Results 27,421-27,440 of 33,581 for speaker:Catherine Connolly
- Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 11 - Office of the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform
Vote 12 - Superannuation and Retired Allowances
Vote 18 - Shared Services
Vote 39 - Office of Government Procurement
Chapter 3 - Vote Accounting and Budget Management
Comptroller and Auditor General Special Report 95: Financial Reporting in the Public Sector (6 Jul 2017) Catherine Connolly: Please allow me to finish. I am reading from the Comptroller and Auditor General's report. In December 2009 the Department of Social Protection entered into a contract with a supplier at a fixed price of €19.7 million. I am not going to catch Mr. Watt out on little figures, but I am giving a timeline and examples of the large costs involved. In 2009 the contract was entered into at...
- Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 11 - Office of the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform
Vote 12 - Superannuation and Retired Allowances
Vote 18 - Shared Services
Vote 39 - Office of Government Procurement
Chapter 3 - Vote Accounting and Budget Management
Comptroller and Auditor General Special Report 95: Financial Reporting in the Public Sector (6 Jul 2017) Catherine Connolly: Mr. Watt-----
- Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 11 - Office of the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform
Vote 12 - Superannuation and Retired Allowances
Vote 18 - Shared Services
Vote 39 - Office of Government Procurement
Chapter 3 - Vote Accounting and Budget Management
Comptroller and Auditor General Special Report 95: Financial Reporting in the Public Sector (6 Jul 2017) Catherine Connolly: The Department-----
- Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 11 - Office of the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform
Vote 12 - Superannuation and Retired Allowances
Vote 18 - Shared Services
Vote 39 - Office of Government Procurement
Chapter 3 - Vote Accounting and Budget Management
Comptroller and Auditor General Special Report 95: Financial Reporting in the Public Sector (6 Jul 2017) Catherine Connolly: I did not ask about the benefits as I have heard Mr. Watt's comments and got all of them in the Comptroller and Auditor General's report.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 11 - Office of the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform
Vote 12 - Superannuation and Retired Allowances
Vote 18 - Shared Services
Vote 39 - Office of Government Procurement
Chapter 3 - Vote Accounting and Budget Management
Comptroller and Auditor General Special Report 95: Financial Reporting in the Public Sector (6 Jul 2017) Catherine Connolly: It did. It indicated the benefits from the perspective of the Department of Social Protection. I am asking Mr. Watt about the matter in his very senior capacity. He has described the process as exemplary, but he has not referred to a single problem that arose. He does not refer to the cost involved, but he does tell us the card is the way forward. I am telling him that so far €60...
- Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 11 - Office of the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform
Vote 12 - Superannuation and Retired Allowances
Vote 18 - Shared Services
Vote 39 - Office of Government Procurement
Chapter 3 - Vote Accounting and Budget Management
Comptroller and Auditor General Special Report 95: Financial Reporting in the Public Sector (6 Jul 2017) Catherine Connolly: At this point I would prefer to have accountability and an explanation of how the Department can stand over the cost of the contract so far, the failure to deliver the cards and use of the word "exemplar". If I were to have a general discussion, it would be in the context of calling this a thriving economy, but that is a matter for another day.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 11 - Office of the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform
Vote 12 - Superannuation and Retired Allowances
Vote 18 - Shared Services
Vote 39 - Office of Government Procurement
Chapter 3 - Vote Accounting and Budget Management
Comptroller and Auditor General Special Report 95: Financial Reporting in the Public Sector (6 Jul 2017) Catherine Connolly: The provision of further services is a separate matter. What has the Department learned? Why did it cost this much? Why was there no business case made? Why has the process been ongoing since 2004? I am subject to correction, but it certainly has been ongoing since 2007 or 2009 and we are now in 2017. Why has it still not been rolled out and why has it cost us a fortune? Those were my...
- Topical Issue Debate: Mental Health Services Funding (5 Jul 2017)
Catherine Connolly: I wish the Minister of State well in his new job. However, I honestly would have expected a different answer. This is a service that is working and it should be examined because it really could inform policy. The figure mentioned by Deputy Anne Rabbitte is in regard to the existing service, which is looking for a slight increase to cover three new areas, Gort, Carna and Clifden. It is a...
- Topical Issue Debate: Mental Health Services Funding (5 Jul 2017)
Catherine Connolly: Deputy Noel Grealish is not available.
- Topical Issue Debate: Mental Health Services Funding (5 Jul 2017)
Catherine Connolly: I want to add my voice to that. This does not make sense. Galway's youth counselling service is excellent, with 800 adolescents having come through its door since 2012, 191 of those in 2016. It provides a service to Tuam, Ballinasloe, Loughrea and Galway city. It has struggled, but it has provided an excellent service. It is unique because that young adult age group can walk in the door,...
- Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Second Stage (Resumed) (5 Jul 2017)
Catherine Connolly: I ask the Deputy to avoid making personal comments about other Members being bought off.
- Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Second Stage (Resumed) (5 Jul 2017)
Catherine Connolly: We will move on to Deputy Curran. Is the Deputy sharing with Deputy Fiona O'Loughlin?
- Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Second Stage (Resumed) (5 Jul 2017)
Catherine Connolly: Deputy-----
- Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Second Stage (Resumed) (5 Jul 2017)
Catherine Connolly: You are stretching the relevance.
- Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Second Stage (Resumed) (5 Jul 2017)
Catherine Connolly: Can you return to the judicial appointments?
- Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Second Stage (Resumed) (5 Jul 2017)
Catherine Connolly: You might refer to the relevant section where that is.
- Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Second Stage (Resumed) (5 Jul 2017)
Catherine Connolly: Can you deal with the Bill?
- Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Second Stage (Resumed) (5 Jul 2017)
Catherine Connolly: This cannot continue. You cannot keep making comments-----
- Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Second Stage (Resumed) (5 Jul 2017)
Catherine Connolly: -----such as "provisional Sinn Féin".
- Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Second Stage (Resumed) (5 Jul 2017)
Catherine Connolly: I am not allowing you to do that. The Sinn Féin Deputies are elected to the Dáil.