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- Public Accounts Committee: Comptroller and Auditor General Special Report 98: Provision of School Transport (13 Dec 2018)
Marc MacSharry: The Comptroller and Auditor General does not audit Bus Éireann. Is that correct?
- Public Accounts Committee: Comptroller and Auditor General Special Report 98: Provision of School Transport (13 Dec 2018)
Marc MacSharry: I appreciate that is not up to the Comptroller and Auditor General to decide which bodies he audits but would it be better if he audited Bus Éireann in the context of providing oversight in this area?
- Public Accounts Committee: Comptroller and Auditor General Special Report 98: Provision of School Transport (13 Dec 2018)
Marc MacSharry: I know that the Comptroller and Auditor General is not looking for extra work. Indeed, he has enough to do already but I ask the question in the context of his office being able to provide this committee with the picture that it needs. In the context of the commercial mandate of Bus Éireann and so forth, is the Comptroller and Auditor General in a position to give us the picture that...
- Public Accounts Committee: Comptroller and Auditor General Special Report 98: Provision of School Transport (13 Dec 2018)
Marc MacSharry: I am told that the accounting arrangements between Bus Éireann and the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport have been in place since 1975 and have not been updated.
- Public Accounts Committee: Comptroller and Auditor General Special Report 98: Provision of School Transport (13 Dec 2018)
Marc MacSharry: What are the implications of that? I am not fully up to date with international accounting standards but are there any implications of which we should be aware? Do the accounting arrangements need to be updated? Are there systems that have moved on since then? Are we behind the curve with anything?
- Public Accounts Committee: Comptroller and Auditor General Special Report 98: Provision of School Transport (13 Dec 2018)
Marc MacSharry: A review is under way. Is that correct?
- Public Accounts Committee: Comptroller and Auditor General Special Report 98: Provision of School Transport (13 Dec 2018)
Marc MacSharry: Great. Happy Christmas and thank you.
- Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Job Initiatives (19 Dec 2018)
Marc MacSharry: 538. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the fact that from 31 December 2018 there will no longer be a jobs club in County Sligo; the reason the decision has been taken; if the decision will be reviewed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53542/18]
- Rural Crime: Motion [Private Members] (15 Jan 2019)
Marc MacSharry: I am thankful for this opportunity and I thank the Rural Independent Group for using its time for this important issue. I join others in commending our gardaí in communities throughout the country on the hard work they do on their behalf. That said, through no fault of their own, we can provide a template such that they can be even more effective. Consecutive Governments over the...
- Written Answers — Department of Finance: Customs and Excise Controls (15 Jan 2019)
Marc MacSharry: 192. To ask the Minister for Finance the checks carried out by his officials to ensure that goods bought online from outside the State and posted to the purchaser are complying with VAT and customs duties regulations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54436/18]
- Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Job Initiatives (15 Jan 2019)
Marc MacSharry: 1094. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 538 of 19 December 2018, if her attention has been drawn to the fact that talks for the agreement of a new contract have broken down and as such a company (details supplied) will not be the sponsor organisation in 2019; if her attention has been further drawn to an application from...
- Nurses and Midwives: Motion [Private Members] (16 Jan 2019)
Marc MacSharry: I welcome the president of the INMO, Ms Martina Harkin-Kelly, and its general secretary, Ms Phil Ni Sheaghdha, with their colleagues, and I thank them for taking the time. The Minister gave some analogies but he did not compare like with like. We all know there are pay agreements and the INMO is well aware that €300 million is not available to deal with the issue in one go. It is...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (17 Jan 2019)
Marc MacSharry: I was only half listening as I am reading some material for later.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (17 Jan 2019)
Marc MacSharry: If the matter I raise is not relevant, the Chairman may dismiss me. The current scheme - I do not know its exact name - sees €1 million provided annually, but only €430,000 has been drawn down. I was looking at the figures yesterday. Not to disagree with my colleague, but the reason is that there are problems with drawdown. There is a policing committee which theoretically...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (17 Jan 2019)
Marc MacSharry: As stated at our previous meeting, I sent a detailed letter to that guy.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (17 Jan 2019)
Marc MacSharry: We should accede to his initial wish.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (17 Jan 2019)
Marc MacSharry: I second that request. As members are aware, the refurbishment of Leinster House is ongoing. As a former member of the Houses of the Oireachtas Commission, I can testify that the refurbishment is many decades overdue. I am sure all members support it and look forward to its completion. Regardless of the cost involved, the work is vitally important, given that Leinster House was built in...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (17 Jan 2019)
Marc MacSharry: Yes. Mr. Peter Finnegan would be the appropriate person to contact.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (17 Jan 2019)
Marc MacSharry: I was a member when the project was first mooted.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (17 Jan 2019)
Marc MacSharry: I am sure all members agree that the refurbishment is necessary and must be completed regardless of the cost. However, against the backdrop of everything that is going on with the hospital, we should ensure that there is transparency on this matter.