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- Defence (Amendment) Bill 2020: Second Stage (Resumed) (23 Sep 2020)
Marc MacSharry: I think this is my first opportunity to congratulate the Leas-Cheann Comhairle. I wish her very well in her post in the years ahead. I am glad to have the opportunity to make a few points on the Bill. Obviously it is to be welcomed in the sense that, as the Minister said, it deals with some housekeeping matters relating to the operational command issue which makes sense, the extension...
- Public Accounts Committee: Election of Vice Chairman (24 Sep 2020)
Marc MacSharry: I nominate Deputy Catherine Murphy to be the Vice Chairman of the committee.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (24 Sep 2020)
Marc MacSharry: I agree with that but I do not have my notes to hand. Late during the final session we brought forward legislation which most people would have supported, involving the introduction of measures so that people, instead of having to go prison for non-payment of a fine where somebody could not afford to pay it, community service and other measures could be considered. As I recall everybody was...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (24 Sep 2020)
Marc MacSharry: Some 11 million-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (24 Sep 2020)
Marc MacSharry: In order to collect these fines, because of an anomaly in the legislation, if I, Marc Mac Sharry for example, was done for a fine and did not pay it, the court would have to bring me back to have additional hearings in order for me to then say that I cannot afford to pay it. I could then be given community service, which is going to clog up the whole Courts Service. The service then is...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (24 Sep 2020)
Marc MacSharry: I agree with everything that has been said. I would like to ask the Comptroller and Auditor General a question. Obviously if one were to set up a company, one would not structure it like the HSE at all, because it is too big and unwieldy. However, is it possible to have one accounting system and one procurement system in the HSE, or is the answer to that question that this option was...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (24 Sep 2020)
Marc MacSharry: Sure, but obviously it pays-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (24 Sep 2020)
Marc MacSharry: Obviously it has been going on for maybe ten years, and probably at every second meeting of the Committee of Public Accounts over the years it is an issue that has come up in some way or another in terms of the HSE. Does the HSE have a plan? Is there company designing a system for the HSE which will be in place-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (24 Sep 2020)
Marc MacSharry: It is more like turning a planet than turning a ship. When the officials from the HSE appear before the committee, the focus should be on its management system in terms of procurement. I suppose it is impossible to have a totally perfect system and that there are not going to be exceptions. In the post-Covid period, for whomever sits on this committee, there will be a few tough meetings...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (24 Sep 2020)
Marc MacSharry: There is a level of understanding. It would, however, be useful to get an update from the HSE as to when it will have one integrated system that is clearly navigable for people who are looking in, such as members of the committee, or its own internal or external auditors to be able to see that these things are done.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (24 Sep 2020)
Marc MacSharry: There is on every piece of legislation; I am sure it can be done in respect of accountancy.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (24 Sep 2020)
Marc MacSharry: Is this on the OPW?
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (24 Sep 2020)
Marc MacSharry: I am aware Deputy Munster has an issue on the OPW so I do not know if the committee decided to bring it in on that basis. I think we should bring it in on this anyway. Miesian Plaza is where the Department of Health is located, in the former Bank of Ireland building on Baggot Street. The basic story is that the OPW did a deal with the landlord and, despite being advised by its internal...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (24 Sep 2020)
Marc MacSharry: It used to be wall to wall. Maybe I am mixing things up. One measurement system was wall to wall and the other one is window to window, glass to glass. Over a very large building, that can mount up. One system included pillars and one did not. One system included the void spaces like stairwells, lift shafts and so on. That was it.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (24 Sep 2020)
Marc MacSharry: Yes. The landlord, far from being unscrupulous, is in business and is not going to say, "If that is the rent you are happy to pay, I am happy to accept it." The OPW was to go back after the fact when a lease was signed and say it was paying €10 million too much and ask if there is any chance of a reduction. Fair play to the landlord if they do give one but they are not bound to and I...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (24 Sep 2020)
Marc MacSharry: I already have.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (24 Sep 2020)
Marc MacSharry: I can assure the Chairman that if that happened, it was not to the benefit of the State.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (24 Sep 2020)
Marc MacSharry: I support Deputy Verona Murphy on this. There is an issue we might focus on. Obviously Covid has had a huge impact on all aspects of Irish society but one that I do not think is in the spirit of solidarity that we are all embracing is that the RSA has a contract with a company that goes around to check all commercial vehicles. The anecdotal reports coming in are that a budget or contract...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (24 Sep 2020)
Marc MacSharry: The operation of this contract, given Covid, is not in the spirit of solidarity that we have in the country at present. We could usefully look at it as a matter of urgency. I support Deputy Verona Murphy on this.
- Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Equipment (29 Sep 2020)
Marc MacSharry: 708. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of new Garda vehicles allocated to the Sligo-Leitrim division in each of the years 2018, 2019 and to date in 2020; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26698/20]