Results 16,941-16,960 of 32,969 for speaker:Catherine Connolly
- Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon Financial Statement 2017 (19 Sep 2019)
Catherine Connolly: For the first time, there is going to be a forever home rather than the homes they were getting up to now.
- Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon Financial Statement 2017 (19 Sep 2019)
Catherine Connolly: When was that entity set up?
- Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon Financial Statement 2017 (19 Sep 2019)
Catherine Connolly: Okay. The board is going to tender for this care centre. What money has been allocated for that?
- Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon Financial Statement 2017 (19 Sep 2019)
Catherine Connolly: That is 50% of all sponsorship.
- Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon Financial Statement 2017 (19 Sep 2019)
Catherine Connolly: I would prefer not to try to guess. I did not see it spelled out anywhere, but perhaps I missed it. However, I do not think it is.
- Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon Financial Statement 2017 (19 Sep 2019)
Catherine Connolly: I have that documentation.
- Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon Financial Statement 2017 (19 Sep 2019)
Catherine Connolly: Perhaps it might be sent to us in a note through the Chairman. I ask Mr. Dollard to go back. Some 50% of sponsorship revenue will now go to care centres.
- Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon Financial Statement 2017 (19 Sep 2019)
Catherine Connolly: What does Mr. Dollard envisage will be the total amount in the fund?
- Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon Financial Statement 2017 (19 Sep 2019)
Catherine Connolly: It is moving.
- Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon Financial Statement 2017 (19 Sep 2019)
Catherine Connolly: On what is it based and is the fund sufficient? Does the IGB need double or treble the amount, or does it need less? On what is the fund based to provide for proper greyhound welfare?
- Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon Financial Statement 2017 (19 Sep 2019)
Catherine Connolly: I am talking about the IGB's responsibility. As it is setting up a care fund, I am asking Mr. Dollard the question specifically. The Chairman will stop me very soon. I do not have time for this, nor does Mr. Dollard. He, the executive and the board are setting up a fund. Clearly, he thinks it is necessary. What is necessary? On what is the funding based?
- Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon Financial Statement 2017 (19 Sep 2019)
Catherine Connolly: That does not answer my question as to whether it will satisfy the IGB. Will it be enabled to carry out whatever duties it thinks it has in respect of greyhound welfare, as opposed to the owners?
- Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon Financial Statement 2017 (19 Sep 2019)
Catherine Connolly: I understand I cannot receive all of the answers today. Of course, the fund has to be reviewed annually at budget time, but, more importantly, it will have to be reviewed according to whether the welfare of dogs has been protected. That is what I am trying to ask Mr. Dollard. What are the criteria in that regard? Perhaps he might come back to me on that matter. If the budget is bad, does...
- Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon Financial Statement 2017 (19 Sep 2019)
Catherine Connolly: Mr. Dollard gave a figure of about €2 million, as opposed to the figure of €360,000, which he said was divided in two parts.
- Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon Financial Statement 2017 (19 Sep 2019)
Catherine Connolly: Will Mr. Dollard split the figure for me?
- Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon Financial Statement 2017 (19 Sep 2019)
Catherine Connolly: Again, I would like to see a breakdown in writing. Mr. Dollard has given a figure which seems to be very tiny. It is €363,000, but whatever it is, he says it is not the total figure.
- Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon Financial Statement 2017 (19 Sep 2019)
Catherine Connolly: If one includes-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon Financial Statement 2017 (19 Sep 2019)
Catherine Connolly: I have a concern when Mr. Dollard answers in that way. He did not refer to the analysis of IGB's business model made by Preferred Results Limited which was marked "commercially sensitive" that was commissioned by the board. He did not refer to it in his opening statement. IGB has difficulties with it. I think it has difficulties with the findings. That is what I picked up.
- Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon Financial Statement 2017 (19 Sep 2019)
Catherine Connolly: I usually attend meetings of the committee religiously, but I ran out today because I had a question to ask in the Dáil. As a result, I missed some of the answers. What is noteworthy is that in his opening statement Mr. Dollard did not mention this analysis. Why was that?
- Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon Financial Statement 2017 (19 Sep 2019)
Catherine Connolly: This issue is clearly within our financial remit.