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- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Post Office Closures (11 Oct 2018)
Marc MacSharry: It was in the speech of the Minister of State.
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Post Office Closures (11 Oct 2018)
Marc MacSharry: I know that events earlier today have determined that the Minister of State, Deputy Kyne, is here to take this matter. For the record, his area is natural resources, community affairs and digital development. Is that correct?
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Post Office Closures (11 Oct 2018)
Marc MacSharry: I thank the Minister of State for coming along. The decision to close 159 post offices was taken without consultation with this House, the people's representatives, the Seanad or even county councils throughout the country. A private trade union, the Irish Postmasters Union, IPU, and An Post, a commercial semi-State company, designed a process for the closure of post offices nationwide...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 Oct 2018)
Marc MacSharry: The record of our previous meeting does not show that. According to the record, the question was whether the IGB had a valuation, and the answer was that it did. When asked who did it, the answer was "Savills". We asked whether we could have it, but we were told "No". When we asked why, we were told it was because the deal had not been closed and it was sensitive information. That is...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 Oct 2018)
Marc MacSharry: If this was banking, it would be called "kiting". For example, if I owe €5,000 to Bank of Ireland and I have a €5,000 overdraft in Permanent TSB, I pay the cheque off that. When that is paid off, then I start paying off the Permanent TSB one and the money keeps going around in circles. If this was a bailout for Bord na gCon, it should be called that. Do not treat the people...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 Oct 2018)
Marc MacSharry: That is all right. A freedom of information request from a journalist trumps the constitutional committee of the State once again.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 Oct 2018)
Marc MacSharry: In addition to the €23 million paid for the school, the Department of Education and Skills is not providing access for children in Dublin 8 or Dublin 12. A sum of €23 million was divvied out for a site and a school will be built on it. A football could be kicked to Dublin 8 or Dublin 12 from the site in Harold's Cross, but the children in those areas will not be allowed to...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 Oct 2018)
Marc MacSharry: Does the office have a property professional on its staff?
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 Oct 2018)
Marc MacSharry: It might be worth-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 Oct 2018)
Marc MacSharry: Does Mr. McCarthy not think €100 million in a rent roll would be enough?
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 Oct 2018)
Marc MacSharry: A quantity survey is for building. I am thinking of the values side, that is, value on property management. Quantity surveying involves how many tiles one needs and how much they would cost.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 Oct 2018)
Marc MacSharry: Architecture is design-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 Oct 2018)
Marc MacSharry: -----and one of the flaws with the OPW, if you ask me, is the lack of property management. It is something Mr. McCarthy should look at because I am sure when it came to writing the report we are about to consider in a few minutes it might have helped in a level of understanding. It is not a criticism of Mr. McCarthy because he brought this good work to us, but I also understand-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 Oct 2018)
Marc MacSharry: I am not saying the office does not need that, in fairness. It is not a case of either-or. I am suggesting, given the amount of money involved, the potential for deals like this and the fact that the OPW pays €96 million in rent every year and that there are property disposals and acquisitions, it would be prudent to have a small team of property professionals at Mr. McCarthy's...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 Oct 2018)
Marc MacSharry: I am making a recommendation.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 Oct 2018)
Marc MacSharry: I suggest that on that day, perhaps separately, we invite one of the big five or six valuation houses to send a representative. It does not necessarily have to be Savills; it could be Colliers or DTZ, or whatever it is called. It could give us an insight into some useful information.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 Oct 2018)
Marc MacSharry: There is a lot of tweeting going on about me from a previous witness and I look forward to hearing a defence from all of the members.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 Oct 2018)
Marc MacSharry: I concur with that proposal. It was on my list of issues that this gentleman would be brought in.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works
Chapter 6: Lease of Offices at Miesian Plaza (11 Oct 2018) Marc MacSharry: This helps the Chair. On paragraph 6.21 of the report that has been given to us it states that the OPW then sought advice of the internal chartered surveyor who advised that it needed to be recalibrated. Internal people did advise the witnesses but they just did not act on that advice, is that correct?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works
Chapter 6: Lease of Offices at Miesian Plaza (11 Oct 2018) Marc MacSharry: In fairness, we have it in writing. This is what I tried to say to Mr. Buckley. We have it in writing that, in February 2017, one of his own people advised him. That is what we have in writing. Is that the case or not? That is the question. The Chief State Solicitor's Office acted. The reason we are here today is that, in February 2017, Mr. Buckley was advised by one of his own people...