Results 2,081-2,100 of 14,090 for speaker:Marc MacSharry
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (10 Oct 2019)
Marc MacSharry: I understand, but can we do that retrospectively? We breached our own legislation in the amount of the levy because about half a cent per year is probably what it should be as opposed to 2 cent. It went up to 2 cent from 1 cent back in 2009, I think, because NORA owed €450 million. It has now cleared its debts since 2017 but we ploughed ahead gathering up the money. What is the...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (10 Oct 2019)
Marc MacSharry: Can the Comptroller and Auditor General enlighten us? Am I correct in saying this is a breach of the legislation?
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (10 Oct 2019)
Marc MacSharry: Unless the agency planning to build a storage facility for the whole of the EU.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (10 Oct 2019)
Marc MacSharry: Absolutely. Can I ask again if I am right in saying it is a breach of the legislation?
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (10 Oct 2019)
Marc MacSharry: The Comptroller and Auditor General is saying that from a legal and accountancy perspective, it is quite okay for the Government to rewrite the legislation to say-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (10 Oct 2019)
Marc MacSharry: It can.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (10 Oct 2019)
Marc MacSharry: Of course. The House can. There is no legal issue around this money being repurposed, is there?
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (10 Oct 2019)
Marc MacSharry: Unsolicited?
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (10 Oct 2019)
Marc MacSharry: Really? I would love if such a level of proactivity was engaged in on all matters.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (10 Oct 2019)
Marc MacSharry: I just have two things to say before I finish and after the Chair has spoken, if that is all right.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (10 Oct 2019)
Marc MacSharry: My problem with this is that it is a clear breach of the legislation. I appreciate that the Comptroller and Auditor General does not want to go on record and is not a lawyer. I do not need to be a lawyer to know it is a breach of the law. If a punter breaks the law, we throw the book at him or her. When the system breaks the law, we circle the wagons, repurpose and fudge it in language....
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (10 Oct 2019)
Marc MacSharry: I think we should bring in NORA because I would love to hear its view on the legal position and the invidious position it is being put in by Government policy.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Financial Statements of the National Transport Authority (10 Oct 2019)
Marc MacSharry: This week the budget explanatory documentation indicated that the NTA was to receive additional moneys for current expenditure. We do not know how much that is yet. Perhaps the representatives here can enlighten us. It specifically said it was for staff. What staff or roles are involved? Are they additional staff, is it for filling new or old roles? Is it to fill a current expertise deficit?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Financial Statements of the National Transport Authority (10 Oct 2019)
Marc MacSharry: What added value will that give to the NTA?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Financial Statements of the National Transport Authority (10 Oct 2019)
Marc MacSharry: It will replace the need to procure certain expertise, then, rather than getting it on a consultancy basis.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Financial Statements of the National Transport Authority (10 Oct 2019)
Marc MacSharry: One of the NTA's roles is to enforce EU passenger rights in rail, maritime, bus and coach transport. It relates to capacity, seating and all that kind of thing on bus and rail. Is that something the NTA is to keep an eye on?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Financial Statements of the National Transport Authority (10 Oct 2019)
Marc MacSharry: Would discriminatory pricing or an allegation of discriminatory pricing fall in there?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Financial Statements of the National Transport Authority (10 Oct 2019)
Marc MacSharry: Has the NTA a role in pricing ticketing and so on?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Financial Statements of the National Transport Authority (10 Oct 2019)
Marc MacSharry: What about Bus Éireann's route 40 from Dungarvan in County Waterford to Cork city?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Financial Statements of the National Transport Authority (10 Oct 2019)
Marc MacSharry: Bus Éireann has been questioned on the matter that I am raising and it indicates that it is the NTA's baby. I will tell the story and Ms Graham can react. Dungarvan to Cork city is route 40. It is a 75 km distance. Youghal is around the middle of it. Dungarvan to Youghal is about 27 km and then there is a further 48 km into Cork city. If I alight the bus at Dungarvan to go to work...