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Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: 2019 Financial Statement (9 Feb 2021)

Marc MacSharry: It is €10 million per year.

Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: 2019 Financial Statement (9 Feb 2021)

Marc MacSharry: I have a final question for Mr. Gunning but the Comptroller and Auditor General may have a word on it too. Before phase B, as it was known, proceeded - I certainly would have had an issue with going with the existing contractor at the time without having a second tender process - I put on the record of the committee that the contractor in question was in litigation on nine other projects...

Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: 2019 Financial Statement (9 Feb 2021)

Marc MacSharry: The point is whether we must amend it.

Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: 2019 Financial Statement (9 Feb 2021)

Marc MacSharry: No, that is not the question I asked.

Covid-19 (Childcare): Statements (4 Feb 2021)

Marc MacSharry: I am glad to have this opportunity to make a few points on childcare. With regard to the systems and structures review I caution against any change to the county childcare committees, which have been serving us very well. More resourcing and supports for these structures is a better way to go rather than trying to reinvent the wheel. I was concerned when the Minister took office that this...

Covid-19 (Mental Health): Statements (4 Feb 2021)

Marc MacSharry: I thank the Ministers of State for the opportunity to speak. As always, my worry is not the commitment of the Ministers of State to their job. I know personally that they are focused on the issue of mental health. The difficulty is that consecutive governments, certainly in my political career, have paid lip service to the issue of mental health when it came to resourcing. We had A Vision...

Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (Covid-19) Act 2020: Motion (3 Feb 2021)

Marc MacSharry: No, I am here in my own right. I understood that myself and Deputy Dillon were sharing time.

Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (Covid-19) Act 2020: Motion (3 Feb 2021)

Marc MacSharry: I am happy to take it.

Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (Covid-19) Act 2020: Motion (3 Feb 2021)

Marc MacSharry: If he comes in, the Ceann Comhairle might point that out to me. I am glad to have the opportunity to engage with the Minister and Minister of State and make a few points. Obviously, it is common sense for us, as per the motion, to extend the EWSS without which the misery of the last nine or ten months would have been much worse for people throughout the country. Initially it was pitched at...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Accommodation (3 Feb 2021)

Marc MacSharry: 531. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there are plans to assist the large number of third-level students who paid for student accommodation and were subsequently directed to stay at home under Government guidelines (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5425/21]

Covid-19 Vaccination Programme: Statements (28 Jan 2021)

Marc MacSharry: I thank the Acting Chairman for the opportunity to make some points. Like Deputy Moynihan, I will simply make a statement and ask that the Minister take the points on board. I want to make three points. The Minister made the point that our role is to make policy. Our role is a little more than that. Our role is to provide leadership in what is a difficult time. It must be reflective...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (28 Jan 2021)

Marc MacSharry: 266. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a facility (details supplied) has not been advised to date when a Covid-19 vaccination will be available to it, has not been advised when the vaccine will be administered to residents and no contact has been made to make preliminary enquiries to secure informed consent; the date for inoculation in the facility; if the residents will be...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (28 Jan 2021)

Marc MacSharry: 270. To ask the Minister for Health when front-line nursing and care staff working within residential disability services at Cregg House Sligo and Cloonamahon Sligo and community houses linked to both will be offered and receive the Covid vaccination; the date for same; the process of determining the schedule; the reason the National Immunisation Advisory Committee has not been the body...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (28 Jan 2021)

Marc MacSharry: 271. To ask the Minister for Health if a nurse contracts Covid-19 and consequent associated illness prevents attendance at work, that following a period of 28 days the nurse in question must offset further or continuing absence due to Covid-related illness from sick leave days prescribed in their contract; if a nurse due to non-Covid-related illness which has or may require the use and...

Criminal Justice (Theft and Fraud Offences) (Amendment) Bill 2020: Second Stage (27 Jan 2021)

Marc MacSharry: I thank the Minister of State for the attending. This legislation is on the back of a directive and there is not much to disagree with in it. I want to use of the time available to make a few points, however. First, with regard to the transposition of directives, previous Deputies have said there is form here on waiting until the last minute of the last hour of the last day, which does...

Taxes Consolidation Act 1997 (Covid Restrictions Support Scheme) (Percentage Adjustment) Order 2021: Motion (27 Jan 2021)

Marc MacSharry: I wish to share time with Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan. I thank the Minister and the Minister of State, Deputy Fleming, for being here to listen to my plea. I very much support today's resolution and the CRSS, but I have to use my time to point out an anomaly with it. Before I do that, I would like to day the Government is extremely well-placed to adjust and increase supports, given,...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Waste Management (27 Jan 2021)

Marc MacSharry: 37. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his strategy for the sustainability and expansion of the compost industry in Ireland; his plans to expand the brown bin service to all households; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3670/21]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Expenditure (27 Jan 2021)

Marc MacSharry: 38. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the expenditure on national public awareness campaigns for waste services (details supplied) over the past ten years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3671/21]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pay (27 Jan 2021)

Marc MacSharry: 246. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reason an increased salary of some €292,000 has been allocated to the position of Secretary General for the Department of Health. [4153/21]