Results 11,101-11,120 of 14,090 for speaker:Marc MacSharry
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 24 - Justice and Equality (4 Apr 2019) Marc MacSharry: I put it to Mr. O'Driscoll that, to the contrary-----
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 24 - Justice and Equality (4 Apr 2019) Marc MacSharry: Grand. Go on.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 24 - Justice and Equality (4 Apr 2019) Marc MacSharry: I fully appreciate that.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 24 - Justice and Equality (4 Apr 2019) Marc MacSharry: That is great. I will get to the content of the other meeting in a moment or two. The question on the mess committee stands and I hope Mr. O'Driscoll will get back to us on it. The email that I referred to, which was sent to governors on 28 January, stated that mess committee staff were advised to engage professional financial advice regarding the tax status of committees and the...
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 24 - Justice and Equality (4 Apr 2019) Marc MacSharry: Can I ask-----
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 24 - Justice and Equality (4 Apr 2019) Marc MacSharry: It was not a statement. It was a question.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 24 - Justice and Equality (4 Apr 2019) Marc MacSharry: I would just like some clarity.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 24 - Justice and Equality (4 Apr 2019) Marc MacSharry: I will comment on what the Chairman said when I am finished. I mentioned vehicles at the last meeting, and in his reply on 7 February, Mr. O'Driscoll indicated that all vehicles are accounted for and that all assets have been verified by local management as being on-site. What if certain members of local management endorsed the absence, loan or alternative use of prison assets? We are...
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 24 - Justice and Equality (4 Apr 2019) Marc MacSharry: Do the other 12 adjudicate on everyone else's questions?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 24 - Justice and Equality (4 Apr 2019) Marc MacSharry: I appreciate that.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 24 - Justice and Equality (4 Apr 2019) Marc MacSharry: The last person I want to be in conflict with is the Chairman.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 24 - Justice and Equality (4 Apr 2019) Marc MacSharry: The Chairman has said what he has said. I have put the questions and they are a matter of public record. I ask that Mr. O'Driscoll answer them, irrespective of what the Chairman has said. If he requires the questions in writing or in duplicate, to double the process, or as Parliamentary Questions, he will have them in 24 hours. However, he could circumvent that process by taking on board...
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Qualifications Recognition (9 Apr 2019)
Marc MacSharry: 238. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills whether no professional accountancy body has been recognised under the national framework since November 2012. [16636/19]
- Building the Housing of the Future: Motion [Private Members] (10 Apr 2019)
Marc MacSharry: Obviously we are supporting the motion. Before he left the Chamber, the Minister said we have cut red tape where it is safe to do so in order to protect against a fall in standards. That is just ridiculous. We are effectively saying to Sligo County Council that it can give Marc MacSharry planning permission for 1,000 houses without needing to come near the Department, but Sligo County...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 Apr 2019)
Marc MacSharry: It is the standard approach. We set out to do reviews to arrive at a prescribed outcome. That is why PwC, with the best of respect to its standing in the world as a great accountancy firm, had no place doing this review. Of their own accord, they have decided to stick in at the end a conclusion that says, "By the way, we were right all along". That underpins the waste of €400,000...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 Apr 2019)
Marc MacSharry: No doubt, there will be another review and the old set piece, systemic and cultural failure will be-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 Apr 2019)
Marc MacSharry: I must talk about last week's meeting. I do not like to be in conflict with the Chairman, who is very fair and very good to us all. His is a difficult job at times. I got an opportunity last week to mention that I needed to raise this matter with the Chairman before the meeting. I put a series of questions on the record that were relevant to the Irish Prison Service. Off the record, I...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 Apr 2019)
Marc MacSharry: I am not satisfied, for a couple of reasons. There is no issue with sending the transcript to the Garda and, in fact, I support it. That has nothing to do with it. The issue of a witness being told to stop giving evidence for fear of having qualified privilege only is also a separate issue. On three occasions, however, the Chairman stated I was acting alone, not as a member of the...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 Apr 2019)
Marc MacSharry: I think the Chairman was wrong in that regard. He stated there may have been criminality, which is true, but the committee's line authority in this instance is the Accounting Officer of the Prison Service. That is the equivalent of a Secretary General in this matter. The Chairman's actions have given abdication to the people who respond to us to look into matters. It may well be there are...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 Apr 2019)
Marc MacSharry: To conclude, I must express regret. It totally undermines my position as a committee member. I am sorry that is the case. I will take advice as to what I will do next. I hate the idea of having any conflict with the Chair but I think he is wrong on this and I have outlined why.