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- Public Accounts Committee: Caranua Financial Statements 2014 and 2015 (13 Apr 2017)
Catherine Connolly: I am sorry; I did not hear the answer.
- Public Accounts Committee: Caranua Financial Statements 2014 and 2015 (13 Apr 2017)
Catherine Connolly: Let us move on. Under the Act, if local authorities are so directed, liaison officers are appointed. How many liaison officers have been appointed?
- Public Accounts Committee: Caranua Financial Statements 2014 and 2015 (13 Apr 2017)
Catherine Connolly: Has Caranua contacted all local authorities to appoint liaison officers?
- Public Accounts Committee: Caranua Financial Statements 2014 and 2015 (13 Apr 2017)
Catherine Connolly: I checked with the city council today. It does not have a liaison officer in Galway.
- Public Accounts Committee: Caranua Financial Statements 2014 and 2015 (13 Apr 2017)
Catherine Connolly: I ask Ms Higgins to please listen to me. I know that it is Thursday afternoon and we are all tired and mad keen to get home for Easter, none more so than myself. The question is how many local authorities has Caranua contacted to ask who is their liaison officer and state it wants them to have a liaison officer. That is the question and Ms Higgins is not answering it. Weill she, please,...
- Public Accounts Committee: Caranua Financial Statements 2014 and 2015 (13 Apr 2017)
Catherine Connolly: How many?
- Public Accounts Committee: Caranua Financial Statements 2014 and 2015 (13 Apr 2017)
Catherine Connolly: This is really important - having a liaison officer in a local authority - because part of Caranua's role is to access other services.
- Public Accounts Committee: Caranua Financial Statements 2014 and 2015 (13 Apr 2017)
Catherine Connolly: Ms Higgins understands it all. I want a list of liaison officers.
- Public Accounts Committee: Caranua Financial Statements 2014 and 2015 (13 Apr 2017)
Catherine Connolly: When did Caranua update it since 2013? The city councils are constantly understaffed and staff are constantly moved. Has there been a designated person who stays as the liaison officer and gains experience? If Ms Higgins does not know the answer, she should, please, come back and tell me.
- Public Accounts Committee: Caranua Financial Statements 2014 and 2015 (13 Apr 2017)
Catherine Connolly: What is the name of the counselling group Ms Higgins mentioned? Is it a survivors group?
- Public Accounts Committee: Caranua Financial Statements 2014 and 2015 (13 Apr 2017)
Catherine Connolly: My next question is for Mr. Ó Foghlú. According to the Comptroller and Auditor General's report the counselling is provided utterly free - wrong word - it is provided by the congregations. They pay for the counselling. The previous organisation was Faoiseamh and this one took over. I have a difficulty with it for some reason. What is the name of it?
- Public Accounts Committee: Caranua Financial Statements 2014 and 2015 (13 Apr 2017)
Catherine Connolly: All of Towards Healing's activities are funded by the congregations, is that right?
- Public Accounts Committee: Caranua Financial Statements 2014 and 2015 (13 Apr 2017)
Catherine Connolly: The Comptroller and Auditor General might comment because I think it is mentioned in his report. Will he clarify the position for me?
- Public Accounts Committee: Caranua Financial Statements 2014 and 2015 (13 Apr 2017)
Catherine Connolly: I am reading page 36: "In 2011, a new service provider – Towards Healing – replaced Faoiseamh and is funded exclusively by the religious congregations and the Irish Conference of Bishops". Is that Mr. McCarthy's understanding?
- Public Accounts Committee: Caranua Financial Statements 2014 and 2015 (13 Apr 2017)
Catherine Connolly: I understand the permission of the Minister is needed when Mr. O'Callaghan and the Department of Education and Skills seek contracts. Is that right?
- Public Accounts Committee: Caranua Financial Statements 2014 and 2015 (13 Apr 2017)
Catherine Connolly: What contract, if any, did Caranua sign with Towards Healing?
- Public Accounts Committee: Caranua Financial Statements 2014 and 2015 (13 Apr 2017)
Catherine Connolly: Why not?
- Public Accounts Committee: Caranua Financial Statements 2014 and 2015 (13 Apr 2017)
Catherine Connolly: Did Caranua discuss the matter at board level?
- Public Accounts Committee: Caranua Financial Statements 2014 and 2015 (13 Apr 2017)
Catherine Connolly: When did it discuss it at board level?
- Public Accounts Committee: Caranua Financial Statements 2014 and 2015 (13 Apr 2017)
Catherine Connolly: There was a memorandum of understanding, is that right?