Results 61-80 of 33,749 for speaker:Catherine Connolly
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (25 Sep 2025)
Catherine Connolly: I thank Deputy Bennett for raising that. I thank the Comptroller and Auditor General for clarifying that the fault was not on the landlords' side as such.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (25 Sep 2025)
Catherine Connolly: In relation to ICT, as we go on, we forget all the issues that arise with ICT. Before calling in the relevant Departments, is there any way we can itemise all the issues that have come up as an explanation for mistakes or errors made? Would that be a possible task?
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (25 Sep 2025)
Catherine Connolly: As the accounts come up, over and over ICT is pointed out to us as an issue. Do we have to go back and trawl through that for those Departments? Is there any easy way? That is my first question and the Cathaoirleach might just think about it. The other issue goes back to the Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland. Serious errors have been identified and criteria not complied with....
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (25 Sep 2025)
Catherine Connolly: Ultimately, it is the public purse.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (25 Sep 2025)
Catherine Connolly: That is very relevant. Is the Department coming before us?
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (25 Sep 2025)
Catherine Connolly: I thank Mr. McCarthy for the clarification.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (25 Sep 2025)
Catherine Connolly: To go back to the first one, the intestate estates fund, does that money go back into the public purse?
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (25 Sep 2025)
Catherine Connolly: Does that figure remain roughly the same every year, or does it reach peaks?
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (25 Sep 2025)
Catherine Connolly: I have one final question then. It is at the discretion of the Minister for Finance in consultation with the Department for public expenditure.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (25 Sep 2025)
Catherine Connolly: Where would TDs see that money coming in? What account or project does it go into? Where is the transparency in relation to that for TDs?
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (25 Sep 2025)
Catherine Connolly: Full stop.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (25 Sep 2025)
Catherine Connolly: Gabhaim buíochas le Seamus McCarthy.
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2024: Houses of the Oireachtas Commission (25 Sep 2025)
Catherine Connolly: Cuirim fáilte roimh na finnéithe go léir. Go n-éirí le Peter Finnegan ina ról nua. Tá súil agam go mbeidh i bhfad níos mó ceoil ar an ngiotár i gceist leis. I thank the witnesses for attending. They are very welcome. I often preface my comments when I am facing these witnesses or representatives of other entities by saying that if...
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2024: Houses of the Oireachtas Commission (25 Sep 2025)
Catherine Connolly: I do not want any context. I have read all the context.
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2024: Houses of the Oireachtas Commission (25 Sep 2025)
Catherine Connolly: I have read the judgments, going back. Do I remember them at this point? Not quite.
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2024: Houses of the Oireachtas Commission (25 Sep 2025)
Catherine Connolly: I thank Mr. Finnegan. I am conscious of time. I would like to know the consequences in terms of money. What is the status of that case? Where are we at?
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2024: Houses of the Oireachtas Commission (25 Sep 2025)
Catherine Connolly: Did Mr. Finnegan say "€3.1 million"?
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2024: Houses of the Oireachtas Commission (25 Sep 2025)
Catherine Connolly: I am going to run out of time so I just need figures for what is outstanding. If Mr. Finnegan does not have them here, he can send me a note; I do not mind. Could I have an overview of what the outstanding costs are?
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2024: Houses of the Oireachtas Commission (25 Sep 2025)
Catherine Connolly: Is there an estimate of what those fees are going to be?
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2024: Houses of the Oireachtas Commission (25 Sep 2025)
Catherine Connolly: Have we any idea?