Results 2,961-2,980 of 14,090 for speaker:Marc MacSharry
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 Apr 2019)
Marc MacSharry: No, I do not.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 Apr 2019)
Marc MacSharry: I do not. It has implications. What we are saying is that the Committee of Public Accounts can never again put questions that might lead to a criminal finding or outcome. That is absolutely ridiculous. I mentioned just a few Acts off the top of my head but one could mention any Act. If asking a question leads to a criminal finding, investigation or outcome, that is bananas.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 Apr 2019)
Marc MacSharry: Deputy Aylward raises a very important point but it is totally separate to this one.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 Apr 2019)
Marc MacSharry: I did not define anyone.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 Apr 2019)
Marc MacSharry: I referred to no people.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 Apr 2019)
Marc MacSharry: I asked whether the Prison Service or the Department would be aware. The Chairman should go through what was said. The questions were legally drafted because I knew this was a serious thing. Why am I doing this? Why are any of us doing this? We are doing this to try to improve a system that may need improvement.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 Apr 2019)
Marc MacSharry: I did not think up a bunch of vexatious issues outside the room. I came in and asked in the best possible way and without remotely identifying anyone or pointing any fingers to see if we could get some of these matters investigated. Instead, we said it was nothing to do with the Prison Service or Department of Justice and Equality and decided to send it to An Garda Síochána. That...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 Apr 2019)
Marc MacSharry: That is not what the Chairman said.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 Apr 2019)
Marc MacSharry: We are reaching, to be honest.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 Apr 2019)
Marc MacSharry: We are reaching for a reason. We see these tactics continuously. It undermines the useful work of the committees. I hate feeling managed. That was my experience in some ways with at the banking inquiry, and this is more of the same. It is nothing personal but I have to escalate this to the Committee on Procedure because it has implications for all members and future members of this and...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 Apr 2019)
Marc MacSharry: It is not a criticism of the Chairman. This is not a personal thing.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 Apr 2019)
Marc MacSharry: The Chairman states that he made a unilateral decision and is getting advice from elsewhere that happens to concur with his position. My legal advice is that there are implications for the work of these committees.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 Apr 2019)
Marc MacSharry: I checked in advance of the previous meeting. As matters stand, for the record, my work last week was futile because the relevant Accounting Officer was told not to answer any of my questions as it was up to the committee. The Chairman is stating that it was not up to the committee but, rather, that it was up to him as Chair. That is not what he said last week.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 Apr 2019)
Marc MacSharry: At minimum, the Chairman might correct the record of the transcription last week which implied three times that I was acting unilaterally and was in here of my own accord asking questions which were not relevant and were not allowed and that the other 12 members together would have to adjudicate on the thing. I have delayed the meeting enough. I have to go to the meeting of the Committee of...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 Apr 2019)
Marc MacSharry: Hear, hear.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 Apr 2019)
Marc MacSharry: A distinction that is not being made is that, be they Angela Kerins and Rehab, the FAI yesterday or anything else, these are section 38 and section 39 organisations. With Departments and State agencies, though, the situation is totally different. There has been a great deal of misinformation about this in the media. I agree with Deputy Connolly.
- Building the Housing of the Future: Motion [Private Members] (10 Apr 2019)
Marc MacSharry: Obviously we are supporting the motion. Before he left the Chamber, the Minister said we have cut red tape where it is safe to do so in order to protect against a fall in standards. That is just ridiculous. We are effectively saying to Sligo County Council that it can give Marc MacSharry planning permission for 1,000 houses without needing to come near the Department, but Sligo County...
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Qualifications Recognition (9 Apr 2019)
Marc MacSharry: 238. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills whether no professional accountancy body has been recognised under the national framework since November 2012. [16636/19]
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (4 Apr 2019)
Marc MacSharry: Why does it need to be in private session?
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (4 Apr 2019)
Marc MacSharry: I was out of the room for a second. I refer to the issue of incontinence wear, on which we heard from a family. I unofficially facilitated a meeting between the HSE, the family and the Brothers of Charity on the committee's behalf. That took place last Monday and I very much hope the situation has been resolved.