Results 6,161-6,180 of 14,090 for speaker:Marc MacSharry
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (19 Apr 2018)
Marc MacSharry: Did the secretariat do that?
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (19 Apr 2018)
Marc MacSharry: Yes. Mr. Ó Foghlú specifically referred to a system that he has, which ensures that he never misses coming back.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (19 Apr 2018)
Marc MacSharry: I have a thick skin and do not mind taking a bit of criticism from Mr. Ó Foghlú, the public or anybody else. We are all in here to do the best job that we can. I have to say in the two years that I have been a member of this committee the precious nature of certain people in certain State bodies is inconsistent with their responsibilities to the people. I could equally write to...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (19 Apr 2018)
Marc MacSharry: The bottom line is I am sorry. I know there was a response but I could not find it. Beyond that, I hope that the same enthusiasm and attention is put into dealing with the issues that we raise here. Our questions are not personal; it is just business on behalf of the people. When €110 million is dished our for a building that is falling down and when a scientist oversaw that, it...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (19 Apr 2018)
Marc MacSharry: -----or trying not to identify people. In terms of people who are in receipt of public money paid by the State, we are stretching the practice and the rules.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (19 Apr 2018)
Marc MacSharry: It would also be appropriate for me to point out the following.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (19 Apr 2018)
Marc MacSharry: I am sure that this person was at the cutting edge of brilliance in terms of their career and academic qualifications.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (19 Apr 2018)
Marc MacSharry: I am not being personal. I just wanted to put that out.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (19 Apr 2018)
Marc MacSharry: It would be an abdication of responsibility if we did not establish, from the expertise the last day, what sort of qualifications and experience would we look for in a PPP contract manager, which we did. We compared him or her with the person in the post. It cannot be lost on us-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (19 Apr 2018)
Marc MacSharry: -----that this did not work out so well.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (19 Apr 2018)
Marc MacSharry: He answered that.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (19 Apr 2018)
Marc MacSharry: Yes.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (19 Apr 2018)
Marc MacSharry: He said he was not there but that was part of a broader situation.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (19 Apr 2018)
Marc MacSharry: The party was hopped on as the big thing. It was suggested that it was all about the party but it was not all about the party.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (19 Apr 2018)
Marc MacSharry: I would like to come back in first.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (19 Apr 2018)
Marc MacSharry: I understood from the meeting the last day that costs for repairing the building would stand to the company and not the Exchequer but that is not the point, quite frankly. It is important that we have the right expertise in the right place doing the right job. I have nothing personal against this individual. Clearly his qualifications are there, as a first-class academic. We did establish...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (19 Apr 2018)
Marc MacSharry: At that time he would have had 37 years' experience but he was appointed in 2004, when he would not have had that amount of experience. The description contained in that document, which I read carefully today, includes everything that he was involved in and undertook as contract manager. It does not refer to any experience before his appointment as contract manager. I am just saying that...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (19 Apr 2018)
Marc MacSharry: I know he did not say that.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (19 Apr 2018)
Marc MacSharry: People who are employed by the State in this context have to come in here if they are called in here. I will not be adjusting my style of questioning people. I invite anybody who wants to visit my Facebook page to view and read this. If this is unfair and is going to procure or invite complaints from precious individuals in the public services, we are going to be putting the bar very low...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (19 Apr 2018)
Marc MacSharry: I am talking about something that might influence the Chairman's handling of a meeting.