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- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts (Resumed)
Vote 3 - Office of the Attorney General
Vote 5 - Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions
Vote 6 - Office of the Chief State Solicitor (7 Feb 2019) Catherine Connolly: I am trying to find out what Department-----
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts (Resumed)
Vote 3 - Office of the Attorney General
Vote 5 - Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions
Vote 6 - Office of the Chief State Solicitor (7 Feb 2019) Catherine Connolly: The Office of the Attorney General would advise any client Department on-----
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts (Resumed)
Vote 3 - Office of the Attorney General
Vote 5 - Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions
Vote 6 - Office of the Chief State Solicitor (7 Feb 2019) Catherine Connolly: That includes the Department of Health regarding establishing the board for the children's hospital.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts (Resumed)
Vote 3 - Office of the Attorney General
Vote 5 - Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions
Vote 6 - Office of the Chief State Solicitor (7 Feb 2019) Catherine Connolly: Okay, just-----
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts (Resumed)
Vote 3 - Office of the Attorney General
Vote 5 - Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions
Vote 6 - Office of the Chief State Solicitor (7 Feb 2019) Catherine Connolly: An issue that comes up regularly is directors on boards coming from a Department or being public interest directors. They are not public interest directors because once they go on the board, they report back. Their fiduciary duty is to the board. Is this something the office has thought about with regard to how we protect public interest generally?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts (Resumed)
Vote 3 - Office of the Attorney General
Vote 5 - Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions
Vote 6 - Office of the Chief State Solicitor (7 Feb 2019) Catherine Connolly: Just one second because I will be stopped by the Chairman. Appointments are something that have come up repeatedly in my life and in the life of many politicians. To be local and parochial, in Galway various local authority members were appointed to a ports authority but their duty was to the authority even though they were on it as a member of the city council. This is a problem. It is a...
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts (Resumed)
Vote 3 - Office of the Attorney General
Vote 5 - Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions
Vote 6 - Office of the Chief State Solicitor (7 Feb 2019) Catherine Connolly: Absolutely.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts (Resumed)
Vote 3 - Office of the Attorney General
Vote 5 - Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions
Vote 6 - Office of the Chief State Solicitor (7 Feb 2019) Catherine Connolly: Yes.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts (Resumed)
Vote 3 - Office of the Attorney General
Vote 5 - Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions
Vote 6 - Office of the Chief State Solicitor (7 Feb 2019) Catherine Connolly: Will Mr. Moloney use simpler language because I am trying to get my head around this with regard to nominations by an Minister to a board in any capacity? I used Galway as a parochial example. With regard to somebody who goes on a board in the public interest, I know he does not want to discuss one particular project, namely, the children's hospital, but I am asking generally whether it is...
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts (Resumed)
Vote 3 - Office of the Attorney General
Vote 5 - Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions
Vote 6 - Office of the Chief State Solicitor (7 Feb 2019) Catherine Connolly: When did the Office of the Attorney General start looking at this as an issue?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts (Resumed)
Vote 3 - Office of the Attorney General
Vote 5 - Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions
Vote 6 - Office of the Chief State Solicitor (7 Feb 2019) Catherine Connolly: Does Mr. Moloney see it as an issue that should be elaborated on within his office in terms of advice to a Government? Very often, we are told a person has been nominated by the Government. Has Mr. Moloney thought about what role that person has or how he or she can best fulfil that role in the public interest, no matter whether it is the board of the national children's hospital or some...
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts (Resumed)
Vote 3 - Office of the Attorney General
Vote 5 - Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions
Vote 6 - Office of the Chief State Solicitor (7 Feb 2019) Catherine Connolly: It is a lot more than an interesting issue because the Committee of Public Accounts looks at value for money, governance and reporting mechanisms so that we know that the public purse is protected.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts (Resumed)
Vote 3 - Office of the Attorney General
Vote 5 - Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions
Vote 6 - Office of the Chief State Solicitor (7 Feb 2019) Catherine Connolly: It is a huge issue that should be considered by the Office of the Attorney General in terms of how to protect the public purse and have a process of accountability.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts (Resumed)
Vote 3 - Office of the Attorney General
Vote 5 - Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions
Vote 6 - Office of the Chief State Solicitor (7 Feb 2019) Catherine Connolly: No, but the Office of the Attorney General is the legal adviser to the Government and gives a huge range of advice on all sorts of things ranging from commercial contracts to procurement and so on. Is that right?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts (Resumed)
Vote 3 - Office of the Attorney General
Vote 5 - Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions
Vote 6 - Office of the Chief State Solicitor (7 Feb 2019) Catherine Connolly: "The Deputy raises an interesting issue" brings to mind "Yes, Minister". Go raibh míle maith agat.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts (Resumed)
Vote 3 - Office of the Attorney General
Vote 5 - Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions
Vote 6 - Office of the Chief State Solicitor (7 Feb 2019) Catherine Connolly: I have a question and I probably will not get an answer because it may be inappropriate. An office advises on various commercial activities and contracts, including the children's hospital. Is that right? Would projects of that nature go before some of the witnesses for advice with respect to tender, procurement and contracts?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts (Resumed)
Vote 3 - Office of the Attorney General
Vote 5 - Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions
Vote 6 - Office of the Chief State Solicitor (7 Feb 2019) Catherine Connolly: I am sorry, I should have said it was a question for Mr. Moloney.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts (Resumed)
Vote 3 - Office of the Attorney General
Vote 5 - Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions
Vote 6 - Office of the Chief State Solicitor (7 Feb 2019) Catherine Connolly: I was just thinking about something I will speak to later but I just wanted to ask the question before I left.
- National Cervical Screening Programme: Statements (6 Feb 2019)
Catherine Connolly: I remind the Deputy that he is sharing time.
- Children's Rights: Motion [Private Members] (6 Feb 2019)
Catherine Connolly: In accordance with Standing Order 70(2), the division is postponed until the weekly division time on Thursday, 7 February 2019.