Results 11,341-11,360 of 14,090 for speaker:Marc MacSharry
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (20 Jun 2019) Marc MacSharry: Among other things, the proposed agreement will allow South Americans to export beef to the European Union, which would have implications for Ireland. Has any financial analysis been done in the Department on the impact with respect to expenditure and support, or through Bord Bia as it affects the industry?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (20 Jun 2019) Marc MacSharry: Should we do our own assessment, with the help of Bord Bia and others?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (20 Jun 2019) Marc MacSharry: It would be very informative. Often deals are made in the EU sphere with the benefit of officials, including Irish officials, having done years of work. When it comes to the Oireachtas trying to react or proactively influencing the process, we are blind. If we are depending on data prepared elsewhere and looking at a cumulative impact across the Union, although we are less than 1% of that...
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (20 Jun 2019) Marc MacSharry: Sure.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (20 Jun 2019) Marc MacSharry: Does Mr. Gleeson think we should, given the lessons of the past?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (20 Jun 2019) Marc MacSharry: We were playing catch-up. Ireland has a temperate climate and some years are great while others are not so good. This is something that can come at us at any time and perhaps a contingency plan is needed, rather than developing one on the hoof when disaster strikes. This can practically happen from time to time and, therefore, X amount needs to be set aside and X plans need to be put in...
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (20 Jun 2019) Marc MacSharry: I believe the Department should include it as a significant part of the negotiation with the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform. The Department should indicate that on average it needs an annual contingency of X. Perhaps if it has been a particularly good year, the Department could refund X in December if it has made savings. The farming community generally is so important to our...
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (20 Jun 2019) Marc MacSharry: I do not want Mr. Gleeson to say I am wrong or right. I would love him to say, "That is a very good point and when the Department is negotiating over the summer months for budget 2020, we will do that".
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (20 Jun 2019) Marc MacSharry: How well we are prepared or not is a matter of perspective
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (20 Jun 2019) Marc MacSharry: I am sure the individual farmers or farm organisations take that view. The adage is clear - fail to prepare, prepare to fail. I turn to Bord na gCon and the €16 million it was allocated in addition to its original budget of €80 million. Is the Department aware of the Irish Greyhound Board, IGB, business model analysis prepared by Preferred Results Limited?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (20 Jun 2019) Marc MacSharry: By coming to Mr. Gleeson's attention, has this report been provided to him?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (20 Jun 2019) Marc MacSharry: When did it come to Mr. Gleeson?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (20 Jun 2019) Marc MacSharry: Did the Comptroller and Auditor General's office receive this report?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (20 Jun 2019) Marc MacSharry: Will the Department forward the report to the Comptroller and Auditor General for advice?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (20 Jun 2019) Marc MacSharry: Can the Committee of Public Accounts have a copy of it?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (20 Jun 2019) Marc MacSharry: This kind of refuge is often used to keep things out of the public domain. I have a problem with the need to protect the public from the truth. I am not that interested unless there is some fiduciary reason it cannot be released to this committee. I am interested in taxpayers' money. As a member of this committee, I ask that the report be made available to us as quickly as possible,...
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (20 Jun 2019) Marc MacSharry: I am asking the Department to send it.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (20 Jun 2019) Marc MacSharry: This is-----
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (20 Jun 2019) Marc MacSharry: In what way? I ask Mr. Gleeson to give me an example. I am not looking for figures but I want an example of something that is in the report - or could be in this report - that he judges to be commercially sensitive.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (20 Jun 2019) Marc MacSharry: Does Mr. Gleeson believe there is?