sep 2019)

Catherine Connolly: There are very specific criteria that need to be fulfilled for the commission to function.

Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Financial Statements of the Office of the Data Protection Commissioner (26 Sep 2019)

Catherine Connolly: Is the Office of Public Works handling that for the commission? Does it handle the acquisition of premises?

Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Financial Statements of the Office of the Data Protection Commissioner (26 Sep 2019)

Catherine Connolly: Did it handle the acquisition of the two temporary premises?

Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Financial Statements of the Office of the Data Protection Commissioner (26 Sep 2019)

Catherine Connolly: That is what the commission did.

Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Financial Statements of the Office of the Data Protection Commissioner (26 Sep 2019)

Catherine Connolly: With regard to Ms Dixon's own role, she just mentioned that she was appointed five years ago. Has she been reappointed?

Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Financial Statements of the Office of the Data Protection Commissioner (26 Sep 2019)

Catherine Connolly: Was that for another five-year term?

Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Financial Statements of the Office of the Data Protection Commissioner (26 Sep 2019)

Catherine Connolly: I would love to tease out the issue of the rented buildings but I am conscious of time. I want to ask about legal costs awarded against the Data Protection Commission. This is mentioned on page 17. The accounts cover two periods; I am looking at the period from 25 May 2018 to the end of December 2018. Legal costs awarded against the Data Protection Commission totalled €445,401....

Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Financial Statements of the Office of the Data Protection Commissioner (26 Sep 2019)

Catherine Connolly: Would it be possible to get a note on that?

Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Financial Statements of the Office of the Data Protection Commissioner (26 Sep 2019)

Catherine Connolly: Marketing and media expenses and GDPR awareness are mentioned on the same page. The commissioner has already touched on this. This also represents a big sum if we take the two six-month periods together. The commissioner explained some of this already.

Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Financial Statements of the Office of the Data Protection Commissioner (26 Sep 2019)

Catherine Connolly: The commissioner would not expect the figure to be so high next year.

Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Financial Statements of the Office of the Data Protection Commissioner (26 Sep 2019)

Catherine Connolly: The debate around the commissioner's findings will also help with awareness, will it not? The commission will not need a marketing campaign.

Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Financial Statements of the Office of the Data Protection Commissioner (26 Sep 2019)

Catherine Connolly: Again, I do not expect the commissioner to comment on policy or political matters, but she talked about a risk analysis leading to this investigation. The commission did not rush into this. Finally, it was broadened out and the commission carried out a risk analysis. Then came the investigation and all that ensued. I have heard the argument that people have embraced this card and that...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (1 Oct 2019)

Catherine Connolly: Fiafraím ar an Aire, nó ar an Taoiseach, soiléiriú a thabhairt faoin aersheirbhís do na hOileáin Árann agus an síneadh conradh a bhaineann leis. Chomh fada agus atá sé ina sheasamh, an dtabharfaidh an tAire soiléiriú maidir leis an bpróiseas ceannacháin freisin?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Cúrsaí Oidhreachta (1 Oct 2019)

Catherine Connolly: 72. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform cén dul chun cinn atá déanta ó thaobh réiteach a fháil maidir leis na fadhbanna páirceála atá ann gar d’Ionad Oidhreachta Dhún Aonghasa, Árainn, Contae na Gailllimhe; agus an ndéanfaidh sé ráiteas ina thaobh. [37932/19]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Cúrsaí Oidhreachta (1 Oct 2019)

Catherine Connolly: Gabh mo leithscéal as a bheith déanach.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Cúrsaí Oidhreachta (1 Oct 2019)

Catherine Connolly: Tá ceist dhíreach shimplí agam. Cén dul chun cinn atá déanta ó thaobh réiteach a fháil maidir le fadhbanna páirceála gar don suíomh oidhreachta seo? I have ten seconds, so I will say it again in English. It is a very simple question. What progress has been made in respect of the provision of parking facilities beside Dún...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Cúrsaí Oidhreachta (1 Oct 2019)

Catherine Connolly: I dtús báire, ba mhaith liom a rá go bhfuil an t-ábhar seo ardaithe go minic ag mo chomhghleacaí, an Teachta Éamon Ó Cuív, freisin. Níl cóip den fhreagra sin agam ach, de réir mar a thuigim, tá beagáinín dul chun cinn déanta. Is é an rud a chuireann imní orm ná nach cloisim aon dháta. Beidh...