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- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (20 Jun 2019)
Marc MacSharry: We can recommend that the Department consider an amending Bill.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (20 Jun 2019)
Marc MacSharry: I might do it.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (20 Jun 2019)
Marc MacSharry: At the time of the enactment of the Presidential Establishment Act, the allowance was €5,000 per annum. It is now €317,000 per annum. This is not about the current President any more than it is about Douglas Hyde. It is about appropriate oversight. There are expenses associated with the Presidency, be that wardrobe expenses and so on, that I am sure the public would support...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (20 Jun 2019)
Marc MacSharry: This is not a separation of powers. There might have been political argy-bargy, or it might have been interpreted as such, but it is not our fault it ended up being the only issue in the presidential campaign. It was a fairly dead campaign anyway. I voted for the incumbent, so it is not about that any more than it is about Douglas Hyde. The Department is coming back with the usual...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (20 Jun 2019)
Marc MacSharry: I want to follow up on Deputy Catherine Murphy's parliamentary question. The six reports are glorified PowerPoint presentations, which we would have received. There is not much in them besides a headline figure so they will not give us much detail on that, though we could review them before the private meeting. It is good that Deputy Catherine Murphy asked about IBRC, but the response was...
- 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 thank everybody for coming in. I do not want to get into areas covered by the agriculture committee but I will follow up on some of Deputy Aylward's points. I appreciate the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade will be the main actor in the Rockall issue but could the witness clarify if the former Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade formally recognised that Rockall...
- 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 know the history. Will Dr. Beamish speak to the specific question?
- 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: The fisheries organisations would have a different view.
- 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: Okay, I will take that for now. Is there work ongoing in the Department on the impact to the taxpayer of Mercosur negotiations, as we near an agreement there? I refer to higher quotas of beef and so on. I am interested in the financial impact.
- 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 is Mercosur, an international trading bloc.
- 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?