Results 3,141-3,160 of 14,090 for speaker:Marc MacSharry
- Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Free Travel Scheme Applications (12 Mar 2019)
Marc MacSharry: 684. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the case of a person (details supplied) in County Leitrim will be reviewed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12302/19]
- Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Building Regulations (12 Mar 2019)
Marc MacSharry: 688. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the use of electric vehicles has given rise to reassessment of health and safety in design, construction and operation of underground, multistorey or enclosed car parks and parking areas generally; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12090/19]
- Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Building Regulations (12 Mar 2019)
Marc MacSharry: 714. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the changes that have been made to planning and building regulations with respect to enclosed, multistorey or underground car parks in terms of fire prevention in which electric cars are to be parked; the position in relation to the parking and storage of electric vehicles; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (7 Mar 2019)
Marc MacSharry: I agree 100% with Deputy Cullinane. We have reached a stage where the level of contempt with which Oireachtas committees in general are being treated is unacceptable. The notion of pesky politicians having the effrontery to ask questions in the public interest when it comes to the expenditure of public of public money and how that is being treated is wrong. We had correspondence from Mr....
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (7 Mar 2019)
Marc MacSharry: I know that.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (7 Mar 2019)
Marc MacSharry: However, if we seek that somebody come before us, is it at the discretion of the Accounting Officer who he or she brings with him or her?
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (7 Mar 2019)
Marc MacSharry: If we ask for somebody beyond that-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (7 Mar 2019)
Marc MacSharry: -----he or she is entitled to say "No". Is that the case?
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (7 Mar 2019)
Marc MacSharry: That is grand. I get that.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (7 Mar 2019)
Marc MacSharry: Those are the literal rules. Effectively, if Mr. Watt wanted to bring the groundsman-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (7 Mar 2019)
Marc MacSharry: -----from the Office of Public Works in to assist him, that is a matter for him.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (7 Mar 2019)
Marc MacSharry: Clearly, when we are talking about the biggest capital expenditure project in the State, it is probably a good educated guess that the person who is head of procurement for the State might have some value to add. We got a hint in previous correspondence that, in effect, this person would not be made available; it said that the Accounting Officer would decide. That is fine. He is within the...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (7 Mar 2019)
Marc MacSharry: Absolutely.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (7 Mar 2019)
Marc MacSharry: And he did.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (7 Mar 2019)
Marc MacSharry: This is new information I am just seeing now online. I have a problem with that but bring in Mr. Watt and let us go ahead with the meeting. I have no difficulty with that. I do, however, ask the committee to consider this. This may not be our practice or within our authority under the existing flawed rules, but I suggest to Members that we consider a special session next week where we...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (7 Mar 2019)
Marc MacSharry: We know that. I know the Chairman is quoting the letter of the law but if that was the case, this committee would have 40 witnesses annually and nobody else. Would the work of this committee, including the positive outcomes for which it has been responsible in the past, have been possible if we had limited our output to 40 individual witnesses, namely, the 40 Accounting Officers for each...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (7 Mar 2019)
Marc MacSharry: I propose we petition the Committee on Procedure.
- Public Accounts Committee: Oversight and Implementation of Capital Projects and the Role of Public Officials on State Boards: Department of Public Expenditure and Reform and the Office of Government Procurement (7 Mar 2019)
Marc MacSharry: That is an awful shame because in 16 pages there is no mention of what we are here to discuss. I read the statement at 7.35 p.m. yesterday.
- Public Accounts Committee: Oversight and Implementation of Capital Projects and the Role of Public Officials on State Boards: Department of Public Expenditure and Reform and the Office of Government Procurement (7 Mar 2019)
Marc MacSharry: I welcome the Secretary General. I take no offence at the comments he made outside, as reported by the media. As far as I am concerned, I am paid well enough to take a bit of grief and, frankly, so is Mr. Watt. With that mind, I ask him not to mind me in being a little abrupt because I have only ten minutes in which to get through my questions. Has the Department of Public Expenditure...
- Public Accounts Committee: Oversight and Implementation of Capital Projects and the Role of Public Officials on State Boards: Department of Public Expenditure and Reform and the Office of Government Procurement (7 Mar 2019)
Marc MacSharry: I know. There are a lot of good projects.