Results 6,001-6,020 of 14,090 for speaker:Marc MacSharry
- 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: They unilaterally decided they needed to include Senator X or Deputy Y in the photos.
- 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 what they said.
- 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: Can I put one last question?
- 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: It is not entertaining. It is very important. I have one final question.
- 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 the politically appointed staff of the Taoiseach hold regular meetings with the SCU?
- 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: Never.
- 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 they have any periodic meetings? Was there a sit-down organised on a monthly or weekly basis?
- 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: Were they based in a different building?
- 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 SCU and the political staff?
- 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 was over there on a tour at one stage. It is a long corridor. The Taoiseach's office is at the end and the staff are all along-----
- 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: No. The political special advisers are on the staff.
- 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: Okay. I will come back in.
- 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: It has a new name.
- 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: There have not been many Senators appearing in those newspapers since. They must have changed their editorial strategy since.
- 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: Define "juicy".
- 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 the Deputy referring to the commander-in-chief shot?
- 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 am going to move very quickly because I have five or six questions I want to get through. First, to follow on from what Deputy Murphy has just said, and to be clear, Mr. Fraser did not recruit and appoint the director of the SCU. Is that correct?
- 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 understand that, and I want to make crystal clear, as I have done in the House many times, that the individual in question is the market leader in his field. Mr. Fraser referred to his expertise earlier and I fully support that, so this is nothing personal. The Taoiseach recruited the director of the SCU.
- 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: He recruited him, then. Did Mr. Fraser say to the Taoiseach, "There is a good candidate," or did he just do it and then-----
- 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: It was his idea, he followed it through and he offered him the job. Really, then, Mr. Fraser's only role was to sign off on the matter after the fact. Is that fair?