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- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (24 Oct 2019)
Catherine Connolly: It is.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (24 Oct 2019)
Catherine Connolly: I will leave the specifics to the Deputy from County Waterford but the chart contains figures without any context. We do not know whether they relate to millions of euro. I heard the word "millions" mentioned but-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (24 Oct 2019)
Catherine Connolly: It is contemptuous to present figures such as that.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (24 Oct 2019)
Catherine Connolly: It has all been said in that regard. There is another aspect to this and, as a committee member, I certainly need more information on procurement. I agree we have highlighted that non-compliance is unacceptable. However, on the ground, the ETBs talk about the difficulties the current system is creating for a sustainable supply of services that helps the local communities, which is the...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (24 Oct 2019)
Catherine Connolly: That does not exist, does it? That is the difficulty. There is a vacuum in respect of this.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (24 Oct 2019)
Catherine Connolly: Where do we go to progress this?
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (24 Oct 2019)
Catherine Connolly: I wonder if they are the best people.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (24 Oct 2019)
Catherine Connolly: Have we access to any other research that would look at this or is it the Comptroller and Auditor General's role? I want to capture the feedback that we are getting on the ground so that we can put it-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (24 Oct 2019)
Catherine Connolly: Or the education and training boards.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (24 Oct 2019)
Catherine Connolly: We can tease out the theme as to what we want out of it.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (24 Oct 2019)
Catherine Connolly: Is there a role for the Comptroller and Auditor General's office here on the suggestions that have been made? If there is not, that is okay.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (24 Oct 2019)
Catherine Connolly: Is to be prescriptive.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (24 Oct 2019)
Catherine Connolly: More particularly on the suggestions about regional and making it more appropriate or suitable, where do we go with that? I do not want to lose that in the overall approach. That is where I am coming from, as well as the monitoring of the non-compliance.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (24 Oct 2019)
Catherine Connolly: That would be helpful.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (24 Oct 2019)
Catherine Connolly: Set up to do.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (24 Oct 2019)
Catherine Connolly: That is similar to the question I was asking. I have a card and it runs out. What is the cost of its renewal? Is that is the question Deputy Murphy was asking?
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (24 Oct 2019)
Catherine Connolly: That will take some time. We also have to deal with the Pálás Cinema.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (24 Oct 2019)
Catherine Connolly: Yes.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (24 Oct 2019)
Catherine Connolly: We will need time to discuss that. We proposed discussing the Pálás Cinema.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (24 Oct 2019)
Catherine Connolly: I was a barrister in the past.