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Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (6 Oct 2016)

Marc MacSharry: Is it a concern for the State that we could face legal action regarding how the process was carried out?

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (6 Oct 2016)

Marc MacSharry: I am sure the Minister will agree that the complexion of all this, from a taxpayer's perspective, is very grubby.

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (6 Oct 2016)

Marc MacSharry: Fair enough. That is the Minister's position. I am only a humble taxpayer on this side listening to what I am hearing from people. Does the Minister feel section 10 of the National Asset Management Agency Act was undermined by the diplomatic concerns coming from Northern Ireland?

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (6 Oct 2016)

Marc MacSharry: No, section 10 relates to achieving the maximum return for the taxpayer.

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (6 Oct 2016)

Marc MacSharry: Perhaps it is section 14. On value for money and the maximum return for the taxpayer, which is also mentioned in section 2, does the Minister feel that the involvement of Northern Ireland's diplomatic concerns undermined the potential for the return for taxpayers on this side of the Border to be maximised?

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (6 Oct 2016)

Marc MacSharry: No, I am concerned because of what Frank Daly said last week in the context of listening to the wishes of both Governments and the fact that there was some input from there to hasten the process, which may have undermined the potential for the taxpayer, the ultimate shareholder in NAMA, to maximise the return.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Excise Duties Collection (11 Oct 2016)

Marc MacSharry: 93. To ask the Minister for Finance to set out the total revenue income from excise and taxes on alcoholic drinks per annum; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29675/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (11 Oct 2016)

Marc MacSharry: 382. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a treatment plan for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29386/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Funding (11 Oct 2016)

Marc MacSharry: 447. To ask the Minister for Health the total annual spend currently on mental health; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29676/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (11 Oct 2016)

Marc MacSharry: 455. To ask the Minister for Health if he will meet representatives of an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29694/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (11 Oct 2016)

Marc MacSharry: 456. To ask the Minister for Health if he will arrange for a State-funded free independent medical assessment for each girl suffering illnesses that they associate with the HPV vaccine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29695/16]

Financial Resolutions 2017 - Financial Resolution No. 2: General (Resumed) (12 Oct 2016)

Marc MacSharry: He also introduced the smoking ban.

Financial Resolutions 2017 - Financial Resolution No. 2: General (Resumed) (12 Oct 2016)

Marc MacSharry: How is the Minister going to fill the 30 seconds?

Financial Resolutions 2017 - Financial Resolution No. 2: General (Resumed) (12 Oct 2016)

Marc MacSharry: How much does that cost?

Financial Resolutions 2017 - Financial Resolution No. 2: General (Resumed) (12 Oct 2016)

Marc MacSharry: I thought it was telling that in the 11 minutes of the contribution from the Minister, Deputy Ross, he took a whole 1 minute and 30 seconds to talk about his own Department and what he is doing or, indeed, not doing, for example, in terms of local improvement schemes. I am not even sure he knows what an LIS is, given there might not be many of them being done out in the principality....

Financial Resolutions 2017 - Financial Resolution No. 2: General (Resumed) (12 Oct 2016)

Marc MacSharry: I apologise. There is much more I could say on this. The capital aspect of this budget is absolutely impotent. It behoves the Government to review this as a matter of the utmost urgency and begin to invest what is needed to allow us to perform to our potential.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (12 Oct 2016)

Marc MacSharry: 74. To ask the Minister for Health if he, the chief medical officer and the HSE are aware that a number of children and young adults are presenting with symptoms including sleeplessness, over-tiredness, hallucinations, sleep paralysis and slurred speech which they believe is directly connected to receiving the pandemrix swine flu vaccine; if so, the action the HSE is undertaking to provide...

Topical Issue Debate: Local Authority Funding (19 Oct 2016)

Marc MacSharry: I thank the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government for taking the time to come here today. I know he has agreed to meet four Deputies on this issue but I wanted to table this very important issue. The last time we discussed this issue, the Minister said other level V counties have similar numbers of staff and seem to do a better job with the resources given to them....

Topical Issue Debate: Local Authority Funding (19 Oct 2016)

Marc MacSharry: The point being missed is that there is no problem. The council has done an exceptional job in following the plan heretofore to the best of its ability. It is time the Minister was prepared to admit, as assistant secretary Lemass was prepared to admit, that the Department prescribed surpluses of €12. 5 million to be delivered by 2019. I am telling the Minister that that is not...

Topical Issue Debate: Local Authority Funding (19 Oct 2016)

Marc MacSharry: In advance of next week's meeting, I appeal to the Minister to put the thinking cap on, accept the fact that these surplus targets are not achievable. We do not want to tear up the plan, but as the Minister rightly pointed out, he stated his intentions and the fact that he was prepared to do it, it needs to be amended in the context of reviewing those surpluses downwards so that they are...