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Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (18 Jan 2018)

Catherine Connolly: I agree with what the Chairman has asked for. It would be very helpful to us. The figure for Kerry was €1 million, we skipped over it. We are down to Galway and Roscommon and here we have almost €1 million. How do we put this into context? It is awfully important for trust. Bringing it down to a practical level, it is important for local services and for businesses that...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (18 Jan 2018)

Catherine Connolly: Or people could contrive it.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (18 Jan 2018)

Catherine Connolly: I would welcome that report and a proper analysis and discussion of it. The HSE has one of the biggest budgets, after social welfare, in computers and so on, and from what I can see, as a non-expert, it seems that despite all this procurement, there is less and less competition regarding contracts of huge value. It is urgent that we put it on the committee's work programme, that we get a...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (18 Jan 2018)

Catherine Connolly: Will the Comptroller and Auditor General explain that account?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (18 Jan 2018)

Catherine Connolly: Is it the redress scheme?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (18 Jan 2018)

Catherine Connolly: Has the account been closed?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (18 Jan 2018)

Catherine Connolly: Is it just a matter of deciding what will happen to that money?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (18 Jan 2018)

Catherine Connolly: Yes.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (18 Jan 2018)

Catherine Connolly: Yes.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (18 Jan 2018)

Catherine Connolly: Was that done under the original redress scheme that was set up years ago?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (18 Jan 2018)

Catherine Connolly: I just wanted a reminder. It was all set out under the Comptroller and Auditor General's special chapter.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (18 Jan 2018)

Catherine Connolly: I want to talk about the going concern note for Bord na gCon. Has the Comptroller and Auditor General accepted that the financial statements are a going concern?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (18 Jan 2018)

Catherine Connolly: I have a quick question on today's change of agenda. I have no problem with it, but was it as a result of SOLAS?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (18 Jan 2018)

Catherine Connolly: Yes, did they ask for a change?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (18 Jan 2018)

Catherine Connolly: That is okay. I just want to know.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (18 Jan 2018)

Catherine Connolly: That is what I thought. I was geared up for it.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (18 Jan 2018)

Catherine Connolly: That is all right. It was from them.

Report of the Joint Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Statements (17 Jan 2018)

Catherine Connolly: I welcome the opportunity to participate in this debate. I thank Senator Catherine Noone and all of the members of the committee and the Citizens' Assembly. I also thank the Minister for his speech, its content and the way he delivered it. However, I have two reservations which have already been mentioned. One is that he gave no timeline and the second is the failure to mention the...

Leaders' Questions (17 Jan 2018)

Catherine Connolly: In the past two years the attention of those of us on the Opposition benches has been focused on housing, rightly so. Notwithstanding the new Government, Taoiseach and Minister and the various new plans, the housing crisis has worsened. To any reasonable observer, it has become an emergency, with people dying on the streets and the number of homeless children increasing by 30% since this...

Leaders' Questions (17 Jan 2018)

Catherine Connolly: The number of homeless persons in Galway stands at 199, which does not include those staying in refuges, sleeping on couches in other people's homes and so forth. Let me deal with facts. I am a pragmatic and realistic woman and asking the Government to take action immediately, not to build houses tomorrow. I also ask it to take action in respect of the developer-led development of sites in...