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Public Accounts Committee: Vote 29 - Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment (3 May 2018)

Catherine Connolly: Eversheds have got the contract and that company is in the process of doing the work. Why is it commercially sensitive at this point?

Public Accounts Committee: Vote 29 - Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment (3 May 2018)

Catherine Connolly: I do not mean to put the witnesses on the spot. Every month and week we look at these questions, and I have heard that phrase, "commercially sensitive" so often.

Public Accounts Committee: Vote 29 - Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment (3 May 2018)

Catherine Connolly: Have any issues ever arisen in relation to procurement? That is something that arises every single week with every public body. The issue of failure to comply with procurement processes arose this morning with the Department of the Taoiseach. Has that happened with RTÉ?

Public Accounts Committee: Vote 29 - Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment (3 May 2018)

Catherine Connolly: I do not mind.

Public Accounts Committee: Vote 29 - Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment (3 May 2018)

Catherine Connolly: Please note my question, because my time is limited.

Public Accounts Committee: Vote 29 - Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment (3 May 2018)

Catherine Connolly: Have difficulties arisen, or incidents of non-compliance?

Public Accounts Committee: Vote 29 - Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment (3 May 2018)

Catherine Connolly: How many non-compliant incidents were there?

Public Accounts Committee: Vote 29 - Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment (3 May 2018)

Catherine Connolly: Please do.

Public Accounts Committee: Vote 29 - Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment (3 May 2018)

Catherine Connolly: I note that language again. I do not mean to refer to Ms O'Keeffe personally, but I have heard similar language for two years. "We are in the process". "We are looking at it". Why is there non-compliance with procurement requirements in a public body?

Public Accounts Committee: Vote 29 - Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment (3 May 2018)

Catherine Connolly: Some 30% of non-compliant customers have been dealt with.

Public Accounts Committee: Vote 29 - Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment (3 May 2018)

Catherine Connolly: What is the approximate overall cost of non-compliance?

Public Accounts Committee: Vote 29 - Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment (3 May 2018)

Catherine Connolly: That is okay. It is relevant to the committee. I have looked at the large but very succinct report of the Oireachtas committee. It is made up of appendices and contains ten recommendations. Do the witnesses wish for all of those recommendations to be implemented or are there some with which they disagree?

Public Accounts Committee: Vote 29 - Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment (3 May 2018)

Catherine Connolly: Ms Forbes wishes to implement the ten recommendations.

Public Accounts Committee: Vote 29 - Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment (3 May 2018)

Catherine Connolly: Of the €24 million that RTÉ has not collected, my household is responsible for €160 because níl teilifís agam.

Public Accounts Committee: Vote 29 - Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment (3 May 2018)

Catherine Connolly: No. Tá raidió agam. The evasion rate is between 14% and 15%.

Public Accounts Committee: Vote 29 - Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment (3 May 2018)

Catherine Connolly: RTÉ is down some €37 million.

Public Accounts Committee: Vote 29 - Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment (3 May 2018)

Catherine Connolly: The witnesses wish for that to be collected as it would make a huge difference to RTÉ.

Public Accounts Committee: Vote 29 - Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment (3 May 2018)

Catherine Connolly: In addition, they want my household and others like it, teach an fhir sin san áireamh. Ba mhaith leo go mbeidh ceadúnais againn.

Public Accounts Committee: Vote 29 - Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment (3 May 2018)

Catherine Connolly: Ms Forbes is seeking a charge not based on a device.

Public Accounts Committee: Vote 29 - Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment (3 May 2018)

Catherine Connolly: I understand all of that.