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- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 Apr 2019)
Catherine Connolly: It says "including PwC and Alan Moore". "Including" means-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 Apr 2019)
Catherine Connolly: I note two matters. First, is the roster. I confirm I have looked at the correspondence and that is fine. The roster is in place in respect of election observers. I looked at the issue of the extension which is being sorted out.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 Apr 2019)
Catherine Connolly: The second matter relates to whistleblowers. What do we do? What is the protocol? Perhaps the procedure is something we can come back to.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 Apr 2019)
Catherine Connolly: Yes.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 Apr 2019)
Catherine Connolly: We might come back to it.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 Apr 2019)
Catherine Connolly: Is there an update on Caranua? That is just what is before us at the moment.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 Apr 2019)
Catherine Connolly: I think so, in view of the various issues.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 Apr 2019)
Catherine Connolly: I support that and would ask for a detailed note. The EPA provided a note on Aughinish. There is a question of accountability in the context of whether there was an incident involving pollution or the clean up of the site. A note was provided but I would ask the EPA to expand on that because I am not sure that the information provided was sufficient. We regularly receive briefing notes in...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 Apr 2019)
Catherine Connolly: We are looking at all of them retrospectively and are talking about millions of euro.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 Apr 2019)
Catherine Connolly: This is an opportunity to ensure that everything is in order and that moneys do not have to be paid out of the public purse in respect of matters of this nature.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 Apr 2019)
Catherine Connolly: There are a number of issues, some of which are historical. It is up to the Chairman to decide what we do with that but that historical perspective - the background to that - should be provided. It also concerns governance and ensuring that enough money is set aside in the event of pollution. I have already said it. There are two aspects. There is the historic aspect about which we need...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 Apr 2019)
Catherine Connolly: It is good that the Chairman clarifies that he made the decision as Chair. It is an important clarification that a member is not subject to other members.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 Apr 2019)
Catherine Connolly: That is a good clarification. Second, we should come back to the Kerins judgment, which is being used inappropriately and wrongly by educated commentators and media outlets. We should come back to it as a committee publicly and discuss it.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 Apr 2019)
Catherine Connolly: What the Supreme Court set down-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 Apr 2019)
Catherine Connolly: We will wait for the final pronouncement.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 Apr 2019)
Catherine Connolly: In the meantime, there are consequences that are wrong due to the misinterpretation of what is being said.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 Apr 2019)
Catherine Connolly: For an hour and 15 minutes.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 Apr 2019)
Catherine Connolly: We will be returning in the afternoon.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 4 - Central Statistics Office (11 Apr 2019) Catherine Connolly: I welcome the witnesses. It is good to see gender representation. I quoted the CSO's opening statement yesterday: "good policies start with good data" and "Good data is the lifeblood of decision making and the basis for accountability." The CSO is the most important organisation or body to appear before us. In a time of post-truths and fake news, we must be able to rely on statistical...
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 4 - Central Statistics Office (11 Apr 2019) Catherine Connolly: Mr. Dalton mentioned three areas - financial, statistical and technological - but what particular risks has the CSO identified?