Results 17,041-17,060 of 32,969 for speaker:Catherine Connolly
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 Jul 2019)
Catherine Connolly: It is outside of procurement.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 Jul 2019)
Catherine Connolly: It is undertaking a procurement now for private foster agencies.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 Jul 2019)
Catherine Connolly: Is there a reason it is doing it now? Maybe someone could clarify if it was necessary.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 Jul 2019)
Catherine Connolly: It is helpful. We all receive representations and I have heard from foster mothers who are at the end of their tether due to lack of back up. Then we have these private companies where there is no procurement and lots of money. My question is on the procurement. Tusla is following up on the Five Rivers agency because that is what we asked about but are there other agencies in addition to...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 Jul 2019)
Catherine Connolly: The REITs are charging astronomical rents that are simply not sustainable.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 Jul 2019)
Catherine Connolly: It is a big value for money issue, as my colleague, Deputy Catherine Murphy, said.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 Jul 2019)
Catherine Connolly: Excuse me, Chairman.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 Jul 2019)
Catherine Connolly: The Chairman is very good. Will he explain to me the committee of inspection again? I am looking at the note on it here.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 Jul 2019)
Catherine Connolly: I was just trying to clarify the matter. What the Minister is saying in response is that the committee disallowed that part of the Companies Act such that there is no such provision now. They went out of their way. That is my interpretation.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 Jul 2019)
Catherine Connolly: That provision was in the Companies Act, and the legislation that was rushed through the Dáil-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 Jul 2019)
Catherine Connolly: It disallowed it.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 Jul 2019)
Catherine Connolly: Now we have Mr. Hall taking proceedings to bring clarity, supervision and oversight that should have been there from day one. I used the term "fáinne fí", a vicious circle, yesterday in the Dáil. This is certainly a fáinne fí. We set the body up, we take it out of scrutiny and then we place the burden of securing scrutiny on a member of the public. We are going...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 Jul 2019)
Catherine Connolly: I got an update when I mentioned Caranua, but I forget what the update was.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 Jul 2019)
Catherine Connolly: It is coming to a-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 Jul 2019)
Catherine Connolly: That is fine. I remembered that I had asked.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 Jul 2019)
Catherine Connolly: What about IDA Ireland and Enterprise Ireland?
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 Jul 2019)
Catherine Connolly: Certainly.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 Jul 2019)
Catherine Connolly: On the Departments and their appropriation accounts, when were officials from the Department of Rural and Community Development before the committee?
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 Jul 2019)
Catherine Connolly: Was that a long time ago?
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 Jul 2019)
Catherine Connolly: In terms of dormant accounts, there are issues with Pobal.