Caranua lease permission
Deputy Connolly asked whether permission was given for Caranua to move premises and sign an expensive lease. After some procedural back-and-forth, the Minister for Education and Skills said Caranua’s independent board does not need his permission for accommodation arrangements.
The Taoiseach was busy last week but I raised a matter with him then and the previous week. Last week, he said that he would revert to me within the day. It relates to Caranua and whether the Minister for Education and Skills - perhaps he will answer, given that he has not reverted to me - has given permission for Caranua to move into new premises and to sign a lease for extraordinary rent and whether he gave permission for the previous rent, which seems to have been paid to the Office of Public Works.
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This is being taken on Private Members' tomorrow evening, as Deputy Connolly is aware. Caranua is an independent statutory body that provides a range of approved services in the areas of health and personal social services, education and housing services for applicants. It began accepting applications from former residents in January 2014. It has expended some €60 million in support of 4,000 individuals.
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A Cheann Comhairle, I asked a specific question and did not waste any time.
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Permission was not given.
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Was permission given?
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Maybe the Minister might like to respond to the particular question that Deputy Connolly raised.