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- Public Accounts Committee: Comptroller and Auditor General 2016 Report
Chapter 16: Regularity of Social Welfare Payments
Chapter 17: Management of Social Welfare Overpayments
Chapter 18: Department Reviews of welfare Schemes, Social Welfare Appeals Process, Social Insurance Fund (7 Dec 2017) Marc MacSharry: I do not expect Mr. McKeon to comment on policy but, from a punter's perspective, it gives a sense of political ownership to an announcement as opposed to saying it is a Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection initiative.
- Public Accounts Committee: Comptroller and Auditor General 2016 Report
Chapter 16: Regularity of Social Welfare Payments
Chapter 17: Management of Social Welfare Overpayments
Chapter 18: Department Reviews of welfare Schemes, Social Welfare Appeals Process, Social Insurance Fund (7 Dec 2017) Marc MacSharry: They did not decide on this one. This one came from the communications unit.
- Public Accounts Committee: Comptroller and Auditor General 2016 Report
Chapter 16: Regularity of Social Welfare Payments
Chapter 17: Management of Social Welfare Overpayments
Chapter 18: Department Reviews of welfare Schemes, Social Welfare Appeals Process, Social Insurance Fund (7 Dec 2017) Marc MacSharry: I am right in saying it is a new initiative. Its origin is the new spin - sorry, communications - unit. We will have that across the board. When the Road Safety Authority is making an announcement, will it be the same? Will it be a Government of Ireland initiative?
- Public Accounts Committee: Comptroller and Auditor General 2016 Report
Chapter 16: Regularity of Social Welfare Payments
Chapter 17: Management of Social Welfare Overpayments
Chapter 18: Department Reviews of welfare Schemes, Social Welfare Appeals Process, Social Insurance Fund (7 Dec 2017) Marc MacSharry: I am sure the opening of Stepaside Garda station had the support of the Civil Service Management Board too but that is another matter. Has there been a cross-departmental assessment or cost analysis of carer's allowance with the Department of Health, the HSE, disability services or local authorities, to see if a loosening of the criteria for carer's allowance is possible? Could we reduce,...
- Public Accounts Committee: Comptroller and Auditor General 2016 Report
Chapter 16: Regularity of Social Welfare Payments
Chapter 17: Management of Social Welfare Overpayments
Chapter 18: Department Reviews of welfare Schemes, Social Welfare Appeals Process, Social Insurance Fund (7 Dec 2017) Marc MacSharry: No one is going to give Mr. McKeon 20 lashes for using initiative.
- Public Accounts Committee: Comptroller and Auditor General 2016 Report
Chapter 16: Regularity of Social Welfare Payments
Chapter 17: Management of Social Welfare Overpayments
Chapter 18: Department Reviews of welfare Schemes, Social Welfare Appeals Process, Social Insurance Fund (7 Dec 2017) Marc MacSharry: Sure.
- Public Accounts Committee: Comptroller and Auditor General 2016 Report
Chapter 16: Regularity of Social Welfare Payments
Chapter 17: Management of Social Welfare Overpayments
Chapter 18: Department Reviews of welfare Schemes, Social Welfare Appeals Process, Social Insurance Fund (7 Dec 2017) Marc MacSharry: I am not asking Mr. McKeon to advocate for it. Policy is determined and adopted by the Government, and implemented by the Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection. However, policies are often determined by the Government having been advised by the Department. Could such a body of work be undertaken? It would be very useful for us from a Committee on Public Accounts...
- Public Accounts Committee: Comptroller and Auditor General 2016 Report
Chapter 16: Regularity of Social Welfare Payments
Chapter 17: Management of Social Welfare Overpayments
Chapter 18: Department Reviews of welfare Schemes, Social Welfare Appeals Process, Social Insurance Fund (7 Dec 2017) Marc MacSharry: As I was a little late, I did not realise Ms McGuckin was in the room.
- Public Accounts Committee: Comptroller and Auditor General 2016 Report
Chapter 16: Regularity of Social Welfare Payments
Chapter 17: Management of Social Welfare Overpayments
Chapter 18: Department Reviews of welfare Schemes, Social Welfare Appeals Process, Social Insurance Fund (7 Dec 2017) Marc MacSharry: I will finish on this as I am taking up a lot of time. I know the witness cannot commit and that policy is for the Government. However, we can certainly ask. Would Ms McGuckin ask the Secretary General that a few hours be put aside for the relevant principal officers, Assistant Secretaries General or Secretaries General to sit down and look at this. Its outcome would be something this...
- Public Accounts Committee: Comptroller and Auditor General 2016 Report
Chapter 16: Regularity of Social Welfare Payments
Chapter 17: Management of Social Welfare Overpayments
Chapter 18: Department Reviews of welfare Schemes, Social Welfare Appeals Process, Social Insurance Fund (7 Dec 2017) Marc MacSharry: If Ms McGuckin could-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Comptroller and Auditor General 2016 Report
Chapter 16: Regularity of Social Welfare Payments
Chapter 17: Management of Social Welfare Overpayments
Chapter 18: Department Reviews of welfare Schemes, Social Welfare Appeals Process, Social Insurance Fund (7 Dec 2017) Marc MacSharry: That is a matter for the Government.
- Public Accounts Committee: Comptroller and Auditor General 2016 Report
Chapter 16: Regularity of Social Welfare Payments
Chapter 17: Management of Social Welfare Overpayments
Chapter 18: Department Reviews of welfare Schemes, Social Welfare Appeals Process, Social Insurance Fund (7 Dec 2017) Marc MacSharry: We are not asking the witness to say whether it should or should not be done. We will make that decision in terms of what we would like to recommend. What the witness could do is say this is the analysis we have done, here is what we think it would cost and here is what we think the outcome will be. We are not asking Ms McGuckin to recommend or force a policy-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Comptroller and Auditor General 2016 Report
Chapter 16: Regularity of Social Welfare Payments
Chapter 17: Management of Social Welfare Overpayments
Chapter 18: Department Reviews of welfare Schemes, Social Welfare Appeals Process, Social Insurance Fund (7 Dec 2017) Marc MacSharry: I thank the witness.
- Electoral (Amendment) (Dáil Constituencies) Bill 2017: All Stages (12 Dec 2017)
Marc MacSharry: This is a shambles, as is the case every time a Bill of this nature is published. We are bound by Article 16 of the Constitution and the practice, which is a horrible word often used in the House, is that all Members will say that the Bill is great and accept it and on we go. I ask the Minister of State, who I have known for a long time, to be the pioneering Minister who facilitates a...
- Home Care Packages: Motion [Private Members] (12 Dec 2017)
Marc MacSharry: I commend my colleagues in the Rural Independent Group on using their Private Members' time to debate this issue. Last week at the Committee of Public Accounts, we had the pleasure of hearing from Mr. John McKeon, Secretary General of the Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection. Having asked the same question on several occasions in this House and before that in the Seanad, I...
- Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Funding (12 Dec 2017)
Marc MacSharry: 532. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if an assistantsSecretary in his Department gave a commitment later in the first quarter of 2015 when they met with the chief executive and management team of the council that they would find a way of getting the allocation back to Sligo once the financial plan for the council had been approved (details supplied). [53391/17]
- Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Funding (12 Dec 2017)
Marc MacSharry: 533. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a meeting with the chief executive of the council on 7 September 2016 when the issue of repayment was again raised, an Assistant Secretary of his Department referred to their recollection of the matter being that on approval of the financial plan and adherence by the council to the terms of the plan over a two or...
- Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Funding (12 Dec 2017)
Marc MacSharry: 534. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the change to the criteria was never communicated to Sligo County Council in view of the fact it is now two years since the signing of the plan and the agreed adjusted targets have been achieved; and if the €750,000 will be remitted to Sligo County Council immediately. [53393/17]
- Online Advertising and Social Media (Transparency) Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (13 Dec 2017)
Marc MacSharry: I thank the Minister for taking the time and I congratulate my colleague, Deputy Lawless, for his Private Members' Bill. It is very useful. The Government should accept it and use pre-legislative scrutiny and Committee Stage to improve it if it feels there are anomalies in the Bill. Deputy Lawless has outlined the many positives in the Bill. I will focus on the strategic spin unit....
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (14 Dec 2017)
Marc MacSharry: I second that.