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Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 2 - Department of An Taoiseach
(3 May 2018)

Marc MacSharry: Other matters were prioritised over the streamlining of websites.

Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 2 - Department of An Taoiseach
(3 May 2018)

Marc MacSharry: Mr. Fraser has said the number of websites was not known. Is that still the case?

Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 2 - Department of An Taoiseach
(3 May 2018)

Marc MacSharry: Do they all still exist?

Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 2 - Department of An Taoiseach
(3 May 2018)

Marc MacSharry: Did the SCU shut down any website on the basis that it was no longer needed?

Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 2 - Department of An Taoiseach
(3 May 2018)

Marc MacSharry: When I closed my business, I shut down my website with the press of a button.

Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 2 - Department of An Taoiseach
(3 May 2018)

Marc MacSharry: Yes, if other industries were doing the same thing.

Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 2 - Department of An Taoiseach
(3 May 2018)

Marc MacSharry: Is it fair to say there was a level of priority associated with the website end of the streamlining jof communications that was a little further down the trough than other issues in terms of campaigns and so on?

Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 2 - Department of An Taoiseach
(3 May 2018)

Marc MacSharry: What was Mr. Fraser's opinion on the tag line a "Government of Ireland announcement"?

Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 2 - Department of An Taoiseach
(3 May 2018)

Marc MacSharry: A "Government of Ireland Initiative".

Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 2 - Department of An Taoiseach
(3 May 2018)

Marc MacSharry: Would Mr. Fraser agree with me that the words a "Government of Ireland Initiative" confer the impression of political ownership, or does he think that is an unfair comment?

Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 2 - Department of An Taoiseach
(3 May 2018)

Marc MacSharry: That is the personal view of Mr. Fraser as a civil servant, as per the code of conduct and so on. I get that. However, there are only X amount of civil servants and such announcements are not made to inform them but the public. Is it reasonable to say the words a "Government of Ireland initiative", as opposed to a Revenue Commissioners initiative, a Department of Employment Affairs and...

Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 2 - Department of An Taoiseach
(3 May 2018)

Marc MacSharry: Mr. Fraser does not agree and is sticking to what he said earlier.

Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 2 - Department of An Taoiseach
(3 May 2018)

Marc MacSharry: "A Government of Ireland announcement" is now the official tag line for all communications.

Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 2 - Department of An Taoiseach
(3 May 2018)

Marc MacSharry: Mr. Fraser does not think there is any problem with that. It is not blurring the lines.

Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 2 - Department of An Taoiseach
(3 May 2018)

Marc MacSharry: I agree that the Executive, as opposed to the Government, is not a creature of any political party. I ask Mr. Fraser to take a look at it. Whether it is Fianna Fáil, Sinn Féin, the Labour Party, Independents or whoever else in government, it very specifically gives a sense of false political ownership of what are ultimately people's entitlements. I recall one for the invalidity...

Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 2 - Department of An Taoiseach
(3 May 2018)

Marc MacSharry: I know.

Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 2 - Department of An Taoiseach
(3 May 2018)

Marc MacSharry: The public might watch proceedings for a few minutes but might not read the report. That is why I am asking.

Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 2 - Department of An Taoiseach
(3 May 2018)

Marc MacSharry: That is the editor of the newspaper getting paid to do it.

Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 2 - Department of An Taoiseach
(3 May 2018)

Marc MacSharry: The editor of the newspaper who was getting paid-----

Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 2 - Department of An Taoiseach
(3 May 2018)

Marc MacSharry: -----was asked if he or she was forced to put the quote in. If I am putting an ad in a paper, the editor does not ask me what is in the ad. These were advertorials, not editorials. Is that not right?

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