Results 16,961-16,980 of 32,969 for speaker:Catherine Connolly
- Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon Financial Statement 2017 (19 Sep 2019)
Catherine Connolly: Why then was the analysis not mentioned? It is a very serious document, a very serious report, with very serious conclusions, but it was not referred to in Mr. Dollard's opening statement. Was it discussed at board level?
- Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon Financial Statement 2017 (19 Sep 2019)
Catherine Connolly: What was done in September? It took until December. The board meets monthly, but it was not given the analysis until December 2017.
- Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon Financial Statement 2017 (19 Sep 2019)
Catherine Connolly: Did board members read it?
- Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon Financial Statement 2017 (19 Sep 2019)
Catherine Connolly: The analysis states:One of the most critical findings of the analysis is that the IGB is not actually a racing-centric organisation and that the primary focus of the organisation is actually on Breeding. That focus causes some 15,000 pups to be bred for racing each year, for a Dog Pool with approximately 3,600 dogs. Is Mr. Dollard's answer that that is not accurate?
- Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon Financial Statement 2017 (19 Sep 2019)
Catherine Connolly: Did the board go back to the company to state it was not happy with the report?
- Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon Financial Statement 2017 (19 Sep 2019)
Catherine Connolly: Operating with the best data available at the time, has the board accepted the report?
- Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon Financial Statement 2017 (19 Sep 2019)
Catherine Connolly: I do not mean this personally, but that does not reassure me about there being a new approach for a semi-State body that receives €16.7 million. Its funding has increased every year, has it not?
- Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon Financial Statement 2017 (19 Sep 2019)
Catherine Connolly: Did it go up in 2018?
- Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon Financial Statement 2017 (19 Sep 2019)
Catherine Connolly: As everything else goes down, public money goes up. I am all for public services and public bodies. I am no expert, but I have looked at the report and it outlines serious concerns. It tells the IGB that "Both from a welfare and from a financial perspective, the industry must now move to put racing at the centre of what it does". I might have my own views on whether that is appropriate,...
- Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon Financial Statement 2017 (19 Sep 2019)
Catherine Connolly: It is not fair to do this, but I can pick anything out from the report. It reads, "Dog Pool Size is out of control". It also states that, leaving emotion out of it, too many dogs are being bred. As a result, they end up being culled because too many are being bred, or they are exported. It is there in black and white. It reads, "Leaving aside emotions with respect to the culling of dogs...
- Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon Financial Statement 2017 (19 Sep 2019)
Catherine Connolly: When the witnesses watched the RTÉ programme, other than making a complaint to the Broadcast Authority of Ireland, as they were perfectly entitled to do, what was their reaction to what they had seen in the context of animal welfare and what the industry had allowed to happen? What were their feelings about it?
- Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon Financial Statement 2017 (19 Sep 2019)
Catherine Connolly: Appalling. I thank Mr. Dollard for his very straight and honest answer. As was the case for many other issues, including some relating to Tusla and the health board, it was the "RTÉ Investigates" programme that pushed change. It is difficult to understand that. On welfare, does Bord na gCon make contributions to animal welfare organisations that work independently of it? If so, I...
- Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon Financial Statement 2017 (19 Sep 2019)
Catherine Connolly: It was sent to the agriculture committee.
- Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon Financial Statement 2017 (19 Sep 2019)
Catherine Connolly: Are any members of those organisations on the board of the trust? Is there a welfare trust?
- Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon Financial Statement 2017 (19 Sep 2019)
Catherine Connolly: Who is on the board of the trust?
- Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon Financial Statement 2017 (19 Sep 2019)
Catherine Connolly: Is there a representative of the animal welfare organisations on that trust?
- Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon Financial Statement 2017 (19 Sep 2019)
Catherine Connolly: I wish to be provided with a list of the members of that board. Mr. Dollard's answer was that no animal welfare organisations are represented on the trust.
- Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon Financial Statement 2017 (19 Sep 2019)
Catherine Connolly: Could such a representative be added to the trust?
- Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon Financial Statement 2017 (19 Sep 2019)
Catherine Connolly: In fairness, the break is for the witnesses.
- Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: European Capital of Culture (19 Sep 2019)
Catherine Connolly: 12. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of times the legacy committee of Galway 2020 has met; the membership of the committee; the terms of reference of the committee; the reports published to date; the engagement her Department has had to date with the committee; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37931/19]