Results 81-100 of 33,749 for speaker:Catherine Connolly
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2024: Houses of the Oireachtas Commission (25 Sep 2025)
Catherine Connolly: It is half for the Supreme Court.
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2024: Houses of the Oireachtas Commission (25 Sep 2025)
Catherine Connolly: There is no module 3.
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2024: Houses of the Oireachtas Commission (25 Sep 2025)
Catherine Connolly: So the litigation is over and we are just trying to crystalise what the legal costs are and what the Houses of the Oireachtas Commission has to pay.
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2024: Houses of the Oireachtas Commission (25 Sep 2025)
Catherine Connolly: Do we have any idea what that will be overall?
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2024: Houses of the Oireachtas Commission (25 Sep 2025)
Catherine Connolly: Even being speculative.
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2024: Houses of the Oireachtas Commission (25 Sep 2025)
Catherine Connolly: I know lessons were learnt all around, indeed by this committee and other committees, in respect of the handing of that. I wanted to ask other questions on the outstanding legal cases but I am going to skip it for a minute because I want to go back to the broadcasting workers. It is really ironic that we have workers working in such conditions broadcasting democracy. They are...
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2024: Houses of the Oireachtas Commission (25 Sep 2025)
Catherine Connolly: Did it make a decision to go ahead with the tendering? Was it the body that made the decision?
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2024: Houses of the Oireachtas Commission (25 Sep 2025)
Catherine Connolly: On that, it looks like that has taken its place. It is in progress. What did the Houses of the Oireachtas Commission decide? What did it look at? Did it look at the conditions of the workers?
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2024: Houses of the Oireachtas Commission (25 Sep 2025)
Catherine Connolly: I find it a little unacceptable, to go back to Mr. McKeon - though it is not personal - to talk about an ecosystem. The word "eco" does not apply here. We have workers working in terrible conditions. They have no certainty. They try to get a second job. They cannot do that because they cannot say when they will be available. It is doubly ironic that they are broadcasting what I am...
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2024: Houses of the Oireachtas Commission (25 Sep 2025)
Catherine Connolly: I know all that. I know how much work Mr. Finnegan and his team have put into that but the language is still not visible. A tiny percentage of Irish language is used in the Dáil. We know that. We came up with practical suggestions such as having a lottery for Irish questions for the Minister and that the last question would always be in Irish. They were very practical suggestions....
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2024: Houses of the Oireachtas Commission (25 Sep 2025)
Catherine Connolly: I am sorry I was so quick the last time. I was just trying to get into the ten minutes and run. I have a huge difficulty with the outsourcing of the broadcasters. The justification for that is it would cost too much to employ them directly. That cost is taken into the other important criterion that should be taken on board, which is the direct employment of people who are giving an...
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2024: Houses of the Oireachtas Commission (25 Sep 2025)
Catherine Connolly: I do not know what has happened to the technology but the clock has gone, luckily for me.
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2024: Houses of the Oireachtas Commission (25 Sep 2025)
Catherine Connolly: It was not on the screen outside either - this wonderful technology we are spending a fortune on. I do not mind if the officials want to go with the legal costs first, whoever is ready. I do not mind.
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2024: Houses of the Oireachtas Commission (25 Sep 2025)
Catherine Connolly: I do not even wish to go into the specifics. Just the general picture. In fairness, they are people who are employed. I just want an overall idea if possible.
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2024: Houses of the Oireachtas Commission (25 Sep 2025)
Catherine Connolly: I thank Ms English.
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2024: Houses of the Oireachtas Commission (25 Sep 2025)
Catherine Connolly: Despite the best efforts, what is the backlog now?
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2024: Houses of the Oireachtas Commission (25 Sep 2025)
Catherine Connolly: Ms Gunn can send me those numbers.
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2024: Houses of the Oireachtas Commission (25 Sep 2025)
Catherine Connolly: I thank the witnesses.
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2024: Houses of the Oireachtas Commission (25 Sep 2025)
Catherine Connolly: It is unfortunate we have such a legacy.
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2024: Houses of the Oireachtas Commission (25 Sep 2025)
Catherine Connolly: The effort is going one way and is not in going the other way.