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Public Accounts Committee: Work Programme (7 Jul 2016)

Catherine Connolly: I do not. I just wish to make a point about non-competitive procurement. Here are two more institutions, not just the HSE. Generally, it is a theme to which we must revert. If we went through each institution, we would be here all day. It is an issue.

Public Accounts Committee: Work Programme (7 Jul 2016)

Catherine Connolly: Members did not receive the documents.

Public Accounts Committee: Work Programme (7 Jul 2016)

Catherine Connolly: I compliment Deputy Farrell on sending the letter but I do not share his anxieties. It has all been said. We have a role to ask questions, but when questions become difficult or we avoid them because we are worried, we are in serious trouble. It is an issue with which we must deal. We must ask questions and hold the Executive to account for allocating taxpayers' money. How is it...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Arts Funding (7 Jul 2016)

Catherine Connolly: 46. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans to bring funding for the arts in line with the European standard; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19898/16]

Misuse of Drugs (Amendment) Bill 2016: Second Stage (6 Jul 2016)

Catherine Connolly: As has been pointed out, this Bill comes before the Dáil consequent on the recent series of murders in Dublin’s north inner city. The Minister for Health confirmed in the Seanad on 15 June that the Bill had been expedited in response to those murders and because the Government and the Garda Síochána were both of the view that controlling these products under the misuse...

Banded Hours Contract Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (5 Jul 2016)

Catherine Connolly: I support the spirit of this Bill and what it is trying to achieve, particularly as the measure does not arise in a vacuum but from a particular background. I have counted six reports alone which, since 2013, have highlighted precarious hours in precarious jobs, leading employees to have precarious lives. We had a report from the Irish Congress of Trade Unions in May 2013, Regulating for...

Protection of Life in Pregnancy (Amendment) (Fatal Foetal Abnormalities) (No. 2) Bill 2013: Second Stage (30 Jun 2016)

Catherine Connolly: I did not realise I was sharing time. I thought everyone was being given the same amount of time. I support the Bill. In 2015, 135 women left Ireland for Britain to terminate a pregnancy on the basis that there was a fatal foetal abnormality.

Protection of Life in Pregnancy (Amendment) (Fatal Foetal Abnormalities) (No. 2) Bill 2013: Second Stage (30 Jun 2016)

Catherine Connolly: I welcome the opportunity to contribute on this Bill. I welcome the Minister's apology for what has happened. However, he must do more than apologise or give empathy and sympathy. There was a duty on him to publish and make available the judgment of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, ICCPR. He might confirm whether he did. He also had 180 days to make information...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Disability Activation Projects (30 Jun 2016)

Catherine Connolly: I thank the Minister for the clarification that there are no plans to privatise it or to give the contract for it to a private company. He has given an answer he has already given to a another Deputy who asked this question. He referred to a pan-European study. Is he aware of the evidence in England where such a programme, Fit for Work, has been passed over to a private company? That...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Disability Activation Projects (30 Jun 2016)

Catherine Connolly: I do not believe I am using rumours or resorting unfair techniques. There is damning evidence in England regarding a similar programme. I am reassured the Minister has not made any decision yet about rolling out the plan as to who will do this. I ask him to commit to the Dáil today that he will not use a private-for-profit company to deliver this programme. It seems to be based on...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Disability Activation Projects (30 Jun 2016)

Catherine Connolly: 10. To ask the Minister for Social Protection to indicate the Department or agency or private sector operator that will have responsibility for the implementation of the fit to work programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18800/16]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Disability Activation Projects (30 Jun 2016)

Catherine Connolly: I would like the Minister to make a statement on the implementation of the fit to work programme. It has been raised by myself and other Members who are seriously concerned about the Government's intentions in this regard. In particular, page 57 of the programme for Government states, "We will assist local communities and schools in purchasing defibrillators". This is followed by a...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Programme for Government Initiatives (30 Jun 2016)

Catherine Connolly: 43. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the timeframe for the introduction of the fit-to-work programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18799/16]

National Asset Management Agency: Motion [Private Members] (29 Jun 2016)

Catherine Connolly: I wish to share time with Deputy Mick Wallace.

National Asset Management Agency: Motion [Private Members] (29 Jun 2016)

Catherine Connolly: The Minister of State spoke about rumours and speculation. The Fianna Fáil leader, Deputy Micheál Martin, describing the Government’s refusal to act on the matter in question as not tenable, said, "As revelations emerge, and as the levels of the investigations get deeper, the Government's position in relation to the sale of Project Eagle by NAMA is, in my view, more...

Energy Bill 2016 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (29 Jun 2016)

Catherine Connolly: Gabh mo leithscéal, a Theachta. We will take a break at 3.50 p.m.

Energy Bill 2016 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (29 Jun 2016)

Catherine Connolly: We will resume at 4.30 p.m.

Energy Bill 2016 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (29 Jun 2016)

Catherine Connolly: Is that agreed? Agreed.

Energy Bill 2016 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (29 Jun 2016)

Catherine Connolly: The Minister, Deputy Richard Bruton, is present.

Energy Bill 2016 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (29 Jun 2016)

Catherine Connolly: That is what we are faced with.