Results 21,461-21,480 of 33,009 for speaker:Catherine Connolly
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 Oct 2018)
Catherine Connolly: David and Goliath does not capture what we are trying to do and the burden we are putting all the time on the staff and indeed on ourselves. It has taken hours even to read a little bit for today, and then we are waylaid into something else. There is the issue of Bord na gCon and the Department of Education and Skills, and I definitely agree with Deputy Cassells that we need a separate...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 Oct 2018)
Catherine Connolly: Absolutely, and I am using myself as an example. Every single member who is turning up for these meetings is trying to keep up even with a small amount of work, not to mention the voluminous correspondence. That is also important.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 Oct 2018)
Catherine Connolly: Absolutely. There is Bord na gCon, the Office of Public Works today with another rental matter, etc. Maybe we can come back properly to this committee and discuss how we can work more effectively. I think we do a great job but we need help. I certainly want clarified what additional money the Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General got.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 Oct 2018)
Catherine Connolly: On that, I would be unhappy with saying what the office needs or does not need. I think it should come from the office.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 Oct 2018)
Catherine Connolly: I am not disagreeing with him; I can see his point.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 Oct 2018)
Catherine Connolly: I think the Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General should come back to us on what it needs. Is it the case that the money will allow the Comptroller and Auditor General to work on the third level?
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 Oct 2018)
Catherine Connolly: Does additional work need to be done on other matters?
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 Oct 2018)
Catherine Connolly: We are here to achieve value for money and ensure accountability, but it is a case of David v. Goliath. What extra resources does Mr. McCarthy need?
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 Oct 2018)
Catherine Connolly: I suggest we come back to how we can ensure greater accountability and the resources we need to do it.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 Oct 2018)
Catherine Connolly: Yes.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 Oct 2018)
Catherine Connolly: I am a little bit uncomfortable. I fully support Deputy Cullinane's concerns.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 Oct 2018)
Catherine Connolly: I am, however, a little concerned about where we will end up. We have a job to do regardless of what is said on local radio or in the newspapers.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 Oct 2018)
Catherine Connolly: There is a difference in that it was the Accounting Officer and I fully support Deputy Cullinane on that. It is our job to ask questions, end of story, regardless of who says what on a radio or in a newspaper. I would not like it if we were obliged to deal with who said what in a radio broadcast. I do not mean Deputy Cullinane, who has raised a very serious issue to which I will return...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 Oct 2018)
Catherine Connolly: I ask that we be updated before then. Perhaps we should invite the president of Waterford Institute of Technology to return here. That might be a way to deal with the matter. The other-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 Oct 2018)
Catherine Connolly: We can wait for that first.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 Oct 2018)
Catherine Connolly: I fully support him-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 Oct 2018)
Catherine Connolly: -----in terms of his concerns. A huge amount of work went into this and he was very fair about the spin-off companies. I have serious concerns about the unaccountability of spin-off companies. That is a whole new area for this committee that has only been touched on - a ripple on the water. Where is the report?
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 Oct 2018)
Catherine Connolly: I did not agree with that, and I still do not.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 Oct 2018)
Catherine Connolly: The committee bringing in the approved housing bodies.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 Oct 2018)
Catherine Connolly: I am sorry.