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Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (22 Nov 2018)

Catherine Connolly: I ask for it to be held over.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (22 Nov 2018)

Catherine Connolly: There is one letter held over for Galway from the Department on the service level agreement.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (22 Nov 2018)

Catherine Connolly: I did.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (22 Nov 2018)

Catherine Connolly: I will deal with it now if the Chairman wants.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (22 Nov 2018)

Catherine Connolly: It is No. 1698. I welcome that we have a service level agreement finally, which was signed on 6 November 2018 between the Department and Galway 2020. I need a little advice on this from the Comptroller and Auditor General, and there are many questions which I will follow up on separately. I will not take up the committee's time on those as they are not relevant to this. However, I will...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (22 Nov 2018)

Catherine Connolly: It is a welcome change that the same person is not doing it but it does not take away my concern that a Department is providing €15 million - which is very welcome - and then has to monitor that. This is the performance level agreement. It contains all sorts of conditions, which is to be welcomed. I am not sure whether the board of directors is subject to freedom of information...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (22 Nov 2018)

Catherine Connolly: There is a person from the Department on that board who, I presume, has a loyalty to the board. I have a difficulty around this. Perhaps the Comptroller and Auditor General might have a chance to look at it. I am not asking him to give a value judgment or anything in this regard but, having learned from the Pálas debacle, this is the first time the Department is putting in place a...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (22 Nov 2018)

Catherine Connolly: I understand that and I am not asking for that. I am raising the fact that we, as a committee, can have an input in due course. I would like clarification on the monitoring arrangement and on where one's loyalty or duty lies as a representative on the board of Galway 2020 and a member of the Department.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (22 Nov 2018)

Catherine Connolly: I would like that point to be clarified somehow because there is a company and a board of directors on which a representative of the Department sits. It seems to me that the Department should take a hands-off approach, but I am no expert.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (22 Nov 2018)

Catherine Connolly: To be specific, this is called a performance delivery agreement. It is slightly different. It is about monitoring delivery. The Department's role is laid out on page 4 of the agreement, "The Department will appoint a representative of the Minister to serve on the Board". It is under "c" on page 4. Under "d" it is laid out that there will be bilateral meetings. I want to ask the...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (22 Nov 2018)

Catherine Connolly: The final thing for us on this committee is the monitoring. There will be quarterly monitoring reports in respect of the drawdown of the money. Can we ask the Department when the first quarterly monitoring meeting as set out under the agreement will take place? It was to take place within a certain time of the signing of the agreement.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (22 Nov 2018)

Catherine Connolly: I support that. We should have got that information. I have read and I welcome the documentation, which was very helpful apart from that. When we get that information we will be able to compare it with the existing policy of local authorities. For instance, in Galway there is a major housing crisis so the council is going back to local authority schemes and building infill houses. It...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (22 Nov 2018)

Catherine Connolly: I cannot find that on my list.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (22 Nov 2018)

Catherine Connolly: The Chairman will give a robust contribution in the Dáil on the motion.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (22 Nov 2018)

Catherine Connolly: There is no follow-up check on that.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (22 Nov 2018)

Catherine Connolly: I would be happy to wait for the Comptroller and Auditor General to come back after he gets further information to see what his viewpoint is at that stage. The committee can certainly have a role. NAMA was set up arising from a failure of governance and of regulation. When representatives of NAMA have come before us, we have expressed the most serious concerns about the lack of governance...

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 15: Hepatitis C Treatment in Ireland
Management of Medical Negligence (22 Nov 2018)

Catherine Connolly: Gabhaim buíochas leis na haíonna. Bhí sibh thar a bheith ionraic agus díreach agus thug sibh freagraí. It is refreshing to have such comprehensive information provided in an open manner. I thank the witnesses for that. Mr. Breslin's comment that the people affected by the State in particular are coming from a horrendous place. That must be borne in mind. The...

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 15: Hepatitis C Treatment in Ireland
Management of Medical Negligence (22 Nov 2018)

Catherine Connolly: That is reassuring but I am looking at a strategy that was set a long time ago. The period of the strategy has passed and the recommendations have not been complied with. At that time, it was recognised that people's lives were chaotic, although I do not like the use of that word. They suffered very chaotic experiences that led them into that. The importance of community was recognised at...

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 15: Hepatitis C Treatment in Ireland
Management of Medical Negligence (22 Nov 2018)

Catherine Connolly: Has the programme analysed communities across Ireland to determine which ones are priorities. Professor McCormick mentioned Dublin.

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 15: Hepatitis C Treatment in Ireland
Management of Medical Negligence (22 Nov 2018)

Catherine Connolly: From what data or research is the project working? What will be rolled out?