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- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Nov 2019)
Catherine Connolly: There is an even bigger issue in respect of broadening out school transport and climate change, and buses not being available. There are big issues here in terms of value for money as a subject in terms of the challenges we face separately. This net issue is about whether the money was a profit or a surplus. Clearly it was not a profit and clearly it was a cost recovery. The only question...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Nov 2019)
Catherine Connolly: A certain amount of that knowledge was in the report of the Comptroller and Auditor General for that period. It is outside of that period.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Nov 2019)
Catherine Connolly: I do. First, I welcome the information, which is helpful, particularly to local communities. On value for money, I welcome also this. The mean length of stay is 21.75 months. Doing a quick calculation, according to the diagram on page three of this email, more than 30% are waiting longer than two years. It depends on how one reads figures. According to the emergency figure, in the...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Nov 2019)
Catherine Connolly: I welcome this if they have. It is difficult to make sense of figures in the way they are used. That is why we asked for all of this information. Could somebody explain what "mobilisation" means?
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Nov 2019)
Catherine Connolly: Does anybody know?
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Nov 2019)
Catherine Connolly: The correspondence states the "following regional competitions [which includes the western region, which I have a particular interest in that, given what has happened to Oughterard] have progressed through the evaluation stage and are in the mobilisation stage". What does that mean?
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Nov 2019)
Catherine Connolly: Finally, all of this difficulty could have been anticipated. The numbers are not overwhelming. More than 700 people with status are in direct provision. If the system was working efficiently, they would be out in the community and there would be 700 spaces, which would immediately halve the number in emergency accommodation. On every level, this is not value for money. This was...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Nov 2019)
Catherine Connolly: This was introduced as a temporary measure in 2000. Over a 20-year period, there have been peaks, with years where the figures have been high, and they have also reduced. One has to look at it all in context. If it happened previously, it will happen again. The figures are up and down. That is what planning is for.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Nov 2019)
Catherine Connolly: In addition, where asylum seekers that are coming in, other asylum seeker cases are not being dealt with, and those who have received status to remain have not been dealt with because they are stuck.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Financial Statements of the Charities Regulatory Authority (21 Nov 2019)
Catherine Connolly: What document is Mr. Confrey referring to?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Financial Statements of the Charities Regulatory Authority (21 Nov 2019)
Catherine Connolly: I thank Ms Martin for all the documentation. I am glad that the Comptroller and Auditor General mentioned Trinity. It decided to consolidate its accounts in the past few years; it is a new step and is an example to other universities. Ms Martin has an extremely important job. The figures she gave in her opening statement are extraordinary, with over 10,000 charities, almost 66,000...
- Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Financial Statements of the Charities Regulatory Authority (21 Nov 2019)
Catherine Connolly: What risks have been identified? What infrastructure and staff are needed?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Financial Statements of the Charities Regulatory Authority (21 Nov 2019)
Catherine Connolly: My question is not of a personal nature at all. Ms Martin is doing a great job and it is brilliant on paper. She identified the necessary full complement but the organisation does not have it. What are the risks associated with no having the full complement of staff? What is the organisation ignoring and what could it do if it had the staff?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Financial Statements of the Charities Regulatory Authority (21 Nov 2019)
Catherine Connolly: Tell me about that.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Financial Statements of the Charities Regulatory Authority (21 Nov 2019)
Catherine Connolly: That is when somebody has the courage to come forward and contact the regulator.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Financial Statements of the Charities Regulatory Authority (21 Nov 2019)
Catherine Connolly: It takes courage to come forward.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Financial Statements of the Charities Regulatory Authority (21 Nov 2019)
Catherine Connolly: Absolutely.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Financial Statements of the Charities Regulatory Authority (21 Nov 2019)
Catherine Connolly: Is there much effort and energy involved with trying to identify what are serious concerns and what might not be serious concerns?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Financial Statements of the Charities Regulatory Authority (21 Nov 2019)
Catherine Connolly: I see.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Financial Statements of the Charities Regulatory Authority (21 Nov 2019)
Catherine Connolly: There is a system in place.