Results 23,241-23,260 of 33,044 for speaker:Catherine Connolly
- Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 2 - Department of An Taoiseach (3 May 2018) Catherine Connolly: I will give up my slot to the Chairman if he wants it.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 2 - Department of An Taoiseach (3 May 2018) Catherine Connolly: I note the Chairman wishes to resume discussion of the strategic communications unit. I had offered him my speaking slot on this issue and I am paraphrasing him in pointing out that he would prefer if we discussed the SCU. A number of planned media arrangements are on hold. Will Mr. Fraser clarify that? One of the documents makes a reference to "...in partnership with Project...
- Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 2 - Department of An Taoiseach (3 May 2018) Catherine Connolly: At the time, did Mr. Fraser not see a problem with an advertisement that involved working in partnership on a Government policy?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 2 - Department of An Taoiseach (3 May 2018) Catherine Connolly: It is not how news works, nor is it how a Government should work. The Government was communicating a Government policy and the term "in partnership" was included in an advertisement. This means all the media that did this were compromised. Is that not the case?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 2 - Department of An Taoiseach (3 May 2018) Catherine Connolly: Mr. Fraser's report states a number of planned media arrangements are on hold.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 2 - Department of An Taoiseach (3 May 2018) Catherine Connolly: It is the report on matters relating to the strategic communications unit project. The report states, on page 6, that a number of planned media arrangements are on hold.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (3 May 2018)
Catherine Connolly: Can we just-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (3 May 2018)
Catherine Connolly: To put the matter in perspective, it is the 2017 report that is missing?
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (3 May 2018)
Catherine Connolly: Is this the first time some of the reports have been late?
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (3 May 2018)
Catherine Connolly: Repeat offenders.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (3 May 2018)
Catherine Connolly: Bhí mé ag breathnú go háirithe ar on gCoimisinéir Teanga agus cuireann sé iontas orm nach bhfuil na cuntais isteach.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (3 May 2018)
Catherine Connolly: Go raibh maith agat.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (3 May 2018)
Catherine Connolly: As Gaeilge.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (3 May 2018)
Catherine Connolly: I think Deputy Murphy was before me, in fairness-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (3 May 2018)
Catherine Connolly: Go ahead.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (3 May 2018)
Catherine Connolly: I support Deputies Cullinane and MacSharry. Deputy MacSharry has set out his serious concerns in his email. I will not repeat them but they are clearly set out. There are issues that must be looked at. We should consider bringing the State Claims Agency in before the committee. It comes under the National Treasury Management Agency, NTMA, which has also come before us. That is one...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (3 May 2018)
Catherine Connolly: I would like to know how many plaintiffs did not settle because of the obligation to have a confidentiality clause.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (3 May 2018)
Catherine Connolly: It would be interesting to get such information.
- Public Accounts Committee: Vote 29 - Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment (3 May 2018)
Catherine Connolly: I thank the witnesses for appearing and for the briefing papers, which were very helpful. I realise that RTÉ does not come under our remit, although my understanding is it did come under the Comptroller and Auditor General's remit until 1990. Is that right?
- Public Accounts Committee: Vote 29 - Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment (3 May 2018)
Catherine Connolly: It changed after that. That might explain Ms Forbes' opening statement, because it certainly does not look at value for money. I appreciate the opening statement, and I actually share her concerns about the challenges facing RTÉ, which I will come back to. However, it really does not address what we are here about. Certainly in a personal capacity, let me say that I want to support...