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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Personal Powered Transportation: Discussion (27 Nov 2019)
Marc MacSharry: At a meeting of the Committee of Public Accounts a fortnight ago, representatives of the Courts Service were in and one of the things that came up was the collection of fines. This has totally to do with the Department of Justice and Equality and the Committee of Public Accounts and it is not relevant here but there is a link with enforcement given that many fines are road traffic fines....
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Personal Powered Transportation: Discussion (27 Nov 2019)
Marc MacSharry: That would be great.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Personal Powered Transportation: Discussion (27 Nov 2019)
Marc MacSharry: I know it is not the Department's remit.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Personal Powered Transportation: Discussion (27 Nov 2019)
Marc MacSharry: We are all interested in the overall enforcement. We all voted for a Bill that, at the time, we thought would achieve X but there were unintended consequences.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Personal Powered Transportation: Discussion (27 Nov 2019)
Marc MacSharry: If Mr. O'Leary could.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Personal Powered Transportation: Discussion (27 Nov 2019)
Marc MacSharry: I will conclude.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Personal Powered Transportation: Discussion (27 Nov 2019)
Marc MacSharry: It may well be that we would have to refer it to the Joint Committee on Justice and Equality with our own recommendation or whatever.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Personal Powered Transportation: Discussion (27 Nov 2019)
Marc MacSharry: Finally, I sincerely thank the witnesses. I have an evocative style in questioning. It is never personal. The Chairman is, outside the ring, a personal friend and a fantastic Chair. That is just my style.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Personal Powered Transportation: Discussion (27 Nov 2019)
Marc MacSharry: It will always be robust. I would expect the witnesses to have a go at me as much as I would them because that is the job. We are all here on behalf of the taxpayer.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Personal Powered Transportation: Discussion (27 Nov 2019)
Marc MacSharry: I know Ms Murdock did, but she did not come in making the statement; Mr. O'Leary did. It is all grand, and forgiven. On we go to the next business.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Personal Powered Transportation: Discussion (27 Nov 2019)
Marc MacSharry: I thank them very much.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (28 Nov 2019)
Marc MacSharry: Hear, hear.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (28 Nov 2019)
Marc MacSharry: I agree with the Chairman. I thank the Vice Chairman, whose parliamentary questions did us a service in terms of raising this issue. The letter from the deputy commissioner is unequivocal on this matter. I and indeed others made a proposal some weeks ago, which is in our report, that all public contracts include this. It is a point made regularly by Deputy Connolly. The belief that the...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (28 Nov 2019)
Marc MacSharry: There are a number of issues and I will try to add to what has been said, as opposed to going over old ground. At the end of the report it is stated, "A project of this scale and complexity requires specialist expertise". I find that comment insulting, and it takes members of the public for fools, not least the members of this committee. I agree with Deputy Cullinane on the lack of...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (28 Nov 2019)
Marc MacSharry: I agree with the Deputy. I want to make one little clarification.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (28 Nov 2019)
Marc MacSharry: An employer would not keep staff who make that kind of mistake.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (28 Nov 2019)
Marc MacSharry: Agreed.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (28 Nov 2019)
Marc MacSharry: I was not saying that.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (28 Nov 2019)
Marc MacSharry: That is a total misrepresentation of what I am saying.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (28 Nov 2019)
Marc MacSharry: Employers would not tolerate such incompetence.