Results 26,101-26,120 of 33,058 for speaker:Catherine Connolly
- Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Dormant Accounts Fund (17 Oct 2017)
Catherine Connolly: 540. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of disbursement reports, similar to the disbursement of moneys from the investment and disbursements accounts annual report 2014, that have been published on an annual basis prior to this report; the reports that have been published since; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43626/17]
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (12 Oct 2017)
Catherine Connolly: Was that on the Deloitte report?
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (12 Oct 2017)
Catherine Connolly: I am sorry for being late. I do not know what was said but I feel it is a subject we should return to regardless of whether we discuss how we return to that. I am most unhappy with the way a public body is dealing with an issue like this. The system is extremely strong and I have repeatedly said that notwithstanding the excellent work of the office of the Comptroller and Auditor General...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (12 Oct 2017)
Catherine Connolly: I heard the Chairman's opinion. He chairs the meetings very well and normally I do not disagree too much with him, but I disagree with him fundamentally on this. He is conflating issues inappropriately. I, more than anyone, am fully conscious there is an inquiry and we should not trespass in any way into it. It is an indictment that we have had to come to the stage where there is an...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (12 Oct 2017)
Catherine Connolly: I do not know who agreed to that settlement. Perhaps the Comptroller and Auditor General might come back in on this point. I was at something else and I-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (12 Oct 2017)
Catherine Connolly: There was a settlement for Grace, who was a ward of court. As part of that settlement this figure was put in. The Chairman is interpreting the figure in a way without knowing the facts as to the nature of the case, who took it and what happened. This money was paid. We interpret it as an acknowledgement that it was underfunded all along, and that backs up exactly what the whistleblowers...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (12 Oct 2017)
Catherine Connolly: The Chairman is right, we must be very careful. Is the danger of trespassing onto a High Court case not irrelevant, however? As is the case, separately, with the inquiry. We need to be very careful but they have written to us to state that it would be fine for us to deal with this report. To be fair, I also understand that the whistleblower had confidence in Deloitte and found that it...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (12 Oct 2017)
Catherine Connolly: Why can it not be done next Thursday afternoon?
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (12 Oct 2017)
Catherine Connolly: It is a specific issue. Why can it not be done in an afternoon?
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (12 Oct 2017)
Catherine Connolly: If not next Thursday, then it should be the following Thursday. It is a specific issue.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (12 Oct 2017)
Catherine Connolly: We should consider the role whistleblowers play and what they suffer, more and more, week after week. Why would someone come forward?
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (12 Oct 2017)
Catherine Connolly: It is absolutely not within our remit but-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Transport Infrastructure Ireland: Financial Statements 2016 (12 Oct 2017)
Catherine Connolly: The witnesses are most welcome. I say, "Well done," on TII's clear audit opinion. I have a few general and then a few specific questions about the situation in Galway. Generally, TII is the agent for the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport. It acts as an agent for it.
- Public Accounts Committee: Transport Infrastructure Ireland: Financial Statements 2016 (12 Oct 2017)
Catherine Connolly: Yes. TII also receives some funding from tolls and various concession arrangements. In policy terms, I am a little confused. TII has a role in land use planning and liaises with the Department on a regular basis. In that regard, what input does it have into policy?
- Public Accounts Committee: Transport Infrastructure Ireland: Financial Statements 2016 (12 Oct 2017)
Catherine Connolly: I am just trying to clarify something. When it comes to climate change policy - there is an onerous responsibility on every Department - what engagement has Mr. Nolan's section had with the Department?
- Public Accounts Committee: Transport Infrastructure Ireland: Financial Statements 2016 (12 Oct 2017)
Catherine Connolly: What are those views?
- Public Accounts Committee: Transport Infrastructure Ireland: Financial Statements 2016 (12 Oct 2017)
Catherine Connolly: TII is, therefore, in disagreement with the Department on the proposed reduction of the speed limit.
- Public Accounts Committee: Transport Infrastructure Ireland: Financial Statements 2016 (12 Oct 2017)
Catherine Connolly: In respect of climate change and to reduce emissions.
- Public Accounts Committee: Transport Infrastructure Ireland: Financial Statements 2016 (12 Oct 2017)
Catherine Connolly: Are there other specific things TII has suggested or learned? I know that it has only been in existence for two years in its amalgamated state.
- Public Accounts Committee: Transport Infrastructure Ireland: Financial Statements 2016 (12 Oct 2017)
Catherine Connolly: When were the consultants employed?