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Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (12 Jul 2018)

Catherine Connolly: I read the report, but I did not see a date.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (12 Jul 2018)

Catherine Connolly: I will outline my concern about it. We have been through it and there is no need to go into it. There has been an investigation by the Charities Regulator as well. What have they learned from it and how is that being implemented now with regard to the European Capital of Culture 2020? The same headlines and issues are recurring in Galway. I am proud and delighted we are getting the...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (12 Jul 2018)

Catherine Connolly: I will try to avoid those words. I might use them elsewhere but not at the committee. However, there are certainly issues in that regard. Somebody has already resigned. I will not go into the details. It is simply that I have concerns, given that I sit on this committee and I sat on the local council. I see the same type of mantra being repeated. That is the issue for us. That is what...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (12 Jul 2018)

Catherine Connolly: I did raise it.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (12 Jul 2018)

Catherine Connolly: Thank you.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (12 Jul 2018)

Catherine Connolly: Sometimes I feel like I am back in school because usually the people who are present are not responsible for any of the leaks or what has happened, yet we are sitting here having to listen to it. I fully support you, but we are certainly not responsible for that, and we have read all our reports.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (12 Jul 2018)

Catherine Connolly: I wish to be clear. What he said was that he did not use the word "boycott", but he would not clarify whether the word was ever used.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (12 Jul 2018)

Catherine Connolly: This issue of the public services card and the special report that was done has been huge. I do not know whether it was a special report but I have lost track of the cost of it. Was it €60 million?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (12 Jul 2018)

Catherine Connolly: This seems to be done on an ad hocbasis and without discussion. Deputy Catherine Murphy has raised another aspect of it.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (12 Jul 2018)

Catherine Connolly: It is difficult to watch. We are here looking at value for money, but there was certainly no value for money in the overall scheme. It was run on anad hocbasis. Where are we regarding-----

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (12 Jul 2018)

Catherine Connolly: The Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (12 Jul 2018)

Catherine Connolly: That raises serious data protection issues. It is something we definitely should come back to.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (12 Jul 2018)

Catherine Connolly: Can we just tease that out a little?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (12 Jul 2018)

Catherine Connolly: We are told the foundations are completely private. However, the university had to make up the loss. The letter states Trinity College Dublin took it from its commercial revenue.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (12 Jul 2018)

Catherine Connolly: It came from the commercial revenue. That is what the university has said. That comes from income from student accommodation or whatever else the university does.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (12 Jul 2018)

Catherine Connolly: That needs to be teased out. The university obviously has a surplus. It has money with which it can make up for the loss. All sorts of interesting issues arise here given that the universities claim to be struggling.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (12 Jul 2018)

Catherine Connolly: However, it is fortunate that they are in a position to do so.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (12 Jul 2018)

Catherine Connolly: I say that in jest.

Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 23: Accounts of the National Treasury Management Agency
National Treasury Management Agency: Financial Statements 2017 (12 Jul 2018)

Catherine Connolly: How much was it worth?

Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 23: Accounts of the National Treasury Management Agency
National Treasury Management Agency: Financial Statements 2017 (12 Jul 2018)

Catherine Connolly: The witnesses are very welcome. The lack of gender balance among them should be noted, although there is nothing they can do about it. Déanaim tagairt do chuile cruinniú. I welcome the focus on climate change by the NTMA since its last appearance before the committee. Towards the end of the December report it is noted that the NTMA is obliged by legislation not to invest in...