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- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (5 Dec 2019)
Catherine Connolly: It does not print posters. The correspondence asks the question.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (5 Dec 2019)
Catherine Connolly: Members can note that Galway County Council has been one of the least funded. That is accepted. It was even set out in the report that recommended amalgamation that the councils should not proceed with amalgamating until their funding had been increased.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (5 Dec 2019)
Catherine Connolly: I have just read it. It is an interesting letter and worth reading. I would draw it to members' attention.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (5 Dec 2019)
Catherine Connolly: I will speak to the privatisation of health services generally. Paediatric packages are being provided by a number of agencies, from whom the majority of children are receiving them. That is a separate issue, I suppose.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (5 Dec 2019)
Catherine Connolly: There is a note stating that the person in question was incorrectly directed as to where to make a complaint. The person was told to make a complaint to an officer whose position no longer existed. I refer to practical things that should not be happening, along with the general information here about the privatisation of services. Finally, I do not wish to comment on any organisation but...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (5 Dec 2019)
Catherine Connolly: A number of reports-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (5 Dec 2019)
Catherine Connolly: I would like confirmation of that, out of interest.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (5 Dec 2019)
Catherine Connolly: I know we have no control over it but it came to mind and it is completely off-target. Does anybody know what stage the inquiry into the "Grace" case is at?
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (5 Dec 2019)
Catherine Connolly: It is not so much about the committee following up. I would like to know the position of that inquiry.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (5 Dec 2019)
Catherine Connolly: Before the Chairman continues, there was an outstanding matter involving Bord na gCon and an Indecon report. I was not the one who raised it but I am interested in that report. The Chairman advised that it was circulating but apparently it was not. Could the Chairman clarify where it is?
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (5 Dec 2019)
Catherine Connolly: I am told the secretariat has asked for the report.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (5 Dec 2019)
Catherine Connolly: I think the Chairman thought it had been circulated.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (5 Dec 2019)
Catherine Connolly: I thank the Chair.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (5 Dec 2019)
Catherine Connolly: I support the Chairman's suggestion. I do not like to travel but I was one of the lucky ones to travel to Tanzania to meet its Public Accounts Committee.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (5 Dec 2019)
Catherine Connolly: I do not advocate travelper se but the trip to Tanzania was very helpful.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (5 Dec 2019)
Catherine Connolly: It was very educational to meet the committee and compare notes. The members of that committee appreciated meeting us. It was useful to see the projects on the ground but also to see how the system worked over there. We met the Tanzanian equivalent of our Comptroller and Auditor General and its Public Accounts Committee. It is worthwhile for the committee to look at.
- Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Financial Statements 2018 (5 Dec 2019)
Catherine Connolly: Given that the Chairman has opened the meeting up to comments-----
- Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Financial Statements 2018 (5 Dec 2019)
Catherine Connolly: I am delighted to hear that windows are being opened and a hospital is emerging. That is what we all want. However, what we are here today to do is determine if accountability is emerging. I would appreciate the witnesses bearing in mind when they are answering questions that we are interested in the process of accountability in the context of the overspend. I hope they can zoom in on...
- Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Financial Statements 2018 (5 Dec 2019)
Catherine Connolly: I am looking forward to the day when we have equal gender representation among witnesses, particularly in respect of the children's hospital. I preface every contribution I make at the committee with that comment. It is no reflection on the witnesses, but I am sometimes dismayed by the systems that allow inequality to persist. I did not welcome the pictures the witnesses from the...
- Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Financial Statements 2018 (5 Dec 2019)
Catherine Connolly: Were the witnesses advised in regard to their attendance at this meeting?