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- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (7 Mar 2019)
Marc MacSharry: However, if we seek that somebody come before us, is it at the discretion of the Accounting Officer who he or she brings with him or her?
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (7 Mar 2019)
Marc MacSharry: If we ask for somebody beyond that-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (7 Mar 2019)
Marc MacSharry: -----he or she is entitled to say "No". Is that the case?
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (7 Mar 2019)
Marc MacSharry: That is grand. I get that.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (7 Mar 2019)
Marc MacSharry: Those are the literal rules. Effectively, if Mr. Watt wanted to bring the groundsman-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (7 Mar 2019)
Marc MacSharry: -----from the Office of Public Works in to assist him, that is a matter for him.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (7 Mar 2019)
Marc MacSharry: Clearly, when we are talking about the biggest capital expenditure project in the State, it is probably a good educated guess that the person who is head of procurement for the State might have some value to add. We got a hint in previous correspondence that, in effect, this person would not be made available; it said that the Accounting Officer would decide. That is fine. He is within the...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (7 Mar 2019)
Marc MacSharry: Absolutely.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (7 Mar 2019)
Marc MacSharry: And he did.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (7 Mar 2019)
Marc MacSharry: This is new information I am just seeing now online. I have a problem with that but bring in Mr. Watt and let us go ahead with the meeting. I have no difficulty with that. I do, however, ask the committee to consider this. This may not be our practice or within our authority under the existing flawed rules, but I suggest to Members that we consider a special session next week where we...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (7 Mar 2019)
Marc MacSharry: We know that. I know the Chairman is quoting the letter of the law but if that was the case, this committee would have 40 witnesses annually and nobody else. Would the work of this committee, including the positive outcomes for which it has been responsible in the past, have been possible if we had limited our output to 40 individual witnesses, namely, the 40 Accounting Officers for each...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (7 Mar 2019)
Marc MacSharry: I propose we petition the Committee on Procedure.
- Public Accounts Committee: Oversight and Implementation of Capital Projects and the Role of Public Officials on State Boards: Department of Public Expenditure and Reform and the Office of Government Procurement (7 Mar 2019)
Marc MacSharry: That is an awful shame because in 16 pages there is no mention of what we are here to discuss. I read the statement at 7.35 p.m. yesterday.
- Public Accounts Committee: Oversight and Implementation of Capital Projects and the Role of Public Officials on State Boards: Department of Public Expenditure and Reform and the Office of Government Procurement (7 Mar 2019)
Marc MacSharry: I welcome the Secretary General. I take no offence at the comments he made outside, as reported by the media. As far as I am concerned, I am paid well enough to take a bit of grief and, frankly, so is Mr. Watt. With that mind, I ask him not to mind me in being a little abrupt because I have only ten minutes in which to get through my questions. Has the Department of Public Expenditure...
- Public Accounts Committee: Oversight and Implementation of Capital Projects and the Role of Public Officials on State Boards: Department of Public Expenditure and Reform and the Office of Government Procurement (7 Mar 2019)
Marc MacSharry: I know. There are a lot of good projects.
- Public Accounts Committee: Oversight and Implementation of Capital Projects and the Role of Public Officials on State Boards: Department of Public Expenditure and Reform and the Office of Government Procurement (7 Mar 2019)
Marc MacSharry: I get it.
- Public Accounts Committee: Oversight and Implementation of Capital Projects and the Role of Public Officials on State Boards: Department of Public Expenditure and Reform and the Office of Government Procurement (7 Mar 2019)
Marc MacSharry: You have answered it. I am moving on.
- Public Accounts Committee: Oversight and Implementation of Capital Projects and the Role of Public Officials on State Boards: Department of Public Expenditure and Reform and the Office of Government Procurement (7 Mar 2019)
Marc MacSharry: Mr. Watt did answer it. He said he wanted to give some examples of projects that had gone well. I accept that and I am moving on.
- Public Accounts Committee: Oversight and Implementation of Capital Projects and the Role of Public Officials on State Boards: Department of Public Expenditure and Reform and the Office of Government Procurement (7 Mar 2019)
Marc MacSharry: I am moving on as I have only ten minutes.
- Public Accounts Committee: Oversight and Implementation of Capital Projects and the Role of Public Officials on State Boards: Department of Public Expenditure and Reform and the Office of Government Procurement (7 Mar 2019)
Marc MacSharry: Later today Mr. Watt will make an opening statement at the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach, in which it will be stated the Department monitors the actual spend against the monthly expenditure profiles based on information submitted by Departments to the relevant Vote section in order to keep track of the aggregate spend by each Department...