Results 28,201-28,220 of 33,115 for speaker:Catherine Connolly

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (25 May 2017)

Catherine Connolly: I understand. The foundation in Galway has clearly said that it was none of our business and it did not control the matter. However, institutions do have a control of trusts. What reply did the Comptroller and Auditor General receive when he raised the issue?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (25 May 2017)

Catherine Connolly: Yes.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (25 May 2017)

Catherine Connolly: Coca Cola is involved.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (25 May 2017)

Catherine Connolly: Coca Cola.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (25 May 2017)

Catherine Connolly: I am joking. There is a list of people.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Land Transfers (25 May 2017)

Catherine Connolly: 64. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the amount of residential zoned land in the ownership of Galway City Council and Galway County Council and/or transferred under the land aggregation scheme by either, or both, local authorities; the location of these lands; the quantity of this land which cannot be used pending the proposed new road under the N6...

Residential Institutions Statutory Fund: Motion [Private Members] (24 May 2017)

Catherine Connolly: I thank the Deputies who have passionately supported the motion. The Minister suggested this was an unduly negative motion. My reaction is to point out that is a continuation of the terrible attitude that has always in applied in this country. It is a patronising attitude that immediately seeks to isolate the group or person who have highlighted complaints. I have endeavoured, as have my...

Residential Institutions Statutory Fund: Motion [Private Members] (24 May 2017)

Catherine Connolly: Let us not perpetuate abuse that this time is being carried out in our name.

Residential Institutions Statutory Fund: Motion [Private Members] (24 May 2017)

Catherine Connolly: I move:That Dáil Éireann: recognises:— that the statutory body Caranua has, to date, failed a large number of applicants in providing adequate access to the Residential Institutions Statutory Fund; — the high number of complaints and reports of dissatisfaction and negative experiences from applicants to that fund; — the poor delivery of service and...

Questions on Promised Legislation (24 May 2017)

Catherine Connolly: A Vision for Change, which was a ten-year strategy, expired in January of last year. I, and other Deputies, have repeatedly been asking when the review in this regard will be published. When I raised this issue on 5 April, I was told that publication of the review was imminent, but it still has not been published. Equally important, I was told that the oversight committee was being...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Asylum Support Services (24 May 2017)

Catherine Connolly: 43. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the criteria for qualifying for the pilot grant scheme for asylum seekers to attend university introduced by the Government in 2015; the status of its implementation; the number of applicants and the number of successful applicants according to place of residence in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24385/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Residential Institutions Statutory Fund Board (24 May 2017)

Catherine Connolly: 73. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of external companies or organisations or bodies that Caranua have engaged for a fee since its inception in tabular form; the fees that these entities have charged; the source the fees were paid from; the justification provided from Caranua for the services of these entities; his views on whether these charges could have been avoided...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Residential Institutions Statutory Fund Board (24 May 2017)

Catherine Connolly: 109. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has given permission to Caranua to move premises and incur rental costs; if so, when; the nature of the lease in question; the annual rent to be paid by Caranua; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24875/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Residential Institutions Statutory Fund (24 May 2017)

Catherine Connolly: 110. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he gave permission for contracts entered into by Caranua; if so, if he will provide details of the nature of the contracts in tabular form; when permission was given by him; the cost of each contract entered into by Caranua; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24876/17]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Residential Institutions Statutory Fund (24 May 2017)

Catherine Connolly: 195. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the new Caranua premises are owned or leased by the OPW, Office of Public Works; the nature of the lease in question between the OPW and Caranua or the OPW and another party but by which Caranua will be allowed to use the premises; the amount of rent that Caranua will pay annually; if Caranua has paid rent to the OPW since its...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Residential Institutions Statutory Fund (24 May 2017)

Catherine Connolly: 196. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the details of the lease at a location (details supplied); the terms, rent payable and duration of same between the OPW and Caranua; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24870/17]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Residential Institutions Statutory Fund (24 May 2017)

Catherine Connolly: 197. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the nature of the arrangement, lease or other agreement at a location (details supplied) between his Department and the Department of Education and Skills; if rent is paid; and if so, the details of same. [24871/17]

Order of Business (23 May 2017)

Catherine Connolly: The Taoiseach was busy last week but I raised a matter with him then and the previous week. Last week, he said that he would revert to me within the day. It relates to Caranua and whether the Minister for Education and Skills - perhaps he will answer, given that he has not reverted to me - has given permission for Caranua to move into new premises and to sign a lease for extraordinary rent...

Order of Business (23 May 2017)

Catherine Connolly: A Cheann Comhairle, I asked a specific question and did not waste any time.

Order of Business (23 May 2017)

Catherine Connolly: Permission was not given.