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- 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: My next question is about process - it is not about individual Ministers or Governments - and it is just to get an understanding. Mr. Watts has served through various Administrations. Projects have gone well and badly for all parties and none over the years. As a matter of practice is there a process by which on a weekly, monthly or quarterly business the Minister of the day - I do not...
- 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: For the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform is that a "No"?
- 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: It would be very useful for the Minister of the day to have something to show where the projects are at. It is an aside. It is not about the current Minister or politics.
- 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: He cut me off.
- 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 promise this is the final one because it follows on. I loved the last statement in the Secretary General's opening contribution which Deputy O'Connell captured very well. He feels that the performance relationship in terms of actual delivery rather than bonuses is the way to go. What tangible sanctions is he recommending by way of reform for State personnel who may be asleep at the wheel...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (7 Mar 2019)
Marc MacSharry: Of course it is satisfied, because it made the mistake. We had the OPW here and if one looks at the transcript of that day-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (7 Mar 2019)
Marc MacSharry: -----the chief commissioner told us that this was a very complex calculation. I outlined on the day why it was not a complex calculation and that it had agreed a price, divided by the old mechanism for measuring, and then multiplied the area by the new mechanism and came up with a higher price. I asked if there were any disciplinary proceedings under way and who was at fault. The chief...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (7 Mar 2019)
Marc MacSharry: The OPW is saying to leave the matter to it. At that meeting we seemed to have secured the information that there was higher rent. One of the excuses being given was that it was talking to the owner of the building and was trying to retro-negotiate to cover its own mistake and get a return. We do not have any detail on that other than that the OPW is happy and, therefore, the committee...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (7 Mar 2019)
Marc MacSharry: It told us at that meeting that it was doing that.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (7 Mar 2019)
Marc MacSharry: Is the Chairman talking about a Galway lease?
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (7 Mar 2019)
Marc MacSharry: I am talking about Miesian Plaza.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (7 Mar 2019)
Marc MacSharry: We could ask when we have the board in. That might be relevant.
- Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Invalidity Pension Applications (5 Mar 2019)
Marc MacSharry: 528. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Leitrim will receive a decision in relation to an application for an invalidity pension; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10220/19]
- Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Benefit Eligibility (5 Mar 2019)
Marc MacSharry: 543. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the case of a person (details supplied) in County Sligo will be reviewed; if this condition can be waived in the circumstances; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10413/19]
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 34 - Housing, Planning and Local Government (28 Feb 2019) Marc MacSharry: I welcome the witnesses. Not many people come here voluntarily.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 34 - Housing, Planning and Local Government (28 Feb 2019) Marc MacSharry: It is helpful from our perspective. The great reduction in housing lists and the great work being done in Limerick is a credit to Mr. Murray and his team. Is the same policy in place nationally for the HAP and rental accommodation schemes? Does every local authority consider people to be off the list if they are in receipt of HAP? My sense is that different local authorities take...
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 34 - Housing, Planning and Local Government (28 Feb 2019) Marc MacSharry: If one is in HAP, one can apply for a transfer, and by that means can be considered for a council house or apartment if one is available.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 34 - Housing, Planning and Local Government (28 Feb 2019) Marc MacSharry: I do not believe there is a consistency across all local authorities on that.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 34 - Housing, Planning and Local Government (28 Feb 2019) Marc MacSharry: I will come back to that issue in a minute. On funding from central government, what criteria is used to decide the funding local authorities receive? Does it involve horse trading or is there a set criteria? How does central government decide to give Leitrim X amount of funding and Wexford Y funding? How is the funding allocation arrived at?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 34 - Housing, Planning and Local Government (28 Feb 2019) Marc MacSharry: Is any recognition given to the fact that one county might be ready and another might not?