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- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (10 Nov 2016)
Catherine Connolly: The Department decided to ensure that PIMCO-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (10 Nov 2016)
Catherine Connolly: Having asked the question, Ms Nolan immediately said the Department stopped the process. She has now clarified to say that did not happen.
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (10 Nov 2016)
Catherine Connolly: No-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (10 Nov 2016)
Catherine Connolly: We are all tired.
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (10 Nov 2016)
Catherine Connolly: Let me return to the paragraph where it is written that it is a fundamental mistake to think the Minister could have done something.
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (10 Nov 2016)
Catherine Connolly: I was just finishing before the break, but we have come back with more energy. I am not sure, however, which side has the most energy. I was asking Ms Nolan what the Department had done when there was a discovery about the payment, particularly to Mr. Cushnahan. She gave two contradictory replies.
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (10 Nov 2016)
Catherine Connolly: I have two points to make in that regard. My question was about what the Department had done about it.
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (10 Nov 2016)
Catherine Connolly: The Department did not take any action. It relied on what NAMA had told it.
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (10 Nov 2016)
Catherine Connolly: I understand Brown Rudnick was under an obligation to tell NAMA it was acting as legal adviser.
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (10 Nov 2016)
Catherine Connolly: It was not.
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (10 Nov 2016)
Catherine Connolly: The Department of Finance had no role whatsoever.
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (10 Nov 2016)
Catherine Connolly: When the alarm bells did go off in Ms Nolan's head, the Department went back to NAMA which reassured it. Ms Nolan's colleague is nodding. That was the end of the Department's role.
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (10 Nov 2016)
Catherine Connolly: Ms Nolan did not believe she had any other role.
- Social Welfare Bill 2016: Second Stage (Resumed) (9 Nov 2016)
Catherine Connolly: Gabh mo leithscéal, but it is now Deputy Carey's time.
- Social Welfare Bill 2016: Second Stage (Resumed) (9 Nov 2016)
Catherine Connolly: I understand Deputy Eamon Ryan is sharing time.
- Social Welfare Bill 2016: Second Stage (Resumed) (9 Nov 2016)
Catherine Connolly: I shall start on a positive note and welcome the €5 increases for almost all social welfare payments and the new provisions for the self-employed that go some way to addressing the unequal way they are treated, including the provision of an invalidity pension and the extension of treatment benefits including access to dental and optical benefits. To delay such necessary changes until...
- Social Welfare Bill 2016: Second Stage (Resumed) (9 Nov 2016)
Catherine Connolly: I understand Deputy Mick Barry is sharing time.
- An Bille um an gCúigiú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Uisce faoi Úinéireacht Phoiblí) (Uimh. 2) 2016: An Dara Céim [Comhaltaí Príobháideacha] - Thirty-fifth Amendment of the Constitution (Water in Public Ownership) (No. 2) Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (9 Nov 2016)
Catherine Connolly: Tá sé tábhachtach anois tacaíocht a thabhairt don phrionsabal go mbeidh an Rialtas go léir freagrach as an gcóras uisce poiblí agus go bhfanfaidh an acmhainn seo faoi úinéireacht phoiblí agus faoi bhainistíocht phoiblí. I am delighted to have an opportunity to contribute to this debate. I pay tribute to my colleague, Deputy Joan...
- Questions on Proposed Legislation (9 Nov 2016)
Catherine Connolly: The programme for Government commits to a health service for everyone. There were 51 people on trolleys last night in a centre of excellence in Galway city. I make no apologies for raising this issue. The Taoiseach visited Galway city and said at that time that the accident and emergency department is not fit for purpose, as did the leader of Fianna Fáil. I call on the Taoiseach to...
- Questions on Proposed Legislation (9 Nov 2016)
Catherine Connolly: I asked the Taoiseach to express outrage that there were 51 people on trolleys.