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Public Accounts Committee: Comptroller and Auditor General 2016 Report
Chapter 20: Corporation Tax Receipts (30 Nov 2017)

Catherine Connolly: I am not asking Mr. Cody to go into the detail but have-----

Public Accounts Committee: Comptroller and Auditor General 2016 Report
Chapter 20: Corporation Tax Receipts (30 Nov 2017)

Catherine Connolly: Revenue has looked at all of those 100.

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Environmental Protection Agency Staff (30 Nov 2017)

Catherine Connolly: 188. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the term of office of the director general of the Environmental Protection Agency; the recruitment process when the term of office expires; the length of time the current director general has been in the position; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51378/17]

Questions on Promised Legislation (29 Nov 2017)

Catherine Connolly: In the context of the review of the Department of Justice and Equality, will the Taoiseach please clarify, in plain English, why the recommendations from the Toland report were not implemented. The report, which was published on 11 July 2014, included five serious issues, 18 recommendations and a timeframe of two years. Had those recommendations been implemented, we would not be in the mess...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: One-Parent Family Payment (29 Nov 2017)

Catherine Connolly: I take some reassurance from the fact that the Minister has a clear protocol. Unfortunately, there is not a clear practice and that is why we are here. I would be more reassured if the Minister told me there is now a clear practice, that she has given direction in this regard and that letters of the kind in question will never be sent out again. The letter we referred to, brought to our...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: One-Parent Family Payment (29 Nov 2017)

Catherine Connolly: I heard but I might not have understood.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: One-Parent Family Payment (29 Nov 2017)

Catherine Connolly: I was referring to the nature of the letters.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: One-Parent Family Payment (29 Nov 2017)

Catherine Connolly: Yes; that is fine with me.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: One-Parent Family Payment (29 Nov 2017)

Catherine Connolly: I welcome the progress the Minister is making. However, I deplore the fact that it took a courageous mother, a report in The IrishTimes, coverage in various media, particularly an interview with the Minister on the Seán O'Rourke radio programme, and questions in the Dáil to bring about change. That is most unfortunate, given the appalling statistics. Have officials in the...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: One-Parent Family Payment (29 Nov 2017)

Catherine Connolly: 34. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the procedures and-or protocols in place to ensure women who have experienced or continue to experience domestic abuse are not obliged to seek maintenance payments from the other parent; her plans to establish a national maintenance agency; the details of the domestic abuse awareness training provided to her Department's...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Brexit Negotiations (29 Nov 2017)

Catherine Connolly: 80. To ask the Taoiseach the Government's position on the potential inclusion of investor court mechanisms in a trade negotiation mandate with the UK post Brexit in view of the fact that the legality of such mechanisms is currently being challenged at the European Court of Justice; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50856/17]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Brexit Negotiations (29 Nov 2017)

Catherine Connolly: 166. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has communicated a position to the European Commission regarding the practical measures that might be taken to ensure the commitment to human rights equivalence enshrined in the Good Friday Agreement is adequately protected in the first phase of Brexit negotiations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50855/17]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Naval Service (29 Nov 2017)

Catherine Connolly: 547. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the costs incurred by the Naval Service in participating in high speed boarding trials with a company (details supplied) as reported in the media; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50854/17]

Justice Issues: Statements (28 Nov 2017)

Catherine Connolly: The Minister looks forward to the results of reports. This is the famous report he refers to, the independent review which was carried out and was published on 11 July 2014. It referred to the commitment and dedication of the staff in the Department of Justice and Equality. However, it went on to highlight how they had been systematically run down and how the Department was suffering from...

Justice Issues: Statements (28 Nov 2017)

Catherine Connolly: Did the Minister accept the offer of a quarterly review?

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (28 Nov 2017)

Catherine Connolly: 49. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when the report of the expert technical group dealing with the site of the former mother and baby home at Tuam, County Galway will be brought before Cabinet; when it is expected that the report will be discussed in Dáil Éireann; if the report will be tabled for discussion before the end of the 2017 term; if not, the reason...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Adoption Records Provision (28 Nov 2017)

Catherine Connolly: 75. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the steps being taken to address access to adoption records for persons that spent time in mother and baby homes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50187/17]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Public Services Card Data (28 Nov 2017)

Catherine Connolly: 669. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the overall cost to date of the public services card, including production, activation and all other associated costs; the life span of the card; the nature of the contract with the service provider; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50526/17]

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (23 Nov 2017)

Catherine Connolly: My question has already been asked by Deputy Cullinane. I would also like to ask, however, what the figures are for the total complement of the unit I appreciate what the witnesses are saying and I will not stray in any way. I also have a question for the Secretary General. Is he happy that the normal process for recruiting people was complied with in the Department of Justice and Equality?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (23 Nov 2017)

Catherine Connolly: Were normal procedures complied with?