Results 19,721-19,740 of 32,978 for speaker:Catherine Connolly
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (31 Jan 2019)
Catherine Connolly: The great concern is that is exactly what will happen here. We have to be careful. Representations have been made to us about serious pollution. One line in the document states that the EPA issues integrated pollution licences, among other documents. One of the requirements of the licence is that sufficient money is set aside to address any difficulty that may arise. It is something like...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (31 Jan 2019)
Catherine Connolly: That should be the first step.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (31 Jan 2019)
Catherine Connolly: The document we got from the Department is welcome. It provides the information we are seeking, but it is also an education for the taxpayer. The question of governance comes back to us in terms of Aughinish and landfill sites. Are the procedures in place sufficient and adequate to prevent problems happening and to save the taxpayer? That is really what it is about and that is what I...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (31 Jan 2019)
Catherine Connolly: Thank you for drawing it to our attention.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (31 Jan 2019)
Catherine Connolly: This is a shambles. We know that €150 million doubled to €300 million and the figure then went up to €451 million this year. What is a few million euro at this point? There is no record.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (31 Jan 2019)
Catherine Connolly: The Department is either in compliance with legislation or it is not.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (31 Jan 2019)
Catherine Connolly: Before we finish with correspondence, we wrote in regard to the question of the GAA and the funding in Galway. Was there a reply to that?
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (31 Jan 2019)
Catherine Connolly: Was there a report from the Comptroller and Auditor General on the Kildare and Wicklow Education and Training Board?
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (31 Jan 2019)
Catherine Connolly: Is it a special report?
- Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Financial Statements 2017 (31 Jan 2019)
Catherine Connolly: What was that?
- Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Financial Statements 2017 (31 Jan 2019)
Catherine Connolly: It clearly did not work. I am looking back at the meeting of the Committee of Public Accounts on 8 October 2015, when Deputy John McGuinness was the Chairman. Mr. Costello and Mr. Pollock feature prominently at the meeting. The background was the debacle overseen by the previous board. Mr. Costello and Mr. Pollock were representing the new board taking over from a transition board. A...
- Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Financial Statements 2017 (31 Jan 2019)
Catherine Connolly: I think that it was to be carried out by the Department. The Department might respond.
- Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Financial Statements 2017 (31 Jan 2019)
Catherine Connolly: When was it carried out? Who carried it out? What was the result?
- Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Financial Statements 2017 (31 Jan 2019)
Catherine Connolly: I would love a copy of that. I would love to see how this board dealt with that in the following seven years.
- Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Financial Statements 2017 (31 Jan 2019)
Catherine Connolly: Red lights were flashing all over the place at the point when the new board took over. That was in addition to all the debate on the hospital itself. There was the McKinsey report, the Dolphin report, and we have had reviews on the move from the Mater Hospital to St. James. It was red flagged over and over. Now Mr. Costello and Mr. Pollock are sitting before the committee. I have looked...
- Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Financial Statements 2017 (31 Jan 2019)
Catherine Connolly: Okay, I have heard that. Changes were happening-----
- Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Financial Statements 2017 (31 Jan 2019)
Catherine Connolly: Looking at the accounts for 2017, how much was spent on communication?
- Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Financial Statements 2017 (31 Jan 2019)
Catherine Connolly: Spending on communications in 2017 was actually €353,616.
- Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Financial Statements 2017 (31 Jan 2019)
Catherine Connolly: I am on page 32. While the witness is looking that up, the next question is what were the planning application costs to Dublin City Council which have been recognised and for which a payment plan is in place? On communications, how can Mr. Pollock justify such a large increase? To whom is this payment going?
- Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Financial Statements 2017 (31 Jan 2019)
Catherine Connolly: I understand that. I am asking how much the planning cost is?