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

Catherine Connolly: It was submitted to make an important point about something that was said at a meeting of this committee, which she says was incorrect.

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

Catherine Connolly: I agree with the Chairman but it is important that-----

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

Catherine Connolly: The issue is that she had at all times planned to go back to work, which was not said. That is what is important.

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

Catherine Connolly: Is there a general issue there? I do not know who wrote that letter, I cannot see the bottom of it.

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

Catherine Connolly: It refers to Console as a private organisation on one hand. On the other hand, it gets public funds. He says the public funds are limited to certain services. Then it is a charity. We have a charity regulator and a charity authority that is not fully resourced. Perhaps we could get an update on that. We have been here for a year and three months - I know Deputy McDonald has been here...

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

Catherine Connolly: Why are they not consolidated?

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]